Triple

T1406113
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rare Earth hypothesis E31695 entity
Predicate proposedBy P32 FINISHED
Object Donald Brownlee
Donald Brownlee is an American astronomer and astrobiologist best known for co-developing the Rare Earth hypothesis and leading NASA’s Stardust mission to collect samples from a comet.
 E161126 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: Donald Brownlee | Statement: [Rare Earth hypothesis, proposedBy, Donald Brownlee]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Donald Brownlee
Context triple: [Rare Earth hypothesis, proposedBy, Donald Brownlee]
  • A. Cullen Landis
    Cullen Landis was an American silent film actor prominent in the 1910s and 1920s, known for his boy-next-door roles in numerous dramas and comedies.
  • B. Guy Kibbee
    Guy Kibbee was an American character actor best known for his affable, often comical supporting roles in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films.
  • C. Tim Brown
    Tim Brown is a Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver best known for his long, prolific NFL career primarily with the Raiders.
  • D. Duncan Kenworthy
    Duncan Kenworthy is a British film and television producer best known for hit romantic comedies such as "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Notting Hill," and "Love Actually."
  • E. Matthew Kirk
    Matthew Kirk is a notable individual who shares the surname Kirk, recognized for achievements significant enough to be distinguished among others with the same name.
  • 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: Donald Brownlee
Triple: [Rare Earth hypothesis, proposedBy, Donald Brownlee]
Generated description
Donald Brownlee is an American astronomer and astrobiologist best known for co-developing the Rare Earth hypothesis and leading NASA’s Stardust mission to collect samples from a comet.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Donald Brownlee
Target entity description: Donald Brownlee is an American astronomer and astrobiologist best known for co-developing the Rare Earth hypothesis and leading NASA’s Stardust mission to collect samples from a comet.
  • A. Cullen Landis
    Cullen Landis was an American silent film actor prominent in the 1910s and 1920s, known for his boy-next-door roles in numerous dramas and comedies.
  • B. Guy Kibbee
    Guy Kibbee was an American character actor best known for his affable, often comical supporting roles in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films.
  • C. Tim Brown
    Tim Brown is a Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver best known for his long, prolific NFL career primarily with the Raiders.
  • D. Duncan Kenworthy
    Duncan Kenworthy is a British film and television producer best known for hit romantic comedies such as "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Notting Hill," and "Love Actually."
  • E. Matthew Kirk
    Matthew Kirk is a notable individual who shares the surname Kirk, recognized for achievements significant enough to be distinguished among others with the same name.
  • 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_69a49918e1f88190ba610f9dc8114578 completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c3bc55a08190a4dfe13a5378aff3 completed March 1, 2026, 10:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ace5770ea08190ac91b47a4ed5bf35 completed March 8, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ace62a94e88190883d25cdb748e8c1 completed March 8, 2026, 2:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ace68ab3788190bc3b55dd9a0fe267 completed March 8, 2026, 3:01 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.