Triple
T5758889
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | NGC 346 |
E127038
|
entity |
| Predicate | discoveredBy |
P412
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Dunlop
James Dunlop was a 19th-century Scottish-born astronomer known for his extensive cataloging of southern sky deep-sky objects while working in Australia.
|
E543468
|
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: James Dunlop | Statement: [NGC 346, discoveredBy, James Dunlop]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Dunlop Context triple: [NGC 346, discoveredBy, James Dunlop]
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A.
Francis Baily
Francis Baily was a prominent 19th-century English astronomer best known for his detailed observations of solar eclipses, including the phenomenon now called "Baily's beads."
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B.
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.
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C.
Norman Robert Pogson
Norman Robert Pogson was a 19th-century English astronomer best known for defining the modern stellar magnitude scale and for his extensive observations and discoveries of asteroids and variable stars.
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D.
William Marsden
William Marsden was a prominent 19th-century British surgeon and medical philanthropist who founded both the Royal Free Hospital and the Royal Marsden Hospital in London.
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E.
Sir David Gill
Sir David Gill was a prominent 19th-century Scottish astronomer known for his pioneering work in astrometry and for leading major geodetic and photographic sky surveys from the Cape Observatory in South Africa.
- 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: James Dunlop Triple: [NGC 346, discoveredBy, James Dunlop]
Generated description
James Dunlop was a 19th-century Scottish-born astronomer known for his extensive cataloging of southern sky deep-sky objects while working in Australia.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Dunlop Target entity description: James Dunlop was a 19th-century Scottish-born astronomer known for his extensive cataloging of southern sky deep-sky objects while working in Australia.
-
A.
Francis Baily
Francis Baily was a prominent 19th-century English astronomer best known for his detailed observations of solar eclipses, including the phenomenon now called "Baily's beads."
-
B.
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.
-
C.
Norman Robert Pogson
Norman Robert Pogson was a 19th-century English astronomer best known for defining the modern stellar magnitude scale and for his extensive observations and discoveries of asteroids and variable stars.
-
D.
William Marsden
William Marsden was a prominent 19th-century British surgeon and medical philanthropist who founded both the Royal Free Hospital and the Royal Marsden Hospital in London.
-
E.
Sir David Gill
Sir David Gill was a prominent 19th-century Scottish astronomer known for his pioneering work in astrometry and for leading major geodetic and photographic sky surveys from the Cape Observatory in South Africa.
- 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_69c00833a3fc81908f4bc29ed011b7a6 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c0293771ec8190a0082685327d649b |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c07e4c70808190a31bb41d4baa5865 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 11:42 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c086e3b6d8819096f1c7571a2b6f5b |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:18 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c0879425b88190bf989710847315c9 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:21 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:49 p.m.