Triple

T6431308
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cetus E129783 entity
Predicate containsGalaxy P57286 FINISHED
Object NGC 936
NGC 936 is a barred lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Cetus, notable for its bright central bar and relatively featureless disk.
E591824 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 936 | Statement: [Cetus, containsGalaxy, NGC 936]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NGC 936
Context triple: [Cetus, containsGalaxy, NGC 936]
  • A. NGC 598
    NGC 598 is the Triangulum Galaxy, a nearby spiral galaxy in the Local Group and one of the closest large galaxies to the Milky Way.
  • B. NGC 1976
    NGC 1976, better known as the Orion Nebula (M42), is a bright, nearby emission nebula in the constellation Orion and one of the most studied stellar nurseries in the night sky.
  • C. NGC 2976
    NGC 2976 is a nearby dwarf spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major and a member of the M81 Group of galaxies.
  • D. NGC 884
    NGC 884 is a young, bright open star cluster in the constellation Perseus, best known as one half of the famous Double Cluster visible to the naked eye.
  • E. NGC 6637
    NGC 6637 is a dense globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius, notable for its high metallicity and inclusion in Charles Messier’s catalog as Messier 69.
  • 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 936
Triple: [Cetus, containsGalaxy, NGC 936]
Generated description
NGC 936 is a barred lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Cetus, notable for its bright central bar and relatively featureless disk.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NGC 936
Target entity description: NGC 936 is a barred lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Cetus, notable for its bright central bar and relatively featureless disk.
  • A. NGC 598
    NGC 598 is the Triangulum Galaxy, a nearby spiral galaxy in the Local Group and one of the closest large galaxies to the Milky Way.
  • B. NGC 1976
    NGC 1976, better known as the Orion Nebula (M42), is a bright, nearby emission nebula in the constellation Orion and one of the most studied stellar nurseries in the night sky.
  • C. NGC 2976
    NGC 2976 is a nearby dwarf spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major and a member of the M81 Group of galaxies.
  • D. NGC 884
    NGC 884 is a young, bright open star cluster in the constellation Perseus, best known as one half of the famous Double Cluster visible to the naked eye.
  • E. NGC 6637
    NGC 6637 is a dense globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius, notable for its high metallicity and inclusion in Charles Messier’s catalog as Messier 69.
  • 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_69c0084caac48190a7bc2ad8ba44536f completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0693cadf08190aca84888a3440b3d completed March 22, 2026, 10:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c640e9ae8481909229bcf6d5e793d3 completed March 27, 2026, 8:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c641ff05c08190ab9526b095b038fa completed March 27, 2026, 8:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c642a344e48190bccb0f0d122fca4c completed March 27, 2026, 8:41 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:44 p.m.