Triple

T5410482
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Virgo Cluster E121000 entity
Predicate containsGalaxy P57286 FINISHED
Object NGC 4606
NGC 4606 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Virgo and is a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.
E526854 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: NGC 4606 | Statement: [Virgo Cluster, containsGalaxy, NGC 4606]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NGC 4606
Context triple: [Virgo Cluster, containsGalaxy, NGC 4606]
  • A. NGC 4660
    NGC 4660 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Virgo and is a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.
  • B. NGC 4406
    NGC 4406, also known as Messier 86, is a giant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo and one of the prominent members of the Virgo Cluster.
  • C. NGC 4639
    NGC 4639 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo that hosts an active galactic nucleus and lies on the outskirts of the Virgo Cluster.
  • D. NGC 4609
    NGC 4609 is an open star cluster located in the southern constellation Centaurus, notable for its relatively young stellar population.
  • E. NGC 4536
    NGC 4536 is a barred spiral galaxy notable for its active star formation and location in the constellation Virgo.
  • 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: NGC 4606
Triple: [Virgo Cluster, containsGalaxy, NGC 4606]
Generated description
NGC 4606 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Virgo and is a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NGC 4606
Target entity description: NGC 4606 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Virgo and is a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.
  • A. NGC 4660
    NGC 4660 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Virgo and is a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.
  • B. NGC 4406
    NGC 4406, also known as Messier 86, is a giant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo and one of the prominent members of the Virgo Cluster.
  • C. NGC 4639
    NGC 4639 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo that hosts an active galactic nucleus and lies on the outskirts of the Virgo Cluster.
  • D. NGC 4609
    NGC 4609 is an open star cluster located in the southern constellation Centaurus, notable for its relatively young stellar population.
  • E. NGC 4536
    NGC 4536 is a barred spiral galaxy notable for its active star formation and location in the constellation Virgo.
  • 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_69bd463a41cc8190b32ff5af2b96ca93 completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd87985ee0819092a9a5cd6a948138 completed March 20, 2026, 5:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bfcb96c56c8190908d5aacd5afc88e completed March 22, 2026, 10:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bfcc0571c48190a1b9343f09b59a43 completed March 22, 2026, 11:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bfcc5076c4819088f0dd3f75022860 completed March 22, 2026, 11:02 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:05 p.m.