Triple
T823316
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Yerkes Observatory |
E17797
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasTelescope |
P35
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Yerkes 40-inch refracting telescope
The Yerkes 40-inch refracting telescope is a historic, late-19th-century optical telescope renowned as the largest practical refracting telescope ever built and a landmark instrument in astronomical research.
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E17797
|
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: Yerkes 40-inch refracting telescope | Statement: [Yerkes Observatory, hasTelescope, Yerkes 40-inch refracting telescope]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yerkes 40-inch refracting telescope Context triple: [Yerkes Observatory, hasTelescope, Yerkes 40-inch refracting telescope]
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A.
100-inch Hooker Telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory
The 100-inch Hooker Telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory is a historic reflecting telescope that played a pivotal role in early 20th-century astronomy, including landmark discoveries about galaxies and the expanding universe.
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B.
Swope Telescope
The Swope Telescope is a 1-meter-class optical telescope at Chile’s Las Campanas Observatory, known for its role in supernova and transient object discoveries.
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C.
Yerkes Observatory
Yerkes Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory in Wisconsin renowned for housing one of the world’s largest refracting telescopes and for its influential role in 20th-century astrophysical research.
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D.
du Pont Telescope
The du Pont Telescope is a 2.5-meter optical telescope at Chile’s Las Campanas Observatory used for a wide range of astronomical imaging and spectroscopic research.
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E.
Goodsell Observatory
Goodsell Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory on the campus of Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, known for its distinctive Romanesque architecture and long-standing role in teaching and research in astronomy.
- 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: Yerkes 40-inch refracting telescope Triple: [Yerkes Observatory, hasTelescope, Yerkes 40-inch refracting telescope]
Generated description
The Yerkes 40-inch refracting telescope is a historic, late-19th-century optical telescope renowned as the largest practical refracting telescope ever built and a landmark instrument in astronomical research.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yerkes 40-inch refracting telescope Target entity description: The Yerkes 40-inch refracting telescope is a historic, late-19th-century optical telescope renowned as the largest practical refracting telescope ever built and a landmark instrument in astronomical research.
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A.
100-inch Hooker Telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory
The 100-inch Hooker Telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory is a historic reflecting telescope that played a pivotal role in early 20th-century astronomy, including landmark discoveries about galaxies and the expanding universe.
-
B.
Swope Telescope
The Swope Telescope is a 1-meter-class optical telescope at Chile’s Las Campanas Observatory, known for its role in supernova and transient object discoveries.
-
C.
Yerkes Observatory
chosen
Yerkes Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory in Wisconsin renowned for housing one of the world’s largest refracting telescopes and for its influential role in 20th-century astrophysical research.
-
D.
du Pont Telescope
The du Pont Telescope is a 2.5-meter optical telescope at Chile’s Las Campanas Observatory used for a wide range of astronomical imaging and spectroscopic research.
-
E.
Goodsell Observatory
Goodsell Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory on the campus of Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, known for its distinctive Romanesque architecture and long-standing role in teaching and research in astronomy.
- F. None of above.
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_69a4937bcaac8190a322524ac6f45a5a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4ab7d3984819089aefbf12d3b3c2c |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a76d93af548190818c14a370e0914a |
completed | March 3, 2026, 11:24 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a781f5536c81908175d58b6b75adba |
completed | March 4, 2026, 12:51 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a7860e656c8190a08a9999662ba1f1 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 1:08 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.