Triple
T1465579
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Simon Newcomb |
E27014
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Simon Newcomb |
E27014
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Simon Newcomb | Statement: [Simon Newcomb, name, Simon Newcomb]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simon Newcomb Context triple: [Simon Newcomb, name, Simon Newcomb]
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A.
Simon Newcomb
chosen
Simon Newcomb was a 19th-century Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician renowned for his work in celestial mechanics, astronomical constants, and early studies of what became known as Benford's law.
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B.
James Edward Keeler
James Edward Keeler was an American astronomer noted for his pioneering spectroscopic studies of Saturn’s rings and for his influential role in late 19th-century astrophysical research.
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C.
Edward Charles Pickering
Edward Charles Pickering was a pioneering American astronomer and longtime director of the Harvard College Observatory, known for his major contributions to stellar spectroscopy and the classification of stars.
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D.
George Willis Ritchey
George Willis Ritchey was an American optician and telescope designer renowned for pioneering advanced reflecting telescope technologies in the early 20th century.
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E.
John Couch Adams
John Couch Adams was a 19th-century English mathematician and astronomer best known for his role in the prediction of the planet Neptune.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a496d25d6881909dbd84f86d763992 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c5bb4e288190997c7e8985e9a2bd |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad0e7c8a608190b3ca574c118e89b5 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:51 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:01 p.m.