Triple
T3839760
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 100-inch Hooker Telescope |
E93421
|
entity |
| Predicate | usedBy |
P260
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Milton Humason
Milton Humason was an American astronomer who, despite lacking formal education, became a key collaborator of Edwin Hubble and made crucial spectroscopic observations that helped establish the evidence for the expanding universe.
|
E398084
|
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: Milton Humason | Statement: [100-inch Hooker Telescope, usedBy, Milton Humason]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Milton Humason Context triple: [100-inch Hooker Telescope, usedBy, Milton Humason]
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A.
Edwin Hubble
Edwin Hubble was an American astronomer whose observations of galaxies and the expanding universe fundamentally transformed modern cosmology.
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B.
Allan R. Sandage
Allan R. Sandage was a prominent American astronomer known for his pioneering work on the expansion rate of the universe, the cosmic distance scale, and the age of the cosmos.
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C.
Harlow Shapley
Harlow Shapley was an American astronomer best known for mapping the Milky Way’s size and structure and determining the Sun’s position within the galaxy.
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D.
Walter Baade
Walter Baade was a German astronomer whose work on variable stars and the structure of the Milky Way led to a major revision of the cosmic distance scale and our understanding of the universe’s size and age.
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E.
A. S. Abell
A. S. Abell was an American publisher best known as the founder of the Baltimore Sun newspaper.
- 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: Milton Humason Triple: [100-inch Hooker Telescope, usedBy, Milton Humason]
Generated description
Milton Humason was an American astronomer who, despite lacking formal education, became a key collaborator of Edwin Hubble and made crucial spectroscopic observations that helped establish the evidence for the expanding universe.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Milton Humason Target entity description: Milton Humason was an American astronomer who, despite lacking formal education, became a key collaborator of Edwin Hubble and made crucial spectroscopic observations that helped establish the evidence for the expanding universe.
-
A.
Edwin Hubble
Edwin Hubble was an American astronomer whose observations of galaxies and the expanding universe fundamentally transformed modern cosmology.
-
B.
Allan R. Sandage
Allan R. Sandage was a prominent American astronomer known for his pioneering work on the expansion rate of the universe, the cosmic distance scale, and the age of the cosmos.
-
C.
Harlow Shapley
Harlow Shapley was an American astronomer best known for mapping the Milky Way’s size and structure and determining the Sun’s position within the galaxy.
-
D.
Walter Baade
Walter Baade was a German astronomer whose work on variable stars and the structure of the Milky Way led to a major revision of the cosmic distance scale and our understanding of the universe’s size and age.
-
E.
A. S. Abell
A. S. Abell was an American publisher best known as the founder of the Baltimore Sun newspaper.
- 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_69aed96ce578819084ab16e3439976c9 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aeeba1535c8190b36e2ab2d4514b54 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b51c788a088190aa91261b83f21d86 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 8:29 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5209362908190a95df0732ddaabe6 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b52128744c819083bd8e3d1ca1143f |
completed | March 14, 2026, 8:49 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:18 p.m.