Triple

T19843274
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject NGC 4945 E476789 entity
Predicate catalogDesignation P974 FINISHED
Object PGC 45279
PGC 45279 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Centaurus, better known as NGC 4945, and is one of the brightest and closest starburst galaxies to the Milky Way.
E1397781 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: PGC 45279 | Statement: [NGC 4945, catalogDesignation, PGC 45279]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PGC 45279
Context triple: [NGC 4945, catalogDesignation, PGC 45279]
  • A. PGC 42701
    PGC 42701 is a spiral galaxy, better known as NGC 4622, located in the constellation Centaurus and noted for its unusual backward-winding spiral arms.
  • B. PGC 49473
    PGC 49473 is a faint, nearby dwarf irregular galaxy in the Centaurus A/M83 galaxy group, cataloged in the Principal Galaxies Catalogue.
  • C. PGC 47495
    PGC 47495 is a dwarf irregular galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, cataloged in the Principal Galaxies Catalogue.
  • D. PGC 45628
    PGC 45628 is a dwarf irregular galaxy listed in the Principal Galaxies Catalogue and also known as UGC 8201.
  • E. PGC 3792
    PGC 3792 is a faint, nearby dwarf irregular galaxy in the constellation Pisces that is part of the Local Group.
  • 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: PGC 45279
Triple: [NGC 4945, catalogDesignation, PGC 45279]
Generated description
PGC 45279 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Centaurus, better known as NGC 4945, and is one of the brightest and closest starburst galaxies to the Milky Way.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PGC 45279
Target entity description: PGC 45279 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Centaurus, better known as NGC 4945, and is one of the brightest and closest starburst galaxies to the Milky Way.
  • A. PGC 42701
    PGC 42701 is a spiral galaxy, better known as NGC 4622, located in the constellation Centaurus and noted for its unusual backward-winding spiral arms.
  • B. PGC 49473
    PGC 49473 is a faint, nearby dwarf irregular galaxy in the Centaurus A/M83 galaxy group, cataloged in the Principal Galaxies Catalogue.
  • C. PGC 47495
    PGC 47495 is a dwarf irregular galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, cataloged in the Principal Galaxies Catalogue.
  • D. PGC 45628
    PGC 45628 is a dwarf irregular galaxy listed in the Principal Galaxies Catalogue and also known as UGC 8201.
  • E. PGC 3792
    PGC 3792 is a faint, nearby dwarf irregular galaxy in the constellation Pisces that is part of the Local Group.
  • 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_69d8e51d39d081909bcfafeaaf3d2fcc completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e65806ea888190850421154238d91c completed April 20, 2026, 4:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07d43b0ff48190bfa06a85ac62302e completed May 16, 2026, 2:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07d4d803148190ab253f960a238be3 completed May 16, 2026, 2:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07d54b2bf481909747dff0158b1a81 completed May 16, 2026, 2:24 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:51 p.m.