Triple
T15637608
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Schmidt telescope |
E375985
|
entity |
| Predicate | inventedBy |
P632
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Bernhard Schmidt
Bernhard Schmidt was a German optician and astronomer best known for creating the wide-field Schmidt camera design that revolutionized astronomical photography and sky surveys.
|
E1168409
|
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: Bernhard Schmidt | Statement: [Schmidt telescope, inventedBy, Bernhard Schmidt]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernhard Schmidt Context triple: [Schmidt telescope, inventedBy, Bernhard Schmidt]
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A.
Franz Pökler
Franz Pökler is a German rocket engineer in Thomas Pynchon’s novel "Gravity’s Rainbow," whose work on the V-2 program is intertwined with themes of coercion, guilt, and the dehumanizing machinery of war.
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B.
Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
Heinrich Louis d'Arrest was a 19th-century German astronomer known for his contributions to comet and nebula observations, including assisting in the discovery of Neptune.
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C.
Ernst Abbe
Ernst Abbe was a German physicist, optical scientist, and entrepreneur renowned for his fundamental contributions to optical theory and for co-founding the Carl Zeiss optics company.
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D.
Christian Hermann Weisse
Christian Hermann Weisse was a 19th-century German Protestant theologian and philosopher known for his early advocacy of Markan priority in New Testament scholarship and his contributions to speculative theism.
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E.
Friedrich Argelander
Friedrich Argelander was a 19th-century German astronomer best known for his pioneering work in stellar cataloging and variable star research.
- 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: Bernhard Schmidt Triple: [Schmidt telescope, inventedBy, Bernhard Schmidt]
Generated description
Bernhard Schmidt was a German optician and astronomer best known for creating the wide-field Schmidt camera design that revolutionized astronomical photography and sky surveys.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernhard Schmidt Target entity description: Bernhard Schmidt was a German optician and astronomer best known for creating the wide-field Schmidt camera design that revolutionized astronomical photography and sky surveys.
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A.
Franz Pökler
Franz Pökler is a German rocket engineer in Thomas Pynchon’s novel "Gravity’s Rainbow," whose work on the V-2 program is intertwined with themes of coercion, guilt, and the dehumanizing machinery of war.
-
B.
Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
Heinrich Louis d'Arrest was a 19th-century German astronomer known for his contributions to comet and nebula observations, including assisting in the discovery of Neptune.
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C.
Ernst Abbe
Ernst Abbe was a German physicist, optical scientist, and entrepreneur renowned for his fundamental contributions to optical theory and for co-founding the Carl Zeiss optics company.
-
D.
Christian Hermann Weisse
Christian Hermann Weisse was a 19th-century German Protestant theologian and philosopher known for his early advocacy of Markan priority in New Testament scholarship and his contributions to speculative theism.
-
E.
Friedrich Argelander
Friedrich Argelander was a 19th-century German astronomer best known for his pioneering work in stellar cataloging and variable star research.
- 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_69d85cd035a48190b73d5579ab73969a |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e04eba51f08190ac5d9de7fc89405a |
completed | April 16, 2026, 2:51 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff5f4923ac8190a03fe1f2c878c27e |
completed | May 9, 2026, 4:22 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ff608017d481909dab53450fbdb1e4 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 4:27 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ff61929780819096537342305ea505 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 4:32 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:14 a.m.