Triple

T1496573
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject University of California, Santa Cruz E29699 entity
Predicate hasNotableFacility P105 FINISHED
Object Lick Observatory (affiliated)
Lick Observatory (affiliated) is a historic astronomical research facility in California known for its telescopic observations and contributions to modern astrophysics.
E171502 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: Lick Observatory (affiliated) | Statement: [University of California, Santa Cruz, hasNotableFacility, Lick Observatory (affiliated)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lick Observatory (affiliated)
Context triple: [University of California, Santa Cruz, hasNotableFacility, Lick Observatory (affiliated)]
  • A. Lowell Observatory
    Lowell Observatory is a historic astronomical research institution in Flagstaff, Arizona, renowned for its role in major discoveries including the identification of Pluto.
  • B. Goodsell Observatory
    Goodsell Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory on the campus of Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, known for its distinctive Romanesque architecture and long-standing role in teaching and research in astronomy.
  • C. Palomar Observatory
    Palomar Observatory is a major astronomical research facility in California known for its large telescopes and significant contributions to the discovery and study of celestial objects.
  • D. Yerkes Observatory
    Yerkes Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory in Wisconsin renowned for housing one of the world’s largest refracting telescopes and for its influential role in 20th-century astrophysical research.
  • E. Carnegie Observatories
    Carnegie Observatories is a major astronomical research institution known for operating world-class telescopes and conducting cutting-edge studies of the universe.
  • 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: Lick Observatory (affiliated)
Triple: [University of California, Santa Cruz, hasNotableFacility, Lick Observatory (affiliated)]
Generated description
Lick Observatory (affiliated) is a historic astronomical research facility in California known for its telescopic observations and contributions to modern astrophysics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lick Observatory (affiliated)
Target entity description: Lick Observatory (affiliated) is a historic astronomical research facility in California known for its telescopic observations and contributions to modern astrophysics.
  • A. Lowell Observatory
    Lowell Observatory is a historic astronomical research institution in Flagstaff, Arizona, renowned for its role in major discoveries including the identification of Pluto.
  • B. Goodsell Observatory
    Goodsell Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory on the campus of Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, known for its distinctive Romanesque architecture and long-standing role in teaching and research in astronomy.
  • C. Palomar Observatory
    Palomar Observatory is a major astronomical research facility in California known for its large telescopes and significant contributions to the discovery and study of celestial objects.
  • D. Yerkes Observatory
    Yerkes Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory in Wisconsin renowned for housing one of the world’s largest refracting telescopes and for its influential role in 20th-century astrophysical research.
  • E. Carnegie Observatories
    Carnegie Observatories is a major astronomical research institution known for operating world-class telescopes and conducting cutting-edge studies of the universe.
  • 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_69a498dba1d8819093b46a3a8d2485f1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c6edca248190a90205799b270058 completed March 1, 2026, 11:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad1caf8b288190b428cf903db2c107 completed March 8, 2026, 6:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad1e3e8fd4819098de7b04e0fad4dc completed March 8, 2026, 6:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad1eef24c88190a232d40aa4d2235b completed March 8, 2026, 7:02 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:12 p.m.