Triple

T5466991
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject IC 1805 E122734 entity
Predicate discoveredBy P412 FINISHED
Object William Herschel
William Herschel was an 18th-century British-German astronomer and composer best known for discovering the planet Uranus and conducting pioneering deep-sky surveys.
 E124368 NE FINISHED

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Herschel
Context triple: [IC 1805, discoveredBy, William Herschel]
  • A. William Herschel
    William Herschel was an 18th-century British-German astronomer and composer best known for discovering the planet Uranus and pioneering deep-sky surveys of the night sky.
  • B. Friedrich Bessel
    Friedrich Bessel was a German astronomer and mathematician renowned for his precise measurements of stellar positions and distances, including the first reliable determination of a star’s parallax.
  • C. Georg de Lalande
    Georg de Lalande was a German architect active in the early 20th century, known for designing prominent public and governmental buildings in East Asia.
  • D. Edmund Halley
    Edmund Halley was an English astronomer and mathematician best known for calculating the orbit of the periodic comet that now bears his name, Halley’s Comet.
  • E. William Lassell
    William Lassell was a 19th-century English astronomer renowned for his telescopic discoveries of several moons of the outer planets, including Neptune's moon Triton and Uranus's moon Ariel.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Herschel
Target entity description: William Herschel was an 18th-century British-German astronomer and composer best known for discovering the planet Uranus and conducting pioneering deep-sky surveys.
  • A. William Herschel chosen
    William Herschel was an 18th-century British-German astronomer and composer best known for discovering the planet Uranus and pioneering deep-sky surveys of the night sky.
  • B. Friedrich Bessel
    Friedrich Bessel was a German astronomer and mathematician renowned for his precise measurements of stellar positions and distances, including the first reliable determination of a star’s parallax.
  • C. Georg de Lalande
    Georg de Lalande was a German architect active in the early 20th century, known for designing prominent public and governmental buildings in East Asia.
  • D. Edmund Halley
    Edmund Halley was an English astronomer and mathematician best known for calculating the orbit of the periodic comet that now bears his name, Halley’s Comet.
  • E. William Lassell
    William Lassell was a 19th-century English astronomer renowned for his telescopic discoveries of several moons of the outer planets, including Neptune's moon Triton and Uranus's moon Ariel.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69bd4643f16081908d7f29e08096115a elicitation completed
NER batch_69bd9217009c819082631a2758b5f2a4 ner completed
NED1 batch_69bf488da1d8819091e1cad0500b1747 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69bf4fca93a08190b573e66d28aff4a3 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69bf4f5d620881908b460af328750cb7 nedg completed
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:08 p.m.