Triple

T19687533
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Maarten Schmidt E472750 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object Schmidt law relating gas density to star formation rate in galaxies 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: Schmidt law relating gas density to star formation rate in galaxies | Statement: [Maarten Schmidt, knownFor, Schmidt law relating gas density to star formation rate in galaxies]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Schmidt law relating gas density to star formation rate in galaxies
Context triple: [Maarten Schmidt, knownFor, Schmidt law relating gas density to star formation rate in galaxies]
  • A. Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium
    Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium is a foundational astrophysics textbook that systematically explains the physics governing gas, dust, radiation, and plasma in the space between stars.
  • B. Bahcall–Soneira model of the Milky Way
    The Bahcall–Soneira model of the Milky Way is a pioneering analytic model of our Galaxy’s structure that describes the spatial distribution of stars in its disk and halo, widely used before more detailed modern surveys.
  • C. Kroupa initial mass function
    The Kroupa initial mass function is a widely used mathematical description of the distribution of stellar masses at birth, refining earlier forms by incorporating a multi-part power-law that better matches observations across low- and high-mass stars.
  • D. Schwarzschild method in galactic dynamics
    The Schwarzschild method in galactic dynamics is a numerical orbit-superposition technique used to construct self-consistent models of galaxies and infer their mass distributions, including dark matter and central black holes.
  • E. The Origin of the Milky Way
    The Origin of the Milky Way is a mythological Renaissance painting by Tintoretto depicting the creation of the Milky Way through the spilled milk of the goddess Hera.
  • 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: Schmidt law relating gas density to star formation rate in galaxies
Target entity description: The Schmidt law relating gas density to star formation rate in galaxies is an empirical relation in astrophysics that quantifies how the rate at which new stars form depends on the density of interstellar gas.
  • A. Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium
    Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium is a foundational astrophysics textbook that systematically explains the physics governing gas, dust, radiation, and plasma in the space between stars.
  • B. Bahcall–Soneira model of the Milky Way
    The Bahcall–Soneira model of the Milky Way is a pioneering analytic model of our Galaxy’s structure that describes the spatial distribution of stars in its disk and halo, widely used before more detailed modern surveys.
  • C. Kroupa initial mass function
    The Kroupa initial mass function is a widely used mathematical description of the distribution of stellar masses at birth, refining earlier forms by incorporating a multi-part power-law that better matches observations across low- and high-mass stars.
  • D. Schwarzschild method in galactic dynamics
    The Schwarzschild method in galactic dynamics is a numerical orbit-superposition technique used to construct self-consistent models of galaxies and infer their mass distributions, including dark matter and central black holes.
  • E. The Origin of the Milky Way
    The Origin of the Milky Way is a mythological Renaissance painting by Tintoretto depicting the creation of the Milky Way through the spilled milk of the goddess Hera.
  • 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_69d8e515bef88190bc30781aea50537a completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6420d39688190ad3a84dbffce4ffe completed April 20, 2026, 3:11 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:45 p.m.