Triple

T9809027
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject CANDELS survey E238221 entity
Predicate coPrincipalInvestigator P90122 FINISHED
Object Steven M. Willner
Steven M. Willner is an astronomer known for his leadership role in major extragalactic and cosmological surveys using space-based observatories.
 E836641 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: Steven M. Willner | Statement: [CANDELS survey, coPrincipalInvestigator, Steven M. Willner]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Steven M. Willner
Context triple: [CANDELS survey, coPrincipalInvestigator, Steven M. Willner]
  • A. Steven G. Ehrlich
    Steven G. Ehrlich is an American jurist who served as a justice on the Florida Supreme Court.
  • B. Lou L. Ostrow
    Lou L. Ostrow was a film producer active in early American cinema, known for producing works such as the comedy "You’re Only Young Once."
  • C. Robert M. Weitman
    Robert M. Weitman was an American film producer active in mid-20th-century Hollywood, known for overseeing a range of studio features and genre films.
  • D. Peter J. Weinberger
    Peter J. Weinberger is an American computer scientist known for his contributions to programming languages and tools at Bell Labs, including co-creating the AWK programming language.
  • E. Michael A. Helfant
    Michael A. Helfant is a film producer and entertainment executive known for his work on genre and thriller projects, including the 2013 crime thriller "The Call."
  • 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: Steven M. Willner
Triple: [CANDELS survey, coPrincipalInvestigator, Steven M. Willner]
Generated description
Steven M. Willner is an astronomer known for his leadership role in major extragalactic and cosmological surveys using space-based observatories.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Steven M. Willner
Target entity description: Steven M. Willner is an astronomer known for his leadership role in major extragalactic and cosmological surveys using space-based observatories.
  • A. Steven G. Ehrlich
    Steven G. Ehrlich is an American jurist who served as a justice on the Florida Supreme Court.
  • B. Lou L. Ostrow
    Lou L. Ostrow was a film producer active in early American cinema, known for producing works such as the comedy "You’re Only Young Once."
  • C. Robert M. Weitman
    Robert M. Weitman was an American film producer active in mid-20th-century Hollywood, known for overseeing a range of studio features and genre films.
  • D. Peter J. Weinberger
    Peter J. Weinberger is an American computer scientist known for his contributions to programming languages and tools at Bell Labs, including co-creating the AWK programming language.
  • E. Michael A. Helfant
    Michael A. Helfant is a film producer and entertainment executive known for his work on genre and thriller projects, including the 2013 crime thriller "The Call."
  • 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_69ca84defac48190abc1148804f184c1 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb21ef32c8190ab4b09d157798451 completed April 2, 2026, 12:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d281a8e9b08190bcafaf409f83a152 completed April 5, 2026, 3:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d282fd10248190a1a0b4573b2065ae completed April 5, 2026, 3:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d283d0e1748190a0c65bbaa8e8348e completed April 5, 2026, 3:46 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:29 p.m.