Triple
T4959066
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Trifid Nebula |
E111358
|
entity |
| Predicate | discoveredBy |
P412
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Charles Messier |
E102232
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Charles Messier | Statement: [Trifid Nebula, discoveredBy, Charles Messier]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Messier Context triple: [Trifid Nebula, discoveredBy, Charles Messier]
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A.
Charles Messier
chosen
Charles Messier was an 18th-century French astronomer best known for compiling the Messier catalog of nebulae and star clusters to help comet hunters avoid confusing them with comets.
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B.
Jean-Marie Messier
Jean-Marie Messier is a French businessman best known for leading the media conglomerate Vivendi during its ambitious but controversial expansion into global entertainment and communications in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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C.
Nicolas de Lacaille
Nicolas de Lacaille was an 18th-century French astronomer renowned for his extensive southern sky surveys and for introducing many of the modern constellations.
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D.
Jean de Lalande
Jean de Lalande was a 17th-century French Jesuit lay missionary and martyr who was killed by the Iroquois while serving in New France.
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E.
Georg de Lalande
Georg de Lalande was a German architect active in the early 20th century, known for designing prominent public and governmental buildings in East Asia.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69bd4418390c8190b7e9766a2512ce55 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd71d957cc8190b82fdd1ca61924bf |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69beb0daa53481908c705ca3698ab777 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:53 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:32 p.m.