Triple

T8396791
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Virgo Collaboration E198072 entity
Predicate operates P24 FINISHED
Object Virgo interferometer
The Virgo interferometer is a large-scale gravitational-wave observatory in Italy that uses laser interferometry to detect ripples in spacetime from cosmic events such as merging black holes and neutron stars.
E730520 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: Virgo interferometer | Statement: [Virgo Collaboration, operates, Virgo interferometer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virgo interferometer
Context triple: [Virgo Collaboration, operates, Virgo interferometer]
  • A. LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory)
    LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) is a large-scale physics experiment and observatory designed to detect and study gravitational waves using highly sensitive laser interferometry.
  • B. KAGRA gravitational-wave detector
    The KAGRA gravitational-wave detector is a large-scale underground interferometer in Japan that uses cryogenically cooled mirrors to detect ripples in spacetime from cosmic events.
  • C. TAMA 300 gravitational wave detector (historical)
    The TAMA 300 gravitational wave detector is a pioneering Japanese laser interferometer experiment that contributed to early gravitational wave research and technology development before the advent of larger observatories like LIGO and Virgo.
  • D. IGO
    IGO is the ICAO airline designator for IndiGo, a major low-cost carrier based in India.
  • E. Michelson interferometer
    The Michelson interferometer is a precision optical instrument that splits and recombines light beams to measure extremely small differences in path length, widely used in fundamental physics experiments and metrology.
  • 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: Virgo interferometer
Triple: [Virgo Collaboration, operates, Virgo interferometer]
Generated description
The Virgo interferometer is a large-scale gravitational-wave observatory in Italy that uses laser interferometry to detect ripples in spacetime from cosmic events such as merging black holes and neutron stars.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virgo interferometer
Target entity description: The Virgo interferometer is a large-scale gravitational-wave observatory in Italy that uses laser interferometry to detect ripples in spacetime from cosmic events such as merging black holes and neutron stars.
  • A. LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory)
    LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) is a large-scale physics experiment and observatory designed to detect and study gravitational waves using highly sensitive laser interferometry.
  • B. KAGRA gravitational-wave detector
    The KAGRA gravitational-wave detector is a large-scale underground interferometer in Japan that uses cryogenically cooled mirrors to detect ripples in spacetime from cosmic events.
  • C. TAMA 300 gravitational wave detector (historical)
    The TAMA 300 gravitational wave detector is a pioneering Japanese laser interferometer experiment that contributed to early gravitational wave research and technology development before the advent of larger observatories like LIGO and Virgo.
  • D. IGO
    IGO is the ICAO airline designator for IndiGo, a major low-cost carrier based in India.
  • E. Michelson interferometer
    The Michelson interferometer is a precision optical instrument that splits and recombines light beams to measure extremely small differences in path length, widely used in fundamental physics experiments and metrology.
  • 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_69ca82f816bc8190ab321c07d72208c1 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb818893348190a6ea2ff6a2e3e491 completed March 31, 2026, 8:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cde867d21c8190b066a6c88273ec5a completed April 2, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cdebfd60188190a1681344e2bf1e9e completed April 2, 2026, 4:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cded2fa42c8190bfbfc79caf38bf8e completed April 2, 2026, 4:14 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:04 p.m.