Triple

T17226771
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject WMAP Team E418134 entity
Predicate operated P1688 FINISHED
Object Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe spacecraft
The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe spacecraft was a NASA satellite mission that precisely measured the cosmic microwave background radiation, revolutionizing our understanding of the universe’s age, composition, and development.
E1259959 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: Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe spacecraft | Statement: [WMAP Team, operated, Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe spacecraft]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe spacecraft
Context triple: [WMAP Team, operated, Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe spacecraft]
  • A. Cosmic Background Explorer
    The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) was a NASA satellite mission that made precise measurements of the cosmic microwave background radiation, providing key evidence for the Big Bang theory and earning its scientists the Nobel Prize in Physics.
  • B. Planck spacecraft
    The Planck spacecraft was a European Space Agency space observatory designed to study the cosmic microwave background radiation with unprecedented precision to improve our understanding of the early universe and cosmology.
  • C. Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
    The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory was a NASA space telescope dedicated to observing high-energy gamma-ray emissions from cosmic sources, significantly advancing our understanding of phenomena like gamma-ray bursts, pulsars, and active galactic nuclei.
  • D. Spitzer Space Telescope
    The Spitzer Space Telescope was a NASA infrared space observatory that studied the universe in long-wavelength light, revealing cold, dusty, and distant objects invisible to optical telescopes.
  • E. Planck
    Planck is a German theoretical physicist renowned as the founder of quantum theory and a Nobel Prize laureate in Physics.
  • 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: Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe spacecraft
Triple: [WMAP Team, operated, Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe spacecraft]
Generated description
The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe spacecraft was a NASA satellite mission that precisely measured the cosmic microwave background radiation, revolutionizing our understanding of the universe’s age, composition, and development.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe spacecraft
Target entity description: The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe spacecraft was a NASA satellite mission that precisely measured the cosmic microwave background radiation, revolutionizing our understanding of the universe’s age, composition, and development.
  • A. Cosmic Background Explorer
    The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) was a NASA satellite mission that made precise measurements of the cosmic microwave background radiation, providing key evidence for the Big Bang theory and earning its scientists the Nobel Prize in Physics.
  • B. Planck spacecraft
    The Planck spacecraft was a European Space Agency space observatory designed to study the cosmic microwave background radiation with unprecedented precision to improve our understanding of the early universe and cosmology.
  • C. Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
    The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory was a NASA space telescope dedicated to observing high-energy gamma-ray emissions from cosmic sources, significantly advancing our understanding of phenomena like gamma-ray bursts, pulsars, and active galactic nuclei.
  • D. Spitzer Space Telescope
    The Spitzer Space Telescope was a NASA infrared space observatory that studied the universe in long-wavelength light, revealing cold, dusty, and distant objects invisible to optical telescopes.
  • E. Planck
    Planck is a German theoretical physicist renowned as the founder of quantum theory and a Nobel Prize laureate in Physics.
  • 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_69d886d779488190b131369541c04e7d completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e42de1674c81909ca9e87fa9153640 completed April 19, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01793cfaf08190bff9a6efe01d5bea completed May 11, 2026, 6:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a017abddcc48190872f77b62ac9896e completed May 11, 2026, 6:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a017b7e72908190913215717fb04b0f completed May 11, 2026, 6:47 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:39 a.m.