Triple

T6006807
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Steward Observatory E133729 entity
Predicate hasFacility P105 FINISHED
Object Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab
The Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab is a world-renowned facility at the University of Arizona that specializes in casting and polishing giant, lightweight telescope mirrors for leading astronomical observatories.
 E561814 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: Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab | Statement: [Steward Observatory, hasFacility, Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab
Context triple: [Steward Observatory, hasFacility, Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab]
  • A. Palomar 48-inch Schmidt Telescope
    The Palomar 48-inch Schmidt Telescope is a wide-field survey telescope at Palomar Observatory renowned for its major contributions to sky surveys and the discovery of numerous astronomical objects.
  • B. Lyman Spitzer Building at Princeton University
    The Lyman Spitzer Building at Princeton University is a campus facility named in honor of astrophysicist Lyman Spitzer Jr., reflecting his pioneering contributions to theoretical astrophysics and space science.
  • C. Palomar 60-inch Telescope
    The Palomar 60-inch Telescope is a 1.5-meter-class reflecting telescope at Palomar Observatory used primarily for optical imaging and time-domain astronomy.
  • D. du Pont Telescope
    The du Pont Telescope is a 2.5-meter optical telescope at Chile’s Las Campanas Observatory used for a wide range of astronomical imaging and spectroscopic research.
  • E. Palomar 18-inch Schmidt Telescope
    The Palomar 18-inch Schmidt Telescope is a small wide-field survey instrument at Palomar Observatory historically used for photographic sky surveys and the discovery of comets and asteroids.
  • 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: Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab
Triple: [Steward Observatory, hasFacility, Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab]
Generated description
The Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab is a world-renowned facility at the University of Arizona that specializes in casting and polishing giant, lightweight telescope mirrors for leading astronomical observatories.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab
Target entity description: The Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab is a world-renowned facility at the University of Arizona that specializes in casting and polishing giant, lightweight telescope mirrors for leading astronomical observatories.
  • A. Palomar 48-inch Schmidt Telescope
    The Palomar 48-inch Schmidt Telescope is a wide-field survey telescope at Palomar Observatory renowned for its major contributions to sky surveys and the discovery of numerous astronomical objects.
  • B. Lyman Spitzer Building at Princeton University
    The Lyman Spitzer Building at Princeton University is a campus facility named in honor of astrophysicist Lyman Spitzer Jr., reflecting his pioneering contributions to theoretical astrophysics and space science.
  • C. Palomar 60-inch Telescope
    The Palomar 60-inch Telescope is a 1.5-meter-class reflecting telescope at Palomar Observatory used primarily for optical imaging and time-domain astronomy.
  • D. du Pont Telescope
    The du Pont Telescope is a 2.5-meter optical telescope at Chile’s Las Campanas Observatory used for a wide range of astronomical imaging and spectroscopic research.
  • E. Palomar 18-inch Schmidt Telescope
    The Palomar 18-inch Schmidt Telescope is a small wide-field survey instrument at Palomar Observatory historically used for photographic sky surveys and the discovery of comets and asteroids.
  • 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_69c00872444c8190bfaf1739dcec765c completed March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c04f13d9908190a11d9bef8652db93 completed March 22, 2026, 8:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c10895559081908b9efdd32ecef37f completed March 23, 2026, 9:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c10b7467e88190955014bc060b20e4 completed March 23, 2026, 9:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c10c0a001c81908e3ca53e9491ff9a completed March 23, 2026, 9:46 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:06 p.m.