Triple

T2145568
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject George F. Smoot E47055 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer experiment
The COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer experiment was a space-based instrument that precisely measured tiny temperature fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background, providing key evidence for the Big Bang theory and the large-scale structure of the universe.
E236276 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: COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer experiment | Statement: [George F. Smoot, notableWork, COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer experiment]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer experiment
Context triple: [George F. Smoot, notableWork, COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer experiment]
  • A. Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder
    The Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder is a satellite-based microwave radiometer used to measure atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles for weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
  • B. Planck spacecraft
    The Planck spacecraft was a European Space Agency space observatory designed to study the cosmic microwave background radiation with unprecedented precision to improve our understanding of the early universe and cosmology.
  • C. Planck
    Planck is a German theoretical physicist renowned as the founder of quantum theory and a Nobel Prize laureate in Physics.
  • D. Faint Object Camera
    The Faint Object Camera was a high-resolution imaging instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope designed to observe very dim and distant astronomical objects in ultraviolet and visible light.
  • E. National Institute of Standards and Technology Advanced Radiometer
    The National Institute of Standards and Technology Advanced Radiometer (NISTAR) is a space-based radiometer designed to precisely measure the total reflected and emitted energy from the sunlit side of Earth to improve understanding of the planet’s radiation budget and climate.
  • 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: COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer experiment
Triple: [George F. Smoot, notableWork, COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer experiment]
Generated description
The COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer experiment was a space-based instrument that precisely measured tiny temperature fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background, providing key evidence for the Big Bang theory and the large-scale structure of the universe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer experiment
Target entity description: The COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer experiment was a space-based instrument that precisely measured tiny temperature fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background, providing key evidence for the Big Bang theory and the large-scale structure of the universe.
  • A. Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder
    The Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder is a satellite-based microwave radiometer used to measure atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles for weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
  • B. Planck spacecraft
    The Planck spacecraft was a European Space Agency space observatory designed to study the cosmic microwave background radiation with unprecedented precision to improve our understanding of the early universe and cosmology.
  • C. Planck
    Planck is a German theoretical physicist renowned as the founder of quantum theory and a Nobel Prize laureate in Physics.
  • D. Faint Object Camera
    The Faint Object Camera was a high-resolution imaging instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope designed to observe very dim and distant astronomical objects in ultraviolet and visible light.
  • E. National Institute of Standards and Technology Advanced Radiometer
    The National Institute of Standards and Technology Advanced Radiometer (NISTAR) is a space-based radiometer designed to precisely measure the total reflected and emitted energy from the sunlit side of Earth to improve understanding of the planet’s radiation budget and climate.
  • 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_69a88a1933e0819094f18426ed74180f completed March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbe243e248190848bb1b86047f980 completed March 7, 2026, 5:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae51b94d3881909bd619e34e26e6c4 completed March 9, 2026, 4:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae51f5be108190b6f502d62c167ac5 completed March 9, 2026, 4:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae52d46ef48190bbd6b7cc9fcda2a4 completed March 9, 2026, 4:55 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:44 p.m.