Triple

T15637682
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William J. Borucki E375987 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Borucki
Borucki is the surname of William J. Borucki, an American space scientist known for his pioneering work on NASA’s Kepler mission to discover exoplanets.
 E1168417 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: Borucki | Statement: [William J. Borucki, familyName, Borucki]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Borucki
Context triple: [William J. Borucki, familyName, Borucki]
  • A. Michell
    Michell is a given name and surname that functions as a variant spelling of Mitchell.
  • B. Sandage
    Sandage is a surname most notably associated with Allan R. Sandage, a prominent American astronomer known for his work on the expansion rate and age of the universe.
  • C. Donahue
    Donahue is a surname most notably associated with American actress Elinor Donahue, known for her roles in classic television series.
  • D. Cassin
    Cassin is a French surname most notably borne by René Cassin, a Nobel Peace Prize–winning jurist and co-author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
  • E. Bardeen
    Bardeen is a surname most notably associated with John Bardeen, the American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice for his work on the transistor and superconductivity.
  • 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: Borucki
Triple: [William J. Borucki, familyName, Borucki]
Generated description
Borucki is the surname of William J. Borucki, an American space scientist known for his pioneering work on NASA’s Kepler mission to discover exoplanets.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Borucki
Target entity description: Borucki is the surname of William J. Borucki, an American space scientist known for his pioneering work on NASA’s Kepler mission to discover exoplanets.
  • A. Michell
    Michell is a given name and surname that functions as a variant spelling of Mitchell.
  • B. Sandage
    Sandage is a surname most notably associated with Allan R. Sandage, a prominent American astronomer known for his work on the expansion rate and age of the universe.
  • C. Donahue
    Donahue is a surname most notably associated with American actress Elinor Donahue, known for her roles in classic television series.
  • D. Cassin
    Cassin is a French surname most notably borne by René Cassin, a Nobel Peace Prize–winning jurist and co-author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
  • E. Bardeen
    Bardeen is a surname most notably associated with John Bardeen, the American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice for his work on the transistor and superconductivity.
  • 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.