Triple

T15637712
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William J. Borucki E375987 entity
Predicate affiliation P10 FINISHED
Object Kepler Science Team
The Kepler Science Team is the group of scientists and engineers responsible for operating NASA’s Kepler space telescope and analyzing its data to discover and study exoplanets.
 E1168418 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: Kepler Science Team | Statement: [William J. Borucki, affiliation, Kepler Science Team]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Kepler Science Team
Context triple: [William J. Borucki, affiliation, Kepler Science Team]
  • A. Scott S. Sheppard
    Scott S. Sheppard is an American astronomer known for discovering numerous small moons of the outer planets and distant objects in the Solar System.
  • B. Steven S. Vogt
    Steven S. Vogt is an American astronomer and astrophysicist known for his pioneering work in exoplanet detection and precision radial-velocity instrumentation.
  • C. William J. Borucki
    William J. Borucki is an American space scientist best known for pioneering the concept and leading the development of NASA’s Kepler mission to discover exoplanets.
  • D. Michael D. Brown
    Michael D. Brown is an American politician who serves as one of the District of Columbia’s elected shadow senators, advocating for D.C. statehood and congressional representation.
  • E. Greg Laughlin
    Greg Laughlin is an American politician and attorney who served as a U.S. Representative from Texas in the 1990s, notably switching from the Democratic to the Republican Party during his tenure.
  • 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: Kepler Science Team
Triple: [William J. Borucki, affiliation, Kepler Science Team]
Generated description
The Kepler Science Team is the group of scientists and engineers responsible for operating NASA’s Kepler space telescope and analyzing its data to discover and study exoplanets.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Kepler Science Team
Target entity description: The Kepler Science Team is the group of scientists and engineers responsible for operating NASA’s Kepler space telescope and analyzing its data to discover and study exoplanets.
  • A. Scott S. Sheppard
    Scott S. Sheppard is an American astronomer known for discovering numerous small moons of the outer planets and distant objects in the Solar System.
  • B. Steven S. Vogt
    Steven S. Vogt is an American astronomer and astrophysicist known for his pioneering work in exoplanet detection and precision radial-velocity instrumentation.
  • C. William J. Borucki
    William J. Borucki is an American space scientist best known for pioneering the concept and leading the development of NASA’s Kepler mission to discover exoplanets.
  • D. Michael D. Brown
    Michael D. Brown is an American politician who serves as one of the District of Columbia’s elected shadow senators, advocating for D.C. statehood and congressional representation.
  • E. Greg Laughlin
    Greg Laughlin is an American politician and attorney who served as a U.S. Representative from Texas in the 1990s, notably switching from the Democratic to the Republican Party during his tenure.
  • 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.