Triple

T2721234
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject NIRSpec E60082 entity
Predicate detectorType P7243 FINISHED
Object HgCdTe infrared detector
An HgCdTe infrared detector is a highly sensitive semiconductor sensor used to capture infrared light, commonly employed in advanced astronomical instruments and thermal imaging systems.
E293596 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: HgCdTe infrared detector | Statement: [NIRSpec, detectorType, HgCdTe infrared detector]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HgCdTe infrared detector
Context triple: [NIRSpec, detectorType, HgCdTe infrared detector]
  • A. Silicon Drift Detector
    A Silicon Drift Detector is a type of semiconductor radiation detector that uses lateral electric fields to drift charge carriers to a small collecting anode, enabling high energy resolution and fast, low-noise signal readout in applications such as particle tracking and X-ray spectroscopy.
  • B. 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.
  • C. NICMOS cryocooler
    The NICMOS cryocooler is a mechanical cooling system installed on the Hubble Space Telescope to restore and maintain the low operating temperatures required for the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer.
  • D. Infrared Array Camera
    The Infrared Array Camera is a highly sensitive four-channel infrared imaging instrument that captured detailed views of celestial objects for NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.
  • E. Transition Radiation Detector
    The Transition Radiation Detector is a particle physics instrument that identifies high-energy charged particles—especially electrons—by detecting the X-ray photons they emit when crossing boundaries between materials at relativistic speeds.
  • 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: HgCdTe infrared detector
Triple: [NIRSpec, detectorType, HgCdTe infrared detector]
Generated description
An HgCdTe infrared detector is a highly sensitive semiconductor sensor used to capture infrared light, commonly employed in advanced astronomical instruments and thermal imaging systems.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HgCdTe infrared detector
Target entity description: An HgCdTe infrared detector is a highly sensitive semiconductor sensor used to capture infrared light, commonly employed in advanced astronomical instruments and thermal imaging systems.
  • A. Silicon Drift Detector
    A Silicon Drift Detector is a type of semiconductor radiation detector that uses lateral electric fields to drift charge carriers to a small collecting anode, enabling high energy resolution and fast, low-noise signal readout in applications such as particle tracking and X-ray spectroscopy.
  • B. 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.
  • C. NICMOS cryocooler
    The NICMOS cryocooler is a mechanical cooling system installed on the Hubble Space Telescope to restore and maintain the low operating temperatures required for the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer.
  • D. Infrared Array Camera
    The Infrared Array Camera is a highly sensitive four-channel infrared imaging instrument that captured detailed views of celestial objects for NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.
  • E. Transition Radiation Detector
    The Transition Radiation Detector is a particle physics instrument that identifies high-energy charged particles—especially electrons—by detecting the X-ray photons they emit when crossing boundaries between materials at relativistic speeds.
  • 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_69ab4b746d248190958e052045c09255 completed March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdab1cb808190b0789c76bc9cb090 completed March 7, 2026, 7:58 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afb6914f70819099482893d026f34b completed March 10, 2026, 6:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afb726182081909570e4cb7a364e4d completed March 10, 2026, 6:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afb78f9d08819087d6f31fe1e4e61c completed March 10, 2026, 6:17 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:55 p.m.