Triple
T4637487
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope design |
E101567
|
entity |
| Predicate | popularizedBy |
P4586
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Meade Instruments
Meade Instruments is a major American manufacturer of consumer and professional telescopes and astronomical accessories, known for making advanced optical designs widely accessible to amateur astronomers.
|
E458953
|
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: Meade Instruments | Statement: [Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope design, popularizedBy, Meade Instruments]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meade Instruments Context triple: [Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope design, popularizedBy, Meade Instruments]
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A.
Celestron
Celestron is a leading American manufacturer of consumer and professional telescopes and optical equipment, best known for bringing Schmidt–Cassegrain telescopes into widespread use.
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B.
Curtis Schmidt Telescope
The Curtis Schmidt Telescope is a wide-field Schmidt telescope known for its photographic sky surveys and operation at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.
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C.
Hale Telescope
The Hale Telescope is a historic 200-inch reflecting telescope at Palomar Observatory in California that was once the world’s largest and remains a landmark instrument in observational astronomy.
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D.
Apogee, Inc.
Apogee, Inc. is a visual effects company established by Academy Award–winning special effects artist John Dykstra, known for its pioneering work in film visual effects.
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E.
du Pont Telescope
The du Pont Telescope is a 2.5-meter optical telescope at Chile’s Las Campanas Observatory used for a wide range of astronomical imaging and spectroscopic research.
- 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: Meade Instruments Triple: [Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope design, popularizedBy, Meade Instruments]
Generated description
Meade Instruments is a major American manufacturer of consumer and professional telescopes and astronomical accessories, known for making advanced optical designs widely accessible to amateur astronomers.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meade Instruments Target entity description: Meade Instruments is a major American manufacturer of consumer and professional telescopes and astronomical accessories, known for making advanced optical designs widely accessible to amateur astronomers.
-
A.
Celestron
chosen
Celestron is a leading American manufacturer of consumer and professional telescopes and optical equipment, best known for bringing Schmidt–Cassegrain telescopes into widespread use.
-
B.
Curtis Schmidt Telescope
The Curtis Schmidt Telescope is a wide-field Schmidt telescope known for its photographic sky surveys and operation at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.
-
C.
Hale Telescope
The Hale Telescope is a historic 200-inch reflecting telescope at Palomar Observatory in California that was once the world’s largest and remains a landmark instrument in observational astronomy.
-
D.
Apogee, Inc.
Apogee, Inc. is a visual effects company established by Academy Award–winning special effects artist John Dykstra, known for its pioneering work in film visual effects.
-
E.
du Pont Telescope
The du Pont Telescope is a 2.5-meter optical telescope at Chile’s Las Campanas Observatory used for a wide range of astronomical imaging and spectroscopic research.
- F. None of above.
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_69bd43d2f1c081908cd4b7ec48ecc73d |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd5a62a9e48190b0cf1cbcc51f00c0 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 2:32 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be036d7aa081908b4b361dbae8ebc7 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:33 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be0542daf08190b792855c8129ac50 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:41 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be05c1dcd48190a08a5748e86a5ac8 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:43 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:13 p.m.