Triple

T5259956
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Canis Major E118798 entity
Predicate contains P35 FINISHED
Object Tau Canis Majoris
Tau Canis Majoris is a very luminous, massive blue-white multiple star system located in the constellation Canis Major and is one of the brightest members of the open cluster NGC 2362.
E520069 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: Tau Canis Majoris | Statement: [Canis Major, contains, Tau Canis Majoris]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tau Canis Majoris
Context triple: [Canis Major, contains, Tau Canis Majoris]
  • A. Eta Canis Majoris
    Eta Canis Majoris, also known as Aludra, is a luminous blue supergiant star in the constellation Canis Major and one of its brightest members.
  • B. Epsilon Canis Majoris
    Epsilon Canis Majoris, also known as Adhara, is a bright blue-white giant star and one of the most luminous stars visible from Earth, located in the constellation Canis Major.
  • C. Delta Canis Majoris
    Delta Canis Majoris, also known as Wezen, is a bright F-type supergiant star in the constellation Canis Major that forms part of the prominent winter sky near Sirius.
  • D. Beta Canis Majoris
    Beta Canis Majoris is a bright blue-white giant star in the constellation Canis Major, notable as one of its most luminous and prominent members.
  • E. Zeta Canis Majoris
    Zeta Canis Majoris, also known as Furud, is a bright B-type main-sequence star in the constellation Canis Major.
  • 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: Tau Canis Majoris
Triple: [Canis Major, contains, Tau Canis Majoris]
Generated description
Tau Canis Majoris is a very luminous, massive blue-white multiple star system located in the constellation Canis Major and is one of the brightest members of the open cluster NGC 2362.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tau Canis Majoris
Target entity description: Tau Canis Majoris is a very luminous, massive blue-white multiple star system located in the constellation Canis Major and is one of the brightest members of the open cluster NGC 2362.
  • A. Eta Canis Majoris
    Eta Canis Majoris, also known as Aludra, is a luminous blue supergiant star in the constellation Canis Major and one of its brightest members.
  • B. Epsilon Canis Majoris
    Epsilon Canis Majoris, also known as Adhara, is a bright blue-white giant star and one of the most luminous stars visible from Earth, located in the constellation Canis Major.
  • C. Delta Canis Majoris
    Delta Canis Majoris, also known as Wezen, is a bright F-type supergiant star in the constellation Canis Major that forms part of the prominent winter sky near Sirius.
  • D. Beta Canis Majoris
    Beta Canis Majoris is a bright blue-white giant star in the constellation Canis Major, notable as one of its most luminous and prominent members.
  • E. Zeta Canis Majoris
    Zeta Canis Majoris, also known as Furud, is a bright B-type main-sequence star in the constellation Canis Major.
  • 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_69bd446a42c88190b7ecbef006561d55 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7bcced6881909bdb7ac5471a37fe completed March 20, 2026, 4:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf41130abc8190832b2332cd19f86a completed March 22, 2026, 1:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf41ad1a9c81908a4e8b90b99ff6bd completed March 22, 2026, 1:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf423ce620819086baa5933d7695dd completed March 22, 2026, 1:13 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:50 p.m.