Triple

T19259997

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	1604 Tombaugh	`E481621`	entity
Predicate	discoverer	`P412`	FINISHED
Object	Carl A. Wirtanen	`—`	NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Carl A. Wirtanen | Statement: [1604 Tombaugh, discoverer, Carl A. Wirtanen]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Carl A. Wirtanen
Context triple: [1604 Tombaugh, discoverer, Carl A. Wirtanen]

A. Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth was a German astronomer renowned for his prolific discovery of asteroids in the early 20th century.
B. Gerard P. Kuiper
Gerard P. Kuiper was a Dutch-American astronomer and planetary scientist regarded as a founding figure of modern planetary astronomy, with the Kuiper Belt named in his honor.
C. Wilhelm Tempel
Wilhelm Tempel was a 19th-century German astronomer best known for discovering several comets and asteroids despite having no formal scientific education.
D. David C. Jewitt
David C. Jewitt is a British-American astronomer best known for co-discovering the first Kuiper Belt object beyond Pluto, helping to reveal the Kuiper Belt as a major component of the solar system.
E. Frank Biela
Frank Biela is a German racing driver best known for his success in touring car and endurance racing, including multiple titles and victories with Audi in series such as the DTM and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Carl A. Wirtanen
Target entity description: Carl A. Wirtanen was an American astronomer known for his discoveries of asteroids and comets during the mid-20th century.

A. Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth was a German astronomer renowned for his prolific discovery of asteroids in the early 20th century.
B. Gerard P. Kuiper
Gerard P. Kuiper was a Dutch-American astronomer and planetary scientist regarded as a founding figure of modern planetary astronomy, with the Kuiper Belt named in his honor.
C. Wilhelm Tempel
Wilhelm Tempel was a 19th-century German astronomer best known for discovering several comets and asteroids despite having no formal scientific education.
D. David C. Jewitt
David C. Jewitt is a British-American astronomer best known for co-discovering the first Kuiper Belt object beyond Pluto, helping to reveal the Kuiper Belt as a major component of the solar system.
E. Frank Biela
Frank Biela is a German racing driver best known for his success in touring car and endurance racing, including multiple titles and victories with Audi in series such as the DTM and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 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_69d8e8cd9d1081908a181d02b88b59b8`	completed	April 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e5fb8858588190a04e2a01e43fb7b2`	completed	April 20, 2026, 10:10 a.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:28 p.m.