Triple
T20403268
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry |
E500393
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableHolder |
P1918
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Fred Hoyle |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Fred Hoyle | Statement: [Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry, notableHolder, Fred Hoyle]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fred Hoyle Context triple: [Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry, notableHolder, Fred Hoyle]
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A.
Fred Hoyle
chosen
Fred Hoyle was a British astronomer and cosmologist best known for his work on stellar nucleosynthesis and for coining the term "Big Bang," which he actually opposed as a theory.
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B.
Geoffrey Burbidge
Geoffrey Burbidge was a British-American astrophysicist best known for his pioneering work on stellar nucleosynthesis and the origin of the chemical elements in the universe.
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C.
Sidney Burbidge
Sidney Burbidge is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Burbidge.
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D.
George Ellis
George Ellis was a figure significant enough in local or regional history that the city of Ellis, Kansas, was named in his honor, likely for his contributions to the area's development or founding.
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E.
George Ellis
George Ellis is a South African cosmologist renowned for his work on general relativity and the large-scale structure of the universe, as well as for his collaborations with Stephen Hawking.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69e0b4a81bec8190b69adfdc1336a015 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6799080cc819096dc31f41d1d7b49 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:08 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:29 a.m.