Triple

T21071348
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Norman Lockyer E519113 entity
Predicate publicationAuthored P23998 FINISHED
Object The Meteoritic Hypothesis
The Meteoritic Hypothesis is a late-19th-century astronomical work by Norman Lockyer proposing that many celestial phenomena, including stars and nebulae, can be explained by the aggregation and behavior of meteoritic matter in space.
 E1464444 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: The Meteoritic Hypothesis | Statement: [Norman Lockyer, publicationAuthored, The Meteoritic Hypothesis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Meteoritic Hypothesis
Context triple: [Norman Lockyer, publicationAuthored, The Meteoritic Hypothesis]
  • A. Younger Dryas impact hypothesis
    The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis proposes that a comet or asteroid impact around 12,800 years ago triggered abrupt climate cooling, widespread wildfires, and megafaunal extinctions at the onset of the Younger Dryas period.
  • B. An Inquiry into the Original State and Formation of the Earth
    *An Inquiry into the Original State and Formation of the Earth* is an 18th-century geological treatise by John Whitehurst that explores the Earth's structure, history, and the processes that shaped it.
  • C. Worlds in Collision
    Worlds in Collision is a controversial 1950 book by Immanuel Velikovsky that proposes catastrophic astronomical events as explanations for ancient myths and historical phenomena.
  • D. Traité des météores
    Traité des météores is a scientific treatise by René Descartes that analyzes meteorological and atmospheric phenomena using the principles of his natural philosophy.
  • E. The Mystery of Mars
    The Mystery of Mars is a science book for young readers that explores the geology, climate, and potential for life on the Red Planet.
  • 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: The Meteoritic Hypothesis
Triple: [Norman Lockyer, publicationAuthored, The Meteoritic Hypothesis]
Generated description
The Meteoritic Hypothesis is a late-19th-century astronomical work by Norman Lockyer proposing that many celestial phenomena, including stars and nebulae, can be explained by the aggregation and behavior of meteoritic matter in space.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Meteoritic Hypothesis
Target entity description: The Meteoritic Hypothesis is a late-19th-century astronomical work by Norman Lockyer proposing that many celestial phenomena, including stars and nebulae, can be explained by the aggregation and behavior of meteoritic matter in space.
  • A. Younger Dryas impact hypothesis
    The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis proposes that a comet or asteroid impact around 12,800 years ago triggered abrupt climate cooling, widespread wildfires, and megafaunal extinctions at the onset of the Younger Dryas period.
  • B. An Inquiry into the Original State and Formation of the Earth
    *An Inquiry into the Original State and Formation of the Earth* is an 18th-century geological treatise by John Whitehurst that explores the Earth's structure, history, and the processes that shaped it.
  • C. Worlds in Collision
    Worlds in Collision is a controversial 1950 book by Immanuel Velikovsky that proposes catastrophic astronomical events as explanations for ancient myths and historical phenomena.
  • D. Traité des météores
    Traité des météores is a scientific treatise by René Descartes that analyzes meteorological and atmospheric phenomena using the principles of his natural philosophy.
  • E. The Mystery of Mars
    The Mystery of Mars is a science book for young readers that explores the geology, climate, and potential for life on the Red Planet.
  • 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_69e0b505ef108190b25dd4033e2ff7eb completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6feb8ed4481909c9f804ccd8da3e2 completed April 21, 2026, 4:36 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09507598948190917746ab2eec4c7e completed May 17, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a095110f5c081908458a6cbc9144986 completed May 17, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09518e0a088190999ba39bcbc9cb5f completed May 17, 2026, 5:26 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:46 p.m.