Triple
T2264887
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Henry Norris Russell |
E50120
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableStudent |
P4838
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Harlow Shapley
Harlow Shapley was an American astronomer best known for mapping the Milky Way’s size and structure and determining the Sun’s position within the galaxy.
|
E254768
|
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: Harlow Shapley | Statement: [Henry Norris Russell, notableStudent, Harlow Shapley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harlow Shapley Context triple: [Henry Norris Russell, notableStudent, Harlow Shapley]
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A.
Allan R. Sandage
Allan R. Sandage was a prominent American astronomer known for his pioneering work on the expansion rate of the universe, the cosmic distance scale, and the age of the cosmos.
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B.
A. S. Abell
A. S. Abell was an American publisher best known as the founder of the Baltimore Sun newspaper.
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C.
Walter Baade
Walter Baade was a German astronomer whose work on variable stars and the structure of the Milky Way led to a major revision of the cosmic distance scale and our understanding of the universe’s size and age.
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D.
Edwin Hubble
Edwin Hubble was an American astronomer whose observations of galaxies and the expanding universe fundamentally transformed modern cosmology.
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E.
Henry Norris Russell
Henry Norris Russell was an influential American astronomer best known for co-developing the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram, a fundamental tool in stellar astrophysics.
- 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: Harlow Shapley Triple: [Henry Norris Russell, notableStudent, Harlow Shapley]
Generated description
Harlow Shapley was an American astronomer best known for mapping the Milky Way’s size and structure and determining the Sun’s position within the galaxy.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harlow Shapley Target entity description: Harlow Shapley was an American astronomer best known for mapping the Milky Way’s size and structure and determining the Sun’s position within the galaxy.
-
A.
Allan R. Sandage
Allan R. Sandage was a prominent American astronomer known for his pioneering work on the expansion rate of the universe, the cosmic distance scale, and the age of the cosmos.
-
B.
A. S. Abell
A. S. Abell was an American publisher best known as the founder of the Baltimore Sun newspaper.
-
C.
Walter Baade
Walter Baade was a German astronomer whose work on variable stars and the structure of the Milky Way led to a major revision of the cosmic distance scale and our understanding of the universe’s size and age.
-
D.
Edwin Hubble
Edwin Hubble was an American astronomer whose observations of galaxies and the expanding universe fundamentally transformed modern cosmology.
-
E.
Henry Norris Russell
Henry Norris Russell was an influential American astronomer best known for co-developing the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram, a fundamental tool in stellar astrophysics.
- 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_69a88b01e0048190ba96431b5f990ba9 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc18ed0708190aa3156e9d35120c3 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae894a20e0819097f08959f7a062ef |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:48 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae89e2efd48190a2f0a4702dcbc081 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:50 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae8a7726dc8190a18f7f1e1609253a |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:53 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:48 p.m.