Triple

T6250941
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Friedrich Bessel E140043 entity
Predicate notableFor P22 FINISHED
Object Besselian elements
Besselian elements are mathematical parameters introduced by Friedrich Bessel that precisely describe the geometry and timing of a solar eclipse as seen from Earth.
E579587 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: Besselian elements | Statement: [Friedrich Bessel, notableFor, Besselian elements]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Besselian elements
Context triple: [Friedrich Bessel, notableFor, Besselian elements]
  • A. Saros cycle
    The Saros cycle is an approximately 18-year period after which nearly identical solar and lunar eclipses repeat, due to the alignment of the Earth, Moon, and Sun.
  • B. Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars
    The Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars are a set of highly accurate 19th-century astronomical tables computed by Simon Newcomb that were long used to predict the positions and motions of these celestial bodies.
  • C. Keplerian orbital elements
    Keplerian orbital elements are a set of parameters that uniquely describe the size, shape, and orientation of an orbit and the position of an orbiting body along that path.
  • D. Ephemerides
    Ephemerides is a 15th-century astronomical table compiled by Regiomontanus that provided highly accurate planetary positions and became a foundational tool for navigation and astronomy in early modern Europe.
  • E. Occultation
    Occultation is a central Twelver Shia belief that the twelfth Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, is alive but hidden from public view and will reappear at the end of times to establish justice.
  • 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: Besselian elements
Triple: [Friedrich Bessel, notableFor, Besselian elements]
Generated description
Besselian elements are mathematical parameters introduced by Friedrich Bessel that precisely describe the geometry and timing of a solar eclipse as seen from Earth.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Besselian elements
Target entity description: Besselian elements are mathematical parameters introduced by Friedrich Bessel that precisely describe the geometry and timing of a solar eclipse as seen from Earth.
  • A. Saros cycle
    The Saros cycle is an approximately 18-year period after which nearly identical solar and lunar eclipses repeat, due to the alignment of the Earth, Moon, and Sun.
  • B. Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars
    The Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars are a set of highly accurate 19th-century astronomical tables computed by Simon Newcomb that were long used to predict the positions and motions of these celestial bodies.
  • C. Keplerian orbital elements
    Keplerian orbital elements are a set of parameters that uniquely describe the size, shape, and orientation of an orbit and the position of an orbiting body along that path.
  • D. Ephemerides
    Ephemerides is a 15th-century astronomical table compiled by Regiomontanus that provided highly accurate planetary positions and became a foundational tool for navigation and astronomy in early modern Europe.
  • E. Occultation
    Occultation is a central Twelver Shia belief that the twelfth Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, is alive but hidden from public view and will reappear at the end of times to establish justice.
  • 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_69c008b4858c819095b0199114a9a87b completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0633dde348190bbf02a943d94e3be completed March 22, 2026, 9:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c244240b448190be3645177194ced6 completed March 24, 2026, 7:58 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c2756cf5c88190aed2c5e0916082e7 completed March 24, 2026, 11:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c275d913cc8190be3770f12c271226 completed March 24, 2026, 11:30 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:24 p.m.