Triple

T20114634
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sedna E490424 entity
Predicate provisionalDesignation P974 FINISHED
Object 2003 VB12
2003 VB12, later named Sedna, is a distant trans-Neptunian object with an extremely elongated orbit that makes it one of the most remote known bodies in the Solar System.
 E1411269 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: 2003 VB12 | Statement: [Sedna, provisionalDesignation, 2003 VB12]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: 2003 VB12
Context triple: [Sedna, provisionalDesignation, 2003 VB12]
  • A. 2004 DW
    2004 DW is the provisional designation for Orcus, a large Kuiper Belt dwarf-planet candidate often compared to Pluto in size and orbital characteristics.
  • B. 1999 JU3
    1999 JU3 is the provisional designation for asteroid 162173 Ryugu, a near-Earth carbonaceous asteroid visited by Japan’s Hayabusa2 sample-return mission.
  • C. 20000 Varuna
    20000 Varuna is a large trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper Belt, notable for its rapid rotation, elongated shape, and status as one of the earliest discovered significant bodies beyond Neptune.
  • D. (2003) SQ317
    (2003) SQ317 is a small trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper Belt, notable as a likely collisional fragment associated with the dwarf planet Haumea.
  • E. 2000 Herschel
    2000 Herschel is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of the 19th-century British astronomer John Herschel.
  • 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: 2003 VB12
Triple: [Sedna, provisionalDesignation, 2003 VB12]
Generated description
2003 VB12, later named Sedna, is a distant trans-Neptunian object with an extremely elongated orbit that makes it one of the most remote known bodies in the Solar System.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: 2003 VB12
Target entity description: 2003 VB12, later named Sedna, is a distant trans-Neptunian object with an extremely elongated orbit that makes it one of the most remote known bodies in the Solar System.
  • A. 2004 DW
    2004 DW is the provisional designation for Orcus, a large Kuiper Belt dwarf-planet candidate often compared to Pluto in size and orbital characteristics.
  • B. 1999 JU3
    1999 JU3 is the provisional designation for asteroid 162173 Ryugu, a near-Earth carbonaceous asteroid visited by Japan’s Hayabusa2 sample-return mission.
  • C. 20000 Varuna
    20000 Varuna is a large trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper Belt, notable for its rapid rotation, elongated shape, and status as one of the earliest discovered significant bodies beyond Neptune.
  • D. (2003) SQ317
    (2003) SQ317 is a small trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper Belt, notable as a likely collisional fragment associated with the dwarf planet Haumea.
  • E. 2000 Herschel
    2000 Herschel is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of the 19th-century British astronomer John Herschel.
  • 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_69da62636cc08190982cc71733a17b8d completed April 11, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e666e3f2288190840d1eb431ac9a1b completed April 20, 2026, 5:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08271c02b481908131cf1afc7ab027 completed May 16, 2026, 8:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a082800b084819089a32a683d59f9d9 completed May 16, 2026, 8:17 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0828572b088190abcbbdfb568b3c9d completed May 16, 2026, 8:18 a.m.
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:29 p.m.