Triple

T23344627
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Messier 77 E591822 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object M77
M77 is a bright barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus, notable as one of the nearest and most studied active galactic nuclei (Seyfert) galaxies.
 E1581143 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: M77 | Statement: [Messier 77, alsoKnownAs, M77]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: M77
Context triple: [Messier 77, alsoKnownAs, M77]
  • A. M7
    M7 is the motorway designation for the Ipswich Motorway, a major arterial road serving the Brisbane–Ipswich region in Queensland, Australia.
  • B. M7
    M7 is a bright open star cluster in the constellation Scorpius, easily visible to the naked eye and one of the most prominent clusters in the summer sky.
  • C. M-77
    M-77 is a state highway in Michigan, United States, running north–south through the eastern Upper Peninsula.
  • D. M75
    M75 is a densely concentrated globular star cluster in the constellation Sagittarius, cataloged by Charles Messier.
  • E. M73
    M73 is a short motorway in central Scotland that links the M74 and M80 motorways, serving as part of the main route around the east of Glasgow.
  • 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: M77
Triple: [Messier 77, alsoKnownAs, M77]
Generated description
M77 is a bright barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus, notable as one of the nearest and most studied active galactic nuclei (Seyfert) galaxies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: M77
Target entity description: M77 is a bright barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus, notable as one of the nearest and most studied active galactic nuclei (Seyfert) galaxies.
  • A. M7
    M7 is the motorway designation for the Ipswich Motorway, a major arterial road serving the Brisbane–Ipswich region in Queensland, Australia.
  • B. M7
    M7 is a bright open star cluster in the constellation Scorpius, easily visible to the naked eye and one of the most prominent clusters in the summer sky.
  • C. M-77
    M-77 is a state highway in Michigan, United States, running north–south through the eastern Upper Peninsula.
  • D. M75
    M75 is a densely concentrated globular star cluster in the constellation Sagittarius, cataloged by Charles Messier.
  • E. M73
    M73 is a short motorway in central Scotland that links the M74 and M80 motorways, serving as part of the main route around the east of Glasgow.
  • 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_69e25d20e3d08190bcede87673cafb25 completed April 17, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f198358fb8819094c74cfd53cbab44 completed April 29, 2026, 5:33 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c4cb88cd081908b7c20e31ef0134a completed May 19, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c50930c348190b81f1a4cbf432d93 completed May 19, 2026, 11:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c511e9be4819083eb3ec76fea8d51 completed May 19, 2026, 12:01 p.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:19 p.m.