Triple

T5362869
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Orion Nebula E103061 entity
Predicate discoveredBy P412 FINISHED
Object Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc
Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc was a 17th-century French astronomer, antiquary, and humanist scholar known for his wide-ranging scientific observations and correspondence across Europe.
E514711 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: Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc | Statement: [Orion Nebula, discoveredBy, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc
Context triple: [Orion Nebula, discoveredBy, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc]
  • A. Eustache de Saint Pierre
    Eustache de Saint Pierre was a prominent 14th-century citizen of Calais famed for volunteering as one of the burghers to sacrifice himself to King Edward III during the siege of Calais in the Hundred Years’ War.
  • B. Pierre Gassendi
    Pierre Gassendi was a 17th-century French philosopher, priest, scientist, and early modern proponent of atomism who sought to reconcile Epicurean philosophy with Christian theology.
  • C. Johannes Heinsius
    Johannes Heinsius was a notable historical figure bearing the surname Heinsius, likely recognized for contributions in scholarly, political, or cultural fields.
  • D. Pierre de Carcavi
    Pierre de Carcavi was a 17th-century French mathematician and royal librarian known for his correspondence with leading scientists of his time, including Fermat, Descartes, and Galileo.
  • E. Urbain Cassan
    Urbain Cassan was a French architect best known for co-designing Paris’s Tour Montparnasse, one of the city’s most prominent modern skyscrapers.
  • 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: Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc
Triple: [Orion Nebula, discoveredBy, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc]
Generated description
Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc was a 17th-century French astronomer, antiquary, and humanist scholar known for his wide-ranging scientific observations and correspondence across Europe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc
Target entity description: Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc was a 17th-century French astronomer, antiquary, and humanist scholar known for his wide-ranging scientific observations and correspondence across Europe.
  • A. Eustache de Saint Pierre
    Eustache de Saint Pierre was a prominent 14th-century citizen of Calais famed for volunteering as one of the burghers to sacrifice himself to King Edward III during the siege of Calais in the Hundred Years’ War.
  • B. Pierre Gassendi
    Pierre Gassendi was a 17th-century French philosopher, priest, scientist, and early modern proponent of atomism who sought to reconcile Epicurean philosophy with Christian theology.
  • C. Johannes Heinsius
    Johannes Heinsius was a notable historical figure bearing the surname Heinsius, likely recognized for contributions in scholarly, political, or cultural fields.
  • D. Pierre de Carcavi
    Pierre de Carcavi was a 17th-century French mathematician and royal librarian known for his correspondence with leading scientists of his time, including Fermat, Descartes, and Galileo.
  • E. Urbain Cassan
    Urbain Cassan was a French architect best known for co-designing Paris’s Tour Montparnasse, one of the city’s most prominent modern skyscrapers.
  • 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_69bd43daa3e4819090b59d127db70e57 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd865b9b808190a1e8c283ba28d645 completed March 20, 2026, 5:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf21ef7acc8190aa7ff990a04ff09c completed March 21, 2026, 10:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf25467ad481909a24fb4cb2953af6 completed March 21, 2026, 11:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf25c28ad48190ad7f0e5cd9487a08 completed March 21, 2026, 11:12 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:02 p.m.