Triple

T926805
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Adams E20001 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object John Couch Adams
John Couch Adams was a 19th-century English mathematician and astronomer best known for his role in the prediction of the planet Neptune.
E116784 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: John Couch Adams | Statement: [Adams, hasNotableBearer, John Couch Adams]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Couch Adams
Context triple: [Adams, hasNotableBearer, John Couch Adams]
  • A. Simon Newcomb
    Simon Newcomb was a 19th-century Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician renowned for his work in celestial mechanics, astronomical constants, and early studies of what became known as Benford's law.
  • B. Edward Charles Pickering
    Edward Charles Pickering was a pioneering American astronomer and longtime director of the Harvard College Observatory, known for his major contributions to stellar spectroscopy and the classification of stars.
  • C. James Edward Keeler
    James Edward Keeler was an American astronomer noted for his pioneering spectroscopic studies of Saturn’s rings and for his influential role in late 19th-century astrophysical research.
  • D. Anton von Zach
    Anton von Zach was an Austrian general and staff officer best known for his role in the Napoleonic Wars, particularly during the Italian campaigns.
  • E. George Howard Darwin
    George Howard Darwin was a British astronomer and mathematician known for his work on tidal theory and the evolution of the Earth–Moon system.
  • 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: John Couch Adams
Triple: [Adams, hasNotableBearer, John Couch Adams]
Generated description
John Couch Adams was a 19th-century English mathematician and astronomer best known for his role in the prediction of the planet Neptune.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Couch Adams
Target entity description: John Couch Adams was a 19th-century English mathematician and astronomer best known for his role in the prediction of the planet Neptune.
  • A. Simon Newcomb
    Simon Newcomb was a 19th-century Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician renowned for his work in celestial mechanics, astronomical constants, and early studies of what became known as Benford's law.
  • B. Edward Charles Pickering
    Edward Charles Pickering was a pioneering American astronomer and longtime director of the Harvard College Observatory, known for his major contributions to stellar spectroscopy and the classification of stars.
  • C. James Edward Keeler
    James Edward Keeler was an American astronomer noted for his pioneering spectroscopic studies of Saturn’s rings and for his influential role in late 19th-century astrophysical research.
  • D. Anton von Zach
    Anton von Zach was an Austrian general and staff officer best known for his role in the Napoleonic Wars, particularly during the Italian campaigns.
  • E. George Howard Darwin
    George Howard Darwin was a British astronomer and mathematician known for his work on tidal theory and the evolution of the Earth–Moon system.
  • 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_69a493af3dc48190adb7263e6e445ea1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b32c5b508190a570c94a6647ba70 completed March 1, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac258152cc8190a24456aefd58f19c completed March 7, 2026, 1:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac262d13248190a6e9ae3c3c6d2547 completed March 7, 2026, 1:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac269165b481909a2fd580c0bf1a70 completed March 7, 2026, 1:22 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.