Triple

T12791928
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject South African Astronomical Observatory Sutherland site E305786 entity
Predicate hasTelescope P35 FINISHED
Object 1.0-m Elizabeth Telescope
The 1.0-m Elizabeth Telescope is a one-meter optical research telescope used for professional astronomical observations at the South African Astronomical Observatory’s Sutherland site.
E1002832 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: 1.0-m Elizabeth Telescope | Statement: [South African Astronomical Observatory Sutherland site, hasTelescope, 1.0-m Elizabeth Telescope]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1.0-m Elizabeth Telescope
Context triple: [South African Astronomical Observatory Sutherland site, hasTelescope, 1.0-m Elizabeth Telescope]
  • A. Lovell Telescope
    The Lovell Telescope is a large radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory in England, renowned for its pioneering role in radio astronomy and space tracking since the mid-20th century.
  • B. 20 Meter Telescope
    The 20 Meter Telescope is a mid-sized radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory used for astronomical research and education in radio astronomy.
  • C. Curtis Schmidt Telescope
    The Curtis Schmidt Telescope is a wide-field Schmidt telescope known for its photographic sky surveys and operation at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.
  • D. Hale Telescope
    The Hale Telescope is a historic 200-inch reflecting telescope at Palomar Observatory in California that was once the world’s largest and remains a landmark instrument in observational astronomy.
  • E. Simonyi Survey Telescope
    The Simonyi Survey Telescope is a wide-field optical telescope designed for rapid, repeated imaging of the night sky as part of large-scale astronomical surveys.
  • 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: 1.0-m Elizabeth Telescope
Triple: [South African Astronomical Observatory Sutherland site, hasTelescope, 1.0-m Elizabeth Telescope]
Generated description
The 1.0-m Elizabeth Telescope is a one-meter optical research telescope used for professional astronomical observations at the South African Astronomical Observatory’s Sutherland site.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1.0-m Elizabeth Telescope
Target entity description: The 1.0-m Elizabeth Telescope is a one-meter optical research telescope used for professional astronomical observations at the South African Astronomical Observatory’s Sutherland site.
  • A. Lovell Telescope
    The Lovell Telescope is a large radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory in England, renowned for its pioneering role in radio astronomy and space tracking since the mid-20th century.
  • B. 20 Meter Telescope
    The 20 Meter Telescope is a mid-sized radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory used for astronomical research and education in radio astronomy.
  • C. Curtis Schmidt Telescope
    The Curtis Schmidt Telescope is a wide-field Schmidt telescope known for its photographic sky surveys and operation at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.
  • D. Hale Telescope
    The Hale Telescope is a historic 200-inch reflecting telescope at Palomar Observatory in California that was once the world’s largest and remains a landmark instrument in observational astronomy.
  • E. Simonyi Survey Telescope
    The Simonyi Survey Telescope is a wide-field optical telescope designed for rapid, repeated imaging of the night sky as part of large-scale astronomical surveys.
  • 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_69d7bdf366888190a8cccb982606889c completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d96e6b55248190ab938e69eb263612 completed April 10, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f68508e4488190bb57a1ade93987ab completed May 2, 2026, 11:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f687ae18c08190a94dca38bb69d10f completed May 2, 2026, 11:24 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f68884ed348190a1b2c89b1d655fa9 completed May 2, 2026, 11:28 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:30 p.m.