Triple
T427439
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pioneer 10 |
E9637
|
entity |
| Predicate | PioneerPlaqueDesigners |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Frank Drake |
E20721
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Frank Drake | Statement: [Pioneer 10, PioneerPlaqueDesigners, Frank Drake]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Drake Context triple: [Pioneer 10, PioneerPlaqueDesigners, Frank Drake]
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A.
Frank Drake
chosen
Frank Drake was an American astronomer and astrophysicist best known for formulating the Drake Equation to estimate the number of communicative extraterrestrial civilizations in our galaxy.
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B.
Norman Spinrad
Norman Spinrad is an American science fiction author known for his provocative, politically charged novels and short stories, including "Bug Jack Barron" and "The Iron Dream."
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C.
Nicholas Sagan
Nicholas Sagan is the son of science communicator Ann Druyan and famed astronomer Carl Sagan.
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D.
Lyman Spitzer Jr.
Lyman Spitzer Jr. was an influential American astrophysicist best known for his pioneering work on interstellar matter and for conceiving and advocating the development of space-based telescopes, including what became the Hubble Space Telescope.
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E.
Edwin E. Salpeter
Edwin E. Salpeter was an influential Austrian–Australian astrophysicist best known for his pioneering work on stellar nucleosynthesis and the initial mass function of stars.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a2e801e1d48190b505d1dd336b52ac |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2f01be4108190b4c13346afd95a03 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a462f270448190af8765d4fc657fe4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 4:01 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:11 p.m.