Triple

T2962598
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory E80082 entity
Predicate namesake P63 FINISHED
Object Neil Gehrels
Neil Gehrels was an influential American astrophysicist known for his pioneering work in gamma-ray astronomy and leadership of major space observatory missions.
E313680 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: Neil Gehrels | Statement: [Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, namesake, Neil Gehrels]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Neil Gehrels
Context triple: [Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, namesake, Neil Gehrels]
  • A. Eric W. Kaler
    Eric W. Kaler is an American chemical engineer and academic leader who has served as president of multiple major research universities.
  • B. Robert Wisdom
    Robert Wisdom is an American actor best known for his role as Major Howard "Bunny" Colvin on the television series "The Wire."
  • C. Edward M. Wright
    Edward M. Wright was a British mathematician best known as the co-author, with G. H. Hardy, of the classic textbook "An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers."
  • D. John C. Mather
    John C. Mather is an American astrophysicist and cosmologist, Nobel Prize laureate, and a leading scientist behind NASA’s Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) mission that helped confirm the Big Bang theory.
  • E. Archie Marshek
    Archie Marshek was an American film editor known for his work during Hollywood’s early sound era, including editing the 1932 thriller "The Most Dangerous Game."
  • 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: Neil Gehrels
Triple: [Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, namesake, Neil Gehrels]
Generated description
Neil Gehrels was an influential American astrophysicist known for his pioneering work in gamma-ray astronomy and leadership of major space observatory missions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Neil Gehrels
Target entity description: Neil Gehrels was an influential American astrophysicist known for his pioneering work in gamma-ray astronomy and leadership of major space observatory missions.
  • A. Eric W. Kaler
    Eric W. Kaler is an American chemical engineer and academic leader who has served as president of multiple major research universities.
  • B. Robert Wisdom
    Robert Wisdom is an American actor best known for his role as Major Howard "Bunny" Colvin on the television series "The Wire."
  • C. Edward M. Wright
    Edward M. Wright was a British mathematician best known as the co-author, with G. H. Hardy, of the classic textbook "An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers."
  • D. John C. Mather
    John C. Mather is an American astrophysicist and cosmologist, Nobel Prize laureate, and a leading scientist behind NASA’s Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) mission that helped confirm the Big Bang theory.
  • E. Archie Marshek
    Archie Marshek was an American film editor known for his work during Hollywood’s early sound era, including editing the 1932 thriller "The Most Dangerous Game."
  • 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_69ad8b1341848190bd19dbf46892887d completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad9955e6488190bea170724d5fbfe8 completed March 8, 2026, 3:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b0fc959b3c8190a0d95a3e616246f9 completed March 11, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b0fd6caf508190b45a396d1402ca65 completed March 11, 2026, 5:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b0fdcffa8081908e1c1392306ff7af completed March 11, 2026, 5:29 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:57 p.m.