Triple

T1465600
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Simon Newcomb E27014 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars
The Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars are a set of highly accurate 19th-century astronomical tables computed by Simon Newcomb that were long used to predict the positions and motions of these celestial bodies.
E167727 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: Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars | Statement: [Simon Newcomb, knownFor, Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars
Context triple: [Simon Newcomb, knownFor, Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars]
  • A. Rudolphine Tables
    The Rudolphine Tables are a landmark 17th-century star catalog and set of astronomical tables compiled by Johannes Kepler, renowned for their unprecedented accuracy in predicting planetary positions.
  • B. Gauss’s planetary equations
    Gauss’s planetary equations are a set of differential equations in celestial mechanics that describe how a planet’s orbital elements change over time under the influence of perturbing forces.
  • C. Mécanique céleste
    Mécanique céleste is Pierre-Simon Laplace’s landmark multi-volume treatise that reformulated celestial mechanics using Newtonian gravitation and advanced mathematical analysis, profoundly shaping modern astronomy and physics.
  • D. Lagrange’s planetary equations
    Lagrange’s planetary equations are a set of differential equations in celestial mechanics that describe how the orbital elements of a body evolve over time under perturbing forces.
  • E. Almagest
    The Almagest is an influential 2nd-century astronomical treatise by Claudius Ptolemy that systematically presents the geocentric model of the cosmos and provides mathematical tools for predicting planetary motions.
  • 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: Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars
Triple: [Simon Newcomb, knownFor, Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars]
Generated description
The Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars are a set of highly accurate 19th-century astronomical tables computed by Simon Newcomb that were long used to predict the positions and motions of these celestial bodies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars
Target entity description: The Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars are a set of highly accurate 19th-century astronomical tables computed by Simon Newcomb that were long used to predict the positions and motions of these celestial bodies.
  • A. Rudolphine Tables
    The Rudolphine Tables are a landmark 17th-century star catalog and set of astronomical tables compiled by Johannes Kepler, renowned for their unprecedented accuracy in predicting planetary positions.
  • B. Gauss’s planetary equations
    Gauss’s planetary equations are a set of differential equations in celestial mechanics that describe how a planet’s orbital elements change over time under the influence of perturbing forces.
  • C. Mécanique céleste
    Mécanique céleste is Pierre-Simon Laplace’s landmark multi-volume treatise that reformulated celestial mechanics using Newtonian gravitation and advanced mathematical analysis, profoundly shaping modern astronomy and physics.
  • D. Lagrange’s planetary equations
    Lagrange’s planetary equations are a set of differential equations in celestial mechanics that describe how the orbital elements of a body evolve over time under perturbing forces.
  • E. Almagest
    The Almagest is an influential 2nd-century astronomical treatise by Claudius Ptolemy that systematically presents the geocentric model of the cosmos and provides mathematical tools for predicting planetary motions.
  • 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_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.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad0f462d708190afa0c2df1e043946 completed March 8, 2026, 5:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad0fb331e881908455844135bb3208 completed March 8, 2026, 5:57 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:01 p.m.