Triple

T4553108
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject MIKE E120414 entity
Predicate scienceTarget P7242 FINISHED
Object damped Lyman-alpha systems
Damped Lyman-alpha systems are high-column-density neutral hydrogen gas clouds observed in quasar spectra, serving as key probes of the interstellar medium and chemical evolution of galaxies in the early universe.
E451580 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: damped Lyman-alpha systems | Statement: [MIKE, scienceTarget, damped Lyman-alpha systems]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: damped Lyman-alpha systems
Context triple: [MIKE, scienceTarget, damped Lyman-alpha systems]
  • A. Physics of the Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium
    Physics of the Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium is a comprehensive graduate-level textbook that explains the physical processes governing gas, dust, radiation, and magnetic fields in the space between and among galaxies.
  • B. Galactic thin disk
    The Galactic thin disk is the relatively flat, rotating component of the Milky Way where most of its young to middle-aged stars, gas, and spiral arms are concentrated.
  • C. CANDELS survey
    The CANDELS survey is a major Hubble Space Telescope deep-imaging program designed to study the formation and evolution of galaxies across cosmic time.
  • D. Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN)
    The Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN) is a research center focused on studying the formation and evolution of the earliest galaxies, stars, and cosmic structures in the universe.
  • E. The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe
    The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe is a foundational cosmology book by James Peebles that systematically develops the theory and observations of how matter is distributed on the largest cosmic scales.
  • 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: damped Lyman-alpha systems
Triple: [MIKE, scienceTarget, damped Lyman-alpha systems]
Generated description
Damped Lyman-alpha systems are high-column-density neutral hydrogen gas clouds observed in quasar spectra, serving as key probes of the interstellar medium and chemical evolution of galaxies in the early universe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: damped Lyman-alpha systems
Target entity description: Damped Lyman-alpha systems are high-column-density neutral hydrogen gas clouds observed in quasar spectra, serving as key probes of the interstellar medium and chemical evolution of galaxies in the early universe.
  • A. Physics of the Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium
    Physics of the Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium is a comprehensive graduate-level textbook that explains the physical processes governing gas, dust, radiation, and magnetic fields in the space between and among galaxies.
  • B. Galactic thin disk
    The Galactic thin disk is the relatively flat, rotating component of the Milky Way where most of its young to middle-aged stars, gas, and spiral arms are concentrated.
  • C. CANDELS survey
    The CANDELS survey is a major Hubble Space Telescope deep-imaging program designed to study the formation and evolution of galaxies across cosmic time.
  • D. Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN)
    The Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN) is a research center focused on studying the formation and evolution of the earliest galaxies, stars, and cosmic structures in the universe.
  • E. The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe
    The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe is a foundational cosmology book by James Peebles that systematically develops the theory and observations of how matter is distributed on the largest cosmic scales.
  • 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_69bd4636f1648190a701445c2fcd9c17 completed March 20, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd62334e4081908ad7ad18d759663d completed March 20, 2026, 3:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdb95b01b0819094a600752e41aa09 completed March 20, 2026, 9:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdbdbf73508190b64a78ff9274ee6d completed March 20, 2026, 9:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdbe1bcd8c819094adea59c91c6f5b completed March 20, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:09 p.m.