Triple

T1000504
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy E21591 entity
Predicate constellation P9993 FINISHED
Object Canis Major
Canis Major is a prominent southern sky constellation often associated with the "Great Dog" and containing Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky.
 E118798 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: Canis Major | Statement: [Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy, constellation, Canis Major]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Canis Major
Context triple: [Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy, constellation, Canis Major]
  • A. Scorpius
    Scorpius is a prominent zodiac constellation in the southern sky, easily recognized by its curved "scorpion's tail" and bright red supergiant star Antares.
  • B. Sagittarius
    Sagittarius is a prominent zodiac constellation in the southern sky, often depicted as an archer and notable for containing the direction of the Milky Way’s center.
  • C. Corona Australis
    Corona Australis is a small, southern constellation near the Milky Way, notable for its distinctive arc of stars and associated dark molecular cloud complex rich in star formation.
  • D. Cassiopeia
    Cassiopeia is a song by Joanna Newsom, known for its intricate harp accompaniment and mythologically inspired lyrics.
  • E. Microscopium
    Microscopium is a small, faint constellation in the southern sky, representing a microscope and introduced in the 18th century by the astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille.
  • 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: Canis Major
Triple: [Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy, constellation, Canis Major]
Generated description
Canis Major is a prominent southern sky constellation often associated with the "Great Dog" and containing Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Canis Major
Target entity description: Canis Major is a prominent southern sky constellation often associated with the "Great Dog" and containing Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky.
  • A. Scorpius
    Scorpius is a prominent zodiac constellation in the southern sky, easily recognized by its curved "scorpion's tail" and bright red supergiant star Antares.
  • B. Sagittarius
    Sagittarius is a prominent zodiac constellation in the southern sky, often depicted as an archer and notable for containing the direction of the Milky Way’s center.
  • C. Corona Australis
    Corona Australis is a small, southern constellation near the Milky Way, notable for its distinctive arc of stars and associated dark molecular cloud complex rich in star formation.
  • D. Cassiopeia
    Cassiopeia is a song by Joanna Newsom, known for its intricate harp accompaniment and mythologically inspired lyrics.
  • E. Microscopium
    Microscopium is a small, faint constellation in the southern sky, representing a microscope and introduced in the 18th century by the astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille.
  • 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_69a493c476b48190b41fc5e793171cc6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b4fb18b88190ae2d620aaaff4f90 completed March 1, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac2a1cb4f08190b1351aadd57c3bda completed March 7, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac2b0d1b348190b4a34bf1c9b43968 completed March 7, 2026, 1:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac2bb03508819095f791903f048351 completed March 7, 2026, 1:44 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.