Triple

T7431635
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lick Observatory E171502 entity
Predicate hasTelescope P35 FINISHED
Object Nickel 1-m telescope
The Nickel 1-m telescope is a one-meter-class optical telescope at Lick Observatory used primarily for imaging and photometric observations in astronomical research.
E664260 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: Nickel 1-m telescope | Statement: [Lick Observatory, hasTelescope, Nickel 1-m telescope]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nickel 1-m telescope
Context triple: [Lick Observatory, hasTelescope, Nickel 1-m telescope]
  • A. BTA-6 telescope
    The BTA-6 telescope is a 6-meter optical reflecting telescope in Russia that became the world’s largest single-aperture optical telescope after the Hale Telescope.
  • B. IAC-80 Telescope
    The IAC-80 Telescope is a medium-sized optical telescope used for astronomical research and observations at the Teide Observatory in the Canary Islands.
  • C. Vacuum Tower Telescope
    The Vacuum Tower Telescope is a solar telescope in Spain’s Canary Islands designed for high-resolution observations of the Sun’s photosphere and chromosphere.
  • D. Apollo Telescope Mount
    The Apollo Telescope Mount was a solar observatory module used on NASA’s Skylab space station to conduct detailed studies of the Sun in multiple wavelengths.
  • E. Warsaw Telescope
    The Warsaw Telescope is a 1.3-meter optical telescope at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, widely used for large-scale astronomical surveys such as the OGLE project.
  • 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: Nickel 1-m telescope
Triple: [Lick Observatory, hasTelescope, Nickel 1-m telescope]
Generated description
The Nickel 1-m telescope is a one-meter-class optical telescope at Lick Observatory used primarily for imaging and photometric observations in astronomical research.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nickel 1-m telescope
Target entity description: The Nickel 1-m telescope is a one-meter-class optical telescope at Lick Observatory used primarily for imaging and photometric observations in astronomical research.
  • A. BTA-6 telescope
    The BTA-6 telescope is a 6-meter optical reflecting telescope in Russia that became the world’s largest single-aperture optical telescope after the Hale Telescope.
  • B. IAC-80 Telescope
    The IAC-80 Telescope is a medium-sized optical telescope used for astronomical research and observations at the Teide Observatory in the Canary Islands.
  • C. Vacuum Tower Telescope
    The Vacuum Tower Telescope is a solar telescope in Spain’s Canary Islands designed for high-resolution observations of the Sun’s photosphere and chromosphere.
  • D. Apollo Telescope Mount
    The Apollo Telescope Mount was a solar observatory module used on NASA’s Skylab space station to conduct detailed studies of the Sun in multiple wavelengths.
  • E. Warsaw Telescope
    The Warsaw Telescope is a 1.3-meter optical telescope at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, widely used for large-scale astronomical surveys such as the OGLE project.
  • 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.