Triple

T7431634
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lick Observatory E171502 entity
Predicate hasTelescope P35 FINISHED
Object 120-inch Shane reflector
The 120-inch Shane reflector is a large optical telescope at Lick Observatory that has been a major instrument for astronomical research since the mid-20th century.
E664259 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: 120-inch Shane reflector | Statement: [Lick Observatory, hasTelescope, 120-inch Shane reflector]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 120-inch Shane reflector
Context triple: [Lick Observatory, hasTelescope, 120-inch Shane reflector]
  • A. 140 Foot Telescope
    The 140 Foot Telescope is a large single-dish radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia, historically used for a wide range of radio astronomy research.
  • B. 11-inch Clark refractor
    The 11-inch Clark refractor is a historic, high-quality refracting telescope built by Alvan Clark & Sons, notable for its role in pioneering astrophotographic and spectroscopic observations in the late 19th century.
  • C. Maksutov telescope
    A Maksutov telescope is a compact catadioptric reflecting telescope that uses a meniscus corrector lens to deliver sharp, well-corrected images with relatively simple alignment and maintenance.
  • D. 100-inch Hooker telescope
    The 100-inch Hooker telescope is a historic reflecting telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory, famous for Edwin Hubble’s observations that revealed the expanding universe and established galaxies beyond the Milky Way.
  • E. Ritchey–Chrétien reflector
    A Ritchey–Chrétien reflector is a specialized type of reflecting telescope that uses hyperbolic primary and secondary mirrors to produce a wide, coma-free field of view ideal for professional astronomical imaging.
  • 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: 120-inch Shane reflector
Triple: [Lick Observatory, hasTelescope, 120-inch Shane reflector]
Generated description
The 120-inch Shane reflector is a large optical telescope at Lick Observatory that has been a major instrument for astronomical research since the mid-20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 120-inch Shane reflector
Target entity description: The 120-inch Shane reflector is a large optical telescope at Lick Observatory that has been a major instrument for astronomical research since the mid-20th century.
  • A. 140 Foot Telescope
    The 140 Foot Telescope is a large single-dish radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia, historically used for a wide range of radio astronomy research.
  • B. 11-inch Clark refractor
    The 11-inch Clark refractor is a historic, high-quality refracting telescope built by Alvan Clark & Sons, notable for its role in pioneering astrophotographic and spectroscopic observations in the late 19th century.
  • C. Maksutov telescope
    A Maksutov telescope is a compact catadioptric reflecting telescope that uses a meniscus corrector lens to deliver sharp, well-corrected images with relatively simple alignment and maintenance.
  • D. 100-inch Hooker telescope
    The 100-inch Hooker telescope is a historic reflecting telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory, famous for Edwin Hubble’s observations that revealed the expanding universe and established galaxies beyond the Milky Way.
  • E. Ritchey–Chrétien reflector
    A Ritchey–Chrétien reflector is a specialized type of reflecting telescope that uses hyperbolic primary and secondary mirrors to produce a wide, coma-free field of view ideal for professional astronomical imaging.
  • 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_69c68a63491881909281f73d4d5643bf completed March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f324afac8190b34fcac95fd57410 completed March 27, 2026, 9:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c81f187f5081909d171835278c035c completed March 28, 2026, 6:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8230a58008190ad10d012f4070435 completed March 28, 2026, 6:50 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c823ec05288190aa3c0b812ce1662f completed March 28, 2026, 6:54 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:12 p.m.