Triple

T2816698
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford E54304 entity
Predicate hasNotableHolder P1918 FINISHED
Object Chris Lintott
Chris Lintott is a British astrophysicist and science communicator best known as a co-presenter of BBC’s “The Sky at Night” and a co-founder of the citizen science platform Zooniverse.
E300826 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: Chris Lintott | Statement: [Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford, hasNotableHolder, Chris Lintott]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chris Lintott
Context triple: [Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford, hasNotableHolder, Chris Lintott]
  • A. Geraint F. Lewis
    Geraint F. Lewis is an astrophysicist known for his research on galaxies, dark matter, and cosmology, including work on nearby dwarf galaxies.
  • B. Dorion Sagan
    Dorion Sagan is an American science writer and essayist known for his works on evolution, ecology, and complexity, and for coauthoring influential books with his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
  • C. John D. Barrow
    John D. Barrow was a British cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and popular science author known for his influential work on the anthropic principle and the mathematical structure of the universe.
  • D. Martin Rees
    Martin Rees is a prominent British cosmologist and astrophysicist who has served as Astronomer Royal and made influential contributions to our understanding of galaxies, black holes, and the large-scale structure of the universe.
  • E. Patrick Moore
    Patrick Moore was a renowned British astronomer, broadcaster, and author best known for presenting the long-running BBC television series "The Sky at Night."
  • 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: Chris Lintott
Triple: [Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford, hasNotableHolder, Chris Lintott]
Generated description
Chris Lintott is a British astrophysicist and science communicator best known as a co-presenter of BBC’s “The Sky at Night” and a co-founder of the citizen science platform Zooniverse.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chris Lintott
Target entity description: Chris Lintott is a British astrophysicist and science communicator best known as a co-presenter of BBC’s “The Sky at Night” and a co-founder of the citizen science platform Zooniverse.
  • A. Geraint F. Lewis
    Geraint F. Lewis is an astrophysicist known for his research on galaxies, dark matter, and cosmology, including work on nearby dwarf galaxies.
  • B. Dorion Sagan
    Dorion Sagan is an American science writer and essayist known for his works on evolution, ecology, and complexity, and for coauthoring influential books with his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
  • C. John D. Barrow
    John D. Barrow was a British cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and popular science author known for his influential work on the anthropic principle and the mathematical structure of the universe.
  • D. Martin Rees
    Martin Rees is a prominent British cosmologist and astrophysicist who has served as Astronomer Royal and made influential contributions to our understanding of galaxies, black holes, and the large-scale structure of the universe.
  • E. Patrick Moore
    Patrick Moore was a renowned British astronomer, broadcaster, and author best known for presenting the long-running BBC television series "The Sky at Night."
  • 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_69ab49de0af08190b3da69683be1e728 completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abde500d3c8190b435a20a0f9d3b9d completed March 7, 2026, 8:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afcea2386481908e062280eb5b07db completed March 10, 2026, 7:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afcf12e3a0819098f28d31434a0c5f completed March 10, 2026, 7:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afcf9c2d308190b111aa8038c9227a completed March 10, 2026, 8 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:59 p.m.