Triple

T5363146
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Palomar Observatory E103067 entity
Predicate hasTelescope P35 FINISHED
Object Palomar Testbed Interferometer
The Palomar Testbed Interferometer is an astronomical interferometer designed to combine light from multiple small telescopes to achieve extremely high angular resolution for precision measurements of stars and other celestial objects.
E514338 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: Palomar Testbed Interferometer | Statement: [Palomar Observatory, hasTelescope, Palomar Testbed Interferometer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Palomar Testbed Interferometer
Context triple: [Palomar Observatory, hasTelescope, Palomar Testbed Interferometer]
  • A. Narrabri Stellar Intensity Interferometer
    The Narrabri Stellar Intensity Interferometer was a pioneering astronomical instrument in Australia that used intensity interferometry to measure the angular diameters of hot stars with unprecedented precision.
  • B. 20 Meter Telescope
    The 20 Meter Telescope is a mid-sized radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory used for astronomical research and education in radio astronomy.
  • C. Navy Precision Optical Interferometer (partnership)
    The Navy Precision Optical Interferometer is a high-resolution astronomical observatory operated as a partnership between Lowell Observatory, the U.S. Naval Observatory, and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory to conduct precise optical interferometry of stars and other celestial objects.
  • D. 43 Meter Telescope
    The 43 Meter Telescope is a mid-sized radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia used for astronomical and atmospheric research.
  • E. SMARTS 1.0m Telescope
    The SMARTS 1.0m Telescope is a one-meter-class optical telescope operated as part of the SMARTS consortium’s observing facilities at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.
  • 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: Palomar Testbed Interferometer
Triple: [Palomar Observatory, hasTelescope, Palomar Testbed Interferometer]
Generated description
The Palomar Testbed Interferometer is an astronomical interferometer designed to combine light from multiple small telescopes to achieve extremely high angular resolution for precision measurements of stars and other celestial objects.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Palomar Testbed Interferometer
Target entity description: The Palomar Testbed Interferometer is an astronomical interferometer designed to combine light from multiple small telescopes to achieve extremely high angular resolution for precision measurements of stars and other celestial objects.
  • A. Narrabri Stellar Intensity Interferometer
    The Narrabri Stellar Intensity Interferometer was a pioneering astronomical instrument in Australia that used intensity interferometry to measure the angular diameters of hot stars with unprecedented precision.
  • B. 20 Meter Telescope
    The 20 Meter Telescope is a mid-sized radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory used for astronomical research and education in radio astronomy.
  • C. Navy Precision Optical Interferometer (partnership)
    The Navy Precision Optical Interferometer is a high-resolution astronomical observatory operated as a partnership between Lowell Observatory, the U.S. Naval Observatory, and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory to conduct precise optical interferometry of stars and other celestial objects.
  • D. 43 Meter Telescope
    The 43 Meter Telescope is a mid-sized radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia used for astronomical and atmospheric research.
  • E. SMARTS 1.0m Telescope
    The SMARTS 1.0m Telescope is a one-meter-class optical telescope operated as part of the SMARTS consortium’s observing facilities at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.
  • 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_69bf21f2bc708190b596c5402fa07e75 completed March 21, 2026, 10:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf228956d481909e9f3c11f4597cce completed March 21, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf230b571481909f76ada72d94c8d8 completed March 21, 2026, 11 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:02 p.m.