Triple

T14696100
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Billy Twillig E345162 entity
Predicate associatedWith P37 FINISHED
Object Ratner’s Star observatory
Ratner’s Star observatory is a fictional research facility in Don DeLillo’s novel "Ratner’s Star," where prodigy Billy Twillig joins an eccentric team of scientists to decode a mysterious signal from space.
 E1114136 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: Ratner’s Star observatory | Statement: [Billy Twillig, associatedWith, Ratner’s Star observatory]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ratner’s Star observatory
Context triple: [Billy Twillig, associatedWith, Ratner’s Star observatory]
  • A. Givatayim Observatory
    Givatayim Observatory is a public astronomical observatory in the Israeli city of Givatayim, known for its stargazing activities and educational programs in astronomy.
  • B. Seeberg Observatory
    Seeberg Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory in Gotha, Germany, known for its 19th-century contributions to celestial observations and calculations.
  • C. Crosby Observatory
    Crosby Observatory is a public astronomical observatory in Orlando, Florida, featuring telescopes and educational programs for viewing and learning about the night sky.
  • D. Nice Observatory
    Nice Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory in Nice, France, known for its late-19th-century research in celestial mechanics and its prominent hilltop dome designed by Gustave Eiffel.
  • E. Urania observatory
    The Urania observatory is a historic public educational and astronomical institution in Vienna, Austria, known for its planetarium, lectures, and distinctive riverside architecture.
  • 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: Ratner’s Star observatory
Triple: [Billy Twillig, associatedWith, Ratner’s Star observatory]
Generated description
Ratner’s Star observatory is a fictional research facility in Don DeLillo’s novel "Ratner’s Star," where prodigy Billy Twillig joins an eccentric team of scientists to decode a mysterious signal from space.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ratner’s Star observatory
Target entity description: Ratner’s Star observatory is a fictional research facility in Don DeLillo’s novel "Ratner’s Star," where prodigy Billy Twillig joins an eccentric team of scientists to decode a mysterious signal from space.
  • A. Givatayim Observatory
    Givatayim Observatory is a public astronomical observatory in the Israeli city of Givatayim, known for its stargazing activities and educational programs in astronomy.
  • B. Seeberg Observatory
    Seeberg Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory in Gotha, Germany, known for its 19th-century contributions to celestial observations and calculations.
  • C. Crosby Observatory
    Crosby Observatory is a public astronomical observatory in Orlando, Florida, featuring telescopes and educational programs for viewing and learning about the night sky.
  • D. Nice Observatory
    Nice Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory in Nice, France, known for its late-19th-century research in celestial mechanics and its prominent hilltop dome designed by Gustave Eiffel.
  • E. Urania observatory
    The Urania observatory is a historic public educational and astronomical institution in Vienna, Austria, known for its planetarium, lectures, and distinctive riverside architecture.
  • 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_69d822e4a8c08190a155df736bb7bc13 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69deb58855e081908b38f9515db5677f completed April 14, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fde18e279c8190814f90e947734541 completed May 8, 2026, 1:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fde259ea5881909d48031a183ca614 completed May 8, 2026, 1:17 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fde2d0445881908b17fc24369ee90f completed May 8, 2026, 1:19 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:28 a.m.