Triple

T1567950
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Very Large Telescope E33473 entity
Predicate hasInstrument P35 FINISHED
Object SPHERE
SPHERE is a high-contrast imaging instrument on the Very Large Telescope designed primarily for directly observing and characterizing exoplanets and circumstellar disks.
 E176895 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: SPHERE | Statement: [Very Large Telescope, hasInstrument, SPHERE]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: SPHERE
Context triple: [Very Large Telescope, hasInstrument, SPHERE]
  • A. Orbit
    Orbit is a publishing imprint best known for releasing science fiction and fantasy books.
  • B. Orbit
    Orbit is the fuzzy green alien mascot of the Houston Astros, known for his playful antics and fan-friendly entertainment at the team’s baseball games.
  • C. Cone
    Cone is a surname most notably associated with David Cone, a former Major League Baseball pitcher and five-time World Series champion.
  • D. Sunsphere
    The Sunsphere is a 266-foot-tall, gold-glass observation tower built as the symbol of the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee.
  • E. Ball
    Ball is a common English surname borne by numerous individuals, including the famed American comedian and actress Lucille Ball.
  • 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: SPHERE
Triple: [Very Large Telescope, hasInstrument, SPHERE]
Generated description
SPHERE is a high-contrast imaging instrument on the Very Large Telescope designed primarily for directly observing and characterizing exoplanets and circumstellar disks.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: SPHERE
Target entity description: SPHERE is a high-contrast imaging instrument on the Very Large Telescope designed primarily for directly observing and characterizing exoplanets and circumstellar disks.
  • A. Orbit
    Orbit is a publishing imprint best known for releasing science fiction and fantasy books.
  • B. Orbit
    Orbit is the fuzzy green alien mascot of the Houston Astros, known for his playful antics and fan-friendly entertainment at the team’s baseball games.
  • C. Cone
    Cone is a surname most notably associated with David Cone, a former Major League Baseball pitcher and five-time World Series champion.
  • D. Sunsphere
    The Sunsphere is a 266-foot-tall, gold-glass observation tower built as the symbol of the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee.
  • E. Ball
    Ball is a common English surname borne by numerous individuals, including the famed American comedian and actress Lucille Ball.
  • 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_69a885f11b048190935025a035302715 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a908a15e308190b8bec55d1712812a completed March 5, 2026, 4:37 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad371b99fc8190b8af03444fd1252b completed March 8, 2026, 8:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad37e306948190bbaa14829ce094e6 completed March 8, 2026, 8:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad38d20b608190b95ff9906cfd9f83 completed March 8, 2026, 8:52 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.