Triple

T823316
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Yerkes Observatory E17797 entity
Predicate hasTelescope P35 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.
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]
  • 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
    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. 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.
  • 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.