Triple

T1463302

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Michelson interferometer	`E31561`	entity
Predicate	hasVariant	`P455`	FINISHED
Object	Fourier transform spectrometer A Fourier transform spectrometer is an optical instrument that measures the spectrum of a light source by recording an interference pattern and mathematically transforming it to obtain high-resolution spectral information.	`E166700`	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: Fourier transform spectrometer | Statement: [Michelson interferometer, hasVariant, Fourier transform spectrometer]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fourier transform spectrometer
Context triple: [Michelson interferometer, hasVariant, Fourier transform spectrometer]

A. Folded-port InfraRed Echellette
Folded-port InfraRed Echellette is a near-infrared spectrograph instrument used on large telescopes to obtain medium- to high-resolution spectra of astronomical objects.
B. Photon Spectrometer
The Photon Spectrometer is a specialized detector subsystem of the ALICE experiment at CERN designed to precisely measure and analyze high-energy photons produced in heavy-ion collisions.
C. Mid-Infrared Instrument
The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) is a key James Webb Space Telescope payload that provides imaging, spectroscopy, and coronagraphy in the mid-infrared range to study cold, distant, and dust-obscured cosmic objects.
D. Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph
The Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph was a highly sensitive ultraviolet spectrograph aboard the Hubble Space Telescope used to study the composition, temperature, and motion of astronomical objects.
E. Michelson interferometer
The Michelson interferometer is a precision optical instrument that splits and recombines light beams to measure extremely small differences in path length, widely used in fundamental physics experiments and metrology.
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: Fourier transform spectrometer
Triple: [Michelson interferometer, hasVariant, Fourier transform spectrometer]

Generated description

A Fourier transform spectrometer is an optical instrument that measures the spectrum of a light source by recording an interference pattern and mathematically transforming it to obtain high-resolution spectral information.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fourier transform spectrometer
Target entity description: A Fourier transform spectrometer is an optical instrument that measures the spectrum of a light source by recording an interference pattern and mathematically transforming it to obtain high-resolution spectral information.

A. Folded-port InfraRed Echellette
Folded-port InfraRed Echellette is a near-infrared spectrograph instrument used on large telescopes to obtain medium- to high-resolution spectra of astronomical objects.
B. Photon Spectrometer
The Photon Spectrometer is a specialized detector subsystem of the ALICE experiment at CERN designed to precisely measure and analyze high-energy photons produced in heavy-ion collisions.
C. Mid-Infrared Instrument
The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) is a key James Webb Space Telescope payload that provides imaging, spectroscopy, and coronagraphy in the mid-infrared range to study cold, distant, and dust-obscured cosmic objects.
D. Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph
The Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph was a highly sensitive ultraviolet spectrograph aboard the Hubble Space Telescope used to study the composition, temperature, and motion of astronomical objects.
E. Michelson interferometer
The Michelson interferometer is a precision optical instrument that splits and recombines light beams to measure extremely small differences in path length, widely used in fundamental physics experiments and metrology.
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_69a49917dfc081909acdbdf5d684f1ef`	completed	March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69a4c5b89708819084fb9ba4ff293b8b`	completed	March 1, 2026, 11:03 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69ad0e7ab538819090bc3e3ed1bbff64`	completed	March 8, 2026, 5:51 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69ad0f5106fc8190ab03c4e5a0287424`	completed	March 8, 2026, 5:55 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69ad0fa4c7d48190ac84267c16c6eb00`	completed	March 8, 2026, 5:56 a.m.

Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.