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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.