Triple

T7272828
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tau Ceti e E161146 entity
Predicate discoveredBy P412 FINISHED
Object Steven S. Vogt
Steven S. Vogt is an American astronomer and astrophysicist known for his pioneering work in exoplanet detection and precision radial-velocity instrumentation.
 E653626 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: Steven S. Vogt | Statement: [Tau Ceti e, discoveredBy, Steven S. Vogt]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Steven S. Vogt
Context triple: [Tau Ceti e, discoveredBy, Steven S. Vogt]
  • A. Greg Laughlin
    Greg Laughlin is an American politician and attorney who served as a U.S. Representative from Texas in the 1990s, notably switching from the Democratic to the Republican Party during his tenure.
  • B. Scott S. Sheppard
    Scott S. Sheppard is an American astronomer known for discovering numerous small moons of the outer planets and distant objects in the Solar System.
  • C. David C. Jewitt
    David C. Jewitt is a British-American astronomer best known for co-discovering the first Kuiper Belt object beyond Pluto, helping to reveal the Kuiper Belt as a major component of the solar system.
  • D. William J. Borucki
    William J. Borucki is an American space scientist best known for pioneering the concept and leading the development of NASA’s Kepler mission to discover exoplanets.
  • E. David J. Tholen
    David J. Tholen is an American astronomer known for his work in planetary science and the discovery and characterization of small bodies and ring systems in the Solar System.
  • 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: Steven S. Vogt
Triple: [Tau Ceti e, discoveredBy, Steven S. Vogt]
Generated description
Steven S. Vogt is an American astronomer and astrophysicist known for his pioneering work in exoplanet detection and precision radial-velocity instrumentation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Steven S. Vogt
Target entity description: Steven S. Vogt is an American astronomer and astrophysicist known for his pioneering work in exoplanet detection and precision radial-velocity instrumentation.
  • A. Greg Laughlin
    Greg Laughlin is an American politician and attorney who served as a U.S. Representative from Texas in the 1990s, notably switching from the Democratic to the Republican Party during his tenure.
  • B. Scott S. Sheppard
    Scott S. Sheppard is an American astronomer known for discovering numerous small moons of the outer planets and distant objects in the Solar System.
  • C. David C. Jewitt
    David C. Jewitt is a British-American astronomer best known for co-discovering the first Kuiper Belt object beyond Pluto, helping to reveal the Kuiper Belt as a major component of the solar system.
  • D. William J. Borucki
    William J. Borucki is an American space scientist best known for pioneering the concept and leading the development of NASA’s Kepler mission to discover exoplanets.
  • E. David J. Tholen
    David J. Tholen is an American astronomer known for his work in planetary science and the discovery and characterization of small bodies and ring systems in the Solar System.
  • 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_69c6885181008190b419040e22939c7c completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6eb0c68d0819081b2aebba19bf3e8 completed March 27, 2026, 8:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7db2936dc8190aed38888bb5e47b8 completed March 28, 2026, 1:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7df512bac81909e7c413302afd4ea completed March 28, 2026, 2:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7dfcdc3908190a7e5bf653b87ed00 completed March 28, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:58 p.m.