Triple

T5043906
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject C/1996 B2 E113612 entity
Predicate discoveredBy P412 FINISHED
Object Yuji Hyakutake
Yuji Hyakutake was a Japanese amateur astronomer best known for discovering the bright long-period Comet Hyakutake (C/1996 B2), which became one of the most spectacular comets of the late 20th century.
E619442 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: Yuji Hyakutake | Statement: [C/1996 B2, discoveredBy, Yuji Hyakutake]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yuji Hyakutake
Context triple: [C/1996 B2, discoveredBy, Yuji Hyakutake]
  • A. Harukichi Hyakutake
    Harukichi Hyakutake was a Japanese lieutenant general who led the Seventeenth Army in the Solomon Islands campaign during World War II, including the battles around Guadalcanal.
  • B. Noboru Kawazoe
    Noboru Kawazoe was a Japanese architect and critic closely associated with the Metabolism movement, contributing to its theoretical foundations and promotion.
  • C. Yoshihisa Hirano
    Yoshihisa Hirano is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher known for his successful career in Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball, particularly as a late-inning reliever.
  • D. Kiyotake Kawaguchi
    Kiyotake Kawaguchi was an Imperial Japanese Army general best known for leading Japanese forces in the Guadalcanal campaign during World War II.
  • E. Masanobu Takayanagi
    Masanobu Takayanagi is a Japanese cinematographer known for his work on acclaimed films such as Silver Linings Playbook, Spotlight, and Warrior.
  • 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: Yuji Hyakutake
Triple: [C/1996 B2, discoveredBy, Yuji Hyakutake]
Generated description
Yuji Hyakutake was a Japanese amateur astronomer best known for discovering the bright long-period Comet Hyakutake (C/1996 B2), which became one of the most spectacular comets of the late 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yuji Hyakutake
Target entity description: Yuji Hyakutake was a Japanese amateur astronomer best known for discovering the bright long-period Comet Hyakutake (C/1996 B2), which became one of the most spectacular comets of the late 20th century.
  • A. Harukichi Hyakutake
    Harukichi Hyakutake was a Japanese lieutenant general who led the Seventeenth Army in the Solomon Islands campaign during World War II, including the battles around Guadalcanal.
  • B. Noboru Kawazoe
    Noboru Kawazoe was a Japanese architect and critic closely associated with the Metabolism movement, contributing to its theoretical foundations and promotion.
  • C. Yoshihisa Hirano
    Yoshihisa Hirano is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher known for his successful career in Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball, particularly as a late-inning reliever.
  • D. Kiyotake Kawaguchi
    Kiyotake Kawaguchi was an Imperial Japanese Army general best known for leading Japanese forces in the Guadalcanal campaign during World War II.
  • E. Masanobu Takayanagi
    Masanobu Takayanagi is a Japanese cinematographer known for his work on acclaimed films such as Silver Linings Playbook, Spotlight, and Warrior.
  • 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_69bd44391fc48190a311ce9c826c209b completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd73fc04f08190aba851fa0192d0fb completed March 20, 2026, 4:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c71a548f8081909e347a1c7cd4e9fc completed March 28, 2026, 12:01 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c71afc2e9081909bd633d353a2c487 completed March 28, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c71b5b9b64819089aae86b0b52665c completed March 28, 2026, 12:05 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:37 p.m.