Triple

T1206473
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Beehive Cluster E25899 entity
Predicate MessierNumber P20402 FINISHED
Object M44
M44 is an open star cluster in the constellation Cancer, also known as the Beehive Cluster or Praesepe, and is one of the nearest and most prominent clusters visible to the naked eye.
E137801 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: M44 | Statement: [Beehive Cluster, MessierNumber, M44]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: M44
Context triple: [Beehive Cluster, MessierNumber, M44]
  • A. M45
    M45 is the Pleiades, a prominent open star cluster in the constellation Taurus visible to the naked eye and known since antiquity.
  • B. M-45
    M-45 is a state highway in Michigan that runs east–west through the Grand Rapids area toward the Lake Michigan shoreline.
  • C. M1044
    The M1044 is a specific armored variant of the military Humvee designed for enhanced protection and tactical utility in combat environments.
  • D. M-22
    M-22 is a scenic state highway in Michigan renowned for its picturesque route along the Lake Michigan shoreline and through the Leelanau Peninsula near Traverse City.
  • E. M-28
    M-28 is a major east–west state highway running across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, connecting numerous communities along the southern shore of Lake Superior.
  • 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: M44
Triple: [Beehive Cluster, MessierNumber, M44]
Generated description
M44 is an open star cluster in the constellation Cancer, also known as the Beehive Cluster or Praesepe, and is one of the nearest and most prominent clusters visible to the naked eye.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: M44
Target entity description: M44 is an open star cluster in the constellation Cancer, also known as the Beehive Cluster or Praesepe, and is one of the nearest and most prominent clusters visible to the naked eye.
  • A. M45
    M45 is the Pleiades, a prominent open star cluster in the constellation Taurus visible to the naked eye and known since antiquity.
  • B. M-45
    M-45 is a state highway in Michigan that runs east–west through the Grand Rapids area toward the Lake Michigan shoreline.
  • C. M1044
    The M1044 is a specific armored variant of the military Humvee designed for enhanced protection and tactical utility in combat environments.
  • D. M-22
    M-22 is a scenic state highway in Michigan renowned for its picturesque route along the Lake Michigan shoreline and through the Leelanau Peninsula near Traverse City.
  • E. M-28
    M-28 is a major east–west state highway running across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, connecting numerous communities along the southern shore of Lake Superior.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: MessierNumber
Context triple: [Beehive Cluster, MessierNumber, M44]
  • A. hasMessierNumber chosen
    Indicates that an astronomical object is identified by a specific catalog entry in the Messier catalog.
  • B. hasNGCNumber
    Indicates that an astronomical object is identified by a specific catalog entry in the New General Catalogue (NGC).
  • C. isAsterismOf
    Indicates that one or more stars collectively form or belong to a specific asterism.
  • D. minorPlanetNumber
    Indicates the unique numerical designation assigned to a minor planet within the catalog of such celestial bodies.
  • E. hasDeepSkyObject
    Indicates that an entity is associated with or contains a specific deep-sky astronomical object (such as a galaxy, nebula, or star cluster).
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a4942b30f08190a91c60573e16b5ef completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bdc314c88190b1b5953834bfce7b completed March 1, 2026, 10:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac7f3f4c508190bdc3d436d393daf9 completed March 7, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac7fc59a488190adbdf156aaff8c03 completed March 7, 2026, 7:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac806a6d748190acc5cdfa8fb90a64 completed March 7, 2026, 7:45 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4bb6078088190ba0221ae3368416c completed March 1, 2026, 10:19 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:46 p.m.