Triple

T2296741
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edwin E. Salpeter E51632 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object 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.
E260586 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: Geoffrey Burbidge | Statement: [Edwin E. Salpeter, coAuthor, Geoffrey Burbidge]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Geoffrey Burbidge
Context triple: [Edwin E. Salpeter, coAuthor, Geoffrey Burbidge]
  • A. Edwin E. Salpeter
    Edwin E. Salpeter was an influential Austrian–Australian astrophysicist best known for his pioneering work on stellar nucleosynthesis and the initial mass function of stars.
  • B. William A. Fowler
    William A. Fowler was an American nuclear physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the nuclear reactions that power stars and synthesize the chemical elements.
  • C. Fred Hoyle
    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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Geoffrey Burbidge
Triple: [Edwin E. Salpeter, coAuthor, Geoffrey Burbidge]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Geoffrey Burbidge
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. Edwin E. Salpeter
    Edwin E. Salpeter was an influential Austrian–Australian astrophysicist best known for his pioneering work on stellar nucleosynthesis and the initial mass function of stars.
  • B. William A. Fowler
    William A. Fowler was an American nuclear physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the nuclear reactions that power stars and synthesize the chemical elements.
  • C. Fred Hoyle
    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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69a88b0a9f248190bcff941463d8f65a completed March 4, 2026, 7:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc5ddf00081909acb47cbd9a5f20e completed March 7, 2026, 6:29 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aea870018481908780ba79a0ddd5c7 completed March 9, 2026, 11:01 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aea97aa5788190af3aa158978247af completed March 9, 2026, 11:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aea9e632348190bbd439b07d76a0df completed March 9, 2026, 11:07 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:49 p.m.