Triple

T19260322
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Navy Precision Optical Interferometer E481629 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Mark III Stellar Interferometer
The Mark III Stellar Interferometer was an early high-precision optical interferometer used in astronomical observations to measure stellar positions and properties with great accuracy.
E1367014 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: Mark III Stellar Interferometer | Statement: [Navy Precision Optical Interferometer, predecessor, Mark III Stellar Interferometer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mark III Stellar Interferometer
Context triple: [Navy Precision Optical Interferometer, predecessor, Mark III Stellar Interferometer]
  • A. Narrabri Stellar Intensity Interferometer
    The Narrabri Stellar Intensity Interferometer was a pioneering astronomical instrument in Australia that used intensity interferometry to measure the angular diameters of hot stars with unprecedented precision.
  • B. Palomar Testbed Interferometer
    The Palomar Testbed Interferometer is an astronomical interferometer designed to combine light from multiple small telescopes to achieve extremely high angular resolution for precision measurements of stars and other celestial objects.
  • C. SOAR Telescope
    The SOAR Telescope is a 4.1-meter optical and near-infrared astronomical telescope located in Chile and used for a wide range of research observations of the southern sky.
  • D. 43 Meter Telescope
    The 43 Meter Telescope is a mid-sized radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia used for astronomical and atmospheric research.
  • E. 20 Meter Telescope
    The 20 Meter Telescope is a mid-sized radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory used for astronomical research and education in radio astronomy.
  • 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: Mark III Stellar Interferometer
Triple: [Navy Precision Optical Interferometer, predecessor, Mark III Stellar Interferometer]
Generated description
The Mark III Stellar Interferometer was an early high-precision optical interferometer used in astronomical observations to measure stellar positions and properties with great accuracy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mark III Stellar Interferometer
Target entity description: The Mark III Stellar Interferometer was an early high-precision optical interferometer used in astronomical observations to measure stellar positions and properties with great accuracy.
  • A. Narrabri Stellar Intensity Interferometer
    The Narrabri Stellar Intensity Interferometer was a pioneering astronomical instrument in Australia that used intensity interferometry to measure the angular diameters of hot stars with unprecedented precision.
  • B. Palomar Testbed Interferometer
    The Palomar Testbed Interferometer is an astronomical interferometer designed to combine light from multiple small telescopes to achieve extremely high angular resolution for precision measurements of stars and other celestial objects.
  • C. SOAR Telescope
    The SOAR Telescope is a 4.1-meter optical and near-infrared astronomical telescope located in Chile and used for a wide range of research observations of the southern sky.
  • D. 43 Meter Telescope
    The 43 Meter Telescope is a mid-sized radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia used for astronomical and atmospheric research.
  • E. 20 Meter Telescope
    The 20 Meter Telescope is a mid-sized radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory used for astronomical research and education in radio astronomy.
  • 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_69d8e8cd9d1081908a181d02b88b59b8 completed April 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5fb890e7c8190beba407f63459382 completed April 20, 2026, 10:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0705eb7c4c81909b3539889503669b completed May 15, 2026, 11:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07070fe8688190a0abee0361a2abba completed May 15, 2026, 11:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a070bcdf19c8190a4f734052d5f3573 completed May 15, 2026, 12:04 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:28 p.m.