Triple

T19686571
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Scorpius X-1 E472725 entity
Predicate discoveredBy P412 FINISHED
Object Frank R. Paolini
Frank R. Paolini is an astronomer best known for co-discovering Scorpius X-1, the first and one of the brightest known extrasolar X-ray sources.
E1390402 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: Frank R. Paolini | Statement: [Scorpius X-1, discoveredBy, Frank R. Paolini]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank R. Paolini
Context triple: [Scorpius X-1, discoveredBy, Frank R. Paolini]
  • A. David Anspaugh
    David Anspaugh is an American film and television director best known for directing the sports dramas "Hoosiers" and "Rudy."
  • B. Richard J. Riordan
    Richard J. Riordan was an American businessman, philanthropist, and Republican politician who served as mayor of Los Angeles from 1993 to 2001.
  • C. Jonathan Strahan
    Jonathan Strahan is an Australian editor and anthologist best known for his influential work in science fiction and fantasy short fiction collections and magazines.
  • D. Brian Raffel
    Brian Raffel is an American video game developer and co-founder of Raven Software, known for his leadership on titles such as the Heretic and Hexen series.
  • E. Stephen Dougherty
    Stephen Dougherty is an American entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the office supply retail chain Office Depot.
  • 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: Frank R. Paolini
Triple: [Scorpius X-1, discoveredBy, Frank R. Paolini]
Generated description
Frank R. Paolini is an astronomer best known for co-discovering Scorpius X-1, the first and one of the brightest known extrasolar X-ray sources.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank R. Paolini
Target entity description: Frank R. Paolini is an astronomer best known for co-discovering Scorpius X-1, the first and one of the brightest known extrasolar X-ray sources.
  • A. David Anspaugh
    David Anspaugh is an American film and television director best known for directing the sports dramas "Hoosiers" and "Rudy."
  • B. Richard J. Riordan
    Richard J. Riordan was an American businessman, philanthropist, and Republican politician who served as mayor of Los Angeles from 1993 to 2001.
  • C. Jonathan Strahan
    Jonathan Strahan is an Australian editor and anthologist best known for his influential work in science fiction and fantasy short fiction collections and magazines.
  • D. Brian Raffel
    Brian Raffel is an American video game developer and co-founder of Raven Software, known for his leadership on titles such as the Heretic and Hexen series.
  • E. Stephen Dougherty
    Stephen Dougherty is an American entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the office supply retail chain Office Depot.
  • 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_69d8e515bef88190bc30781aea50537a completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6420c3f50819082b64b1fa4335e56 completed April 20, 2026, 3:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0787cb199c8190ac46595fab1fadf1 completed May 15, 2026, 8:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0788f2a2a88190abeb32e0f1b76702 completed May 15, 2026, 8:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0789e3e1d48190a2f643a997e7ff02 completed May 15, 2026, 9:02 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:45 p.m.