Triple

T4943292
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nix E110987 entity
Predicate discoveredBy P412 FINISHED
Object Pluto Companion Search Team
The Pluto Companion Search Team is an astronomical research group responsible for discovering moons orbiting the dwarf planet Pluto, including the small satellite Nix.
E481634 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Pluto Companion Search Team | Statement: [Nix, discoveredBy, Pluto Companion Search Team]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pluto Companion Search Team
Context triple: [Nix, discoveredBy, Pluto Companion Search Team]
  • A. Michael E. Brown
    Michael E. Brown is an American astronomer known for his discoveries of distant trans-Neptunian objects that reshaped the definition of planets in our solar system.
  • B. Spacewatch
    Spacewatch is an astronomical survey program at the University of Arizona that uses telescopes on Kitt Peak to discover and study minor planets, comets, and other small bodies in the Solar System.
  • C. Chad Trujillo
    Chad Trujillo is an American astronomer known for his role in the discovery of distant trans-Neptunian objects, including the dwarf planet Eris.
  • D. Scott S. Sheppard
    Scott S. Sheppard is an American astronomer known for discovering numerous small moons of the outer planets and distant objects in the Solar System.
  • E. Palomar Transient Factory
    The Palomar Transient Factory is an astronomical survey project that used the Palomar Observatory to systematically search the night sky for transient and variable phenomena such as supernovae and other short-lived cosmic events.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Pluto Companion Search Team
Triple: [Nix, discoveredBy, Pluto Companion Search Team]
Generated description
The Pluto Companion Search Team is an astronomical research group responsible for discovering moons orbiting the dwarf planet Pluto, including the small satellite Nix.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pluto Companion Search Team
Target entity description: The Pluto Companion Search Team is an astronomical research group responsible for discovering moons orbiting the dwarf planet Pluto, including the small satellite Nix.
  • A. Michael E. Brown
    Michael E. Brown is an American astronomer known for his discoveries of distant trans-Neptunian objects that reshaped the definition of planets in our solar system.
  • B. Spacewatch
    Spacewatch is an astronomical survey program at the University of Arizona that uses telescopes on Kitt Peak to discover and study minor planets, comets, and other small bodies in the Solar System.
  • C. Chad Trujillo
    Chad Trujillo is an American astronomer known for his role in the discovery of distant trans-Neptunian objects, including the dwarf planet Eris.
  • D. Scott S. Sheppard
    Scott S. Sheppard is an American astronomer known for discovering numerous small moons of the outer planets and distant objects in the Solar System.
  • E. Palomar Transient Factory
    The Palomar Transient Factory is an astronomical survey project that used the Palomar Observatory to systematically search the night sky for transient and variable phenomena such as supernovae and other short-lived cosmic events.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69bd441721cc819085c7e33fe0876818 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd70a7650c8190b046b65072fd8eae completed March 20, 2026, 4:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be77c421288190bcc2d9bfdfff7198 completed March 21, 2026, 10:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be79127e80819088a97e674991fc8b completed March 21, 2026, 10:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be7990fd048190b3d1acaa6e3bce90 completed March 21, 2026, 10:57 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:31 p.m.