Triple
T4943435
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | SN 1987A |
E110990
|
entity |
| Predicate | discoveredBy |
P412
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ian Shelton
Ian Shelton is a Canadian astronomer best known for first identifying the supernova SN 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
|
E489481
|
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: Ian Shelton | Statement: [SN 1987A, discoveredBy, Ian Shelton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian Shelton Context triple: [SN 1987A, discoveredBy, Ian Shelton]
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A.
Matt Hulett
Matt Hulett is an American technology and business executive known for leading and scaling multiple software and digital media companies.
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B.
Brian Routh
Brian Routh was a British performance artist and musician best known as one half of the avant-garde comedy and performance duo The Kipper Kids.
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C.
Sean Akins
Sean Akins is a television producer and creative director best known for helping develop and shape Cartoon Network’s influential Toonami programming block.
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D.
Al Thornton
Al Thornton is an American former professional basketball player and standout forward at Florida State University who went on to play in the NBA after being drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers.
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E.
Jeff Ruland
Jeff Ruland is a former American professional basketball player and coach best known for his All-Star NBA career as a center in the 1980s, primarily with the Washington Bullets.
- 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: Ian Shelton Triple: [SN 1987A, discoveredBy, Ian Shelton]
Generated description
Ian Shelton is a Canadian astronomer best known for first identifying the supernova SN 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian Shelton Target entity description: Ian Shelton is a Canadian astronomer best known for first identifying the supernova SN 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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A.
Matt Hulett
Matt Hulett is an American technology and business executive known for leading and scaling multiple software and digital media companies.
-
B.
Brian Routh
Brian Routh was a British performance artist and musician best known as one half of the avant-garde comedy and performance duo The Kipper Kids.
-
C.
Sean Akins
Sean Akins is a television producer and creative director best known for helping develop and shape Cartoon Network’s influential Toonami programming block.
-
D.
Al Thornton
Al Thornton is an American former professional basketball player and standout forward at Florida State University who went on to play in the NBA after being drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers.
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E.
Jeff Ruland
Jeff Ruland is a former American professional basketball player and coach best known for his All-Star NBA career as a center in the 1980s, primarily with the Washington Bullets.
- 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_69bd441721cc819085c7e33fe0876818 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd70a7650c8190b046b65072fd8eae |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:07 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bea46996c481908ec7b783ac9a20b1 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bea4f9487c8190a4b16dabd6cb7117 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:02 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bea5654dc08190b52b633167cdd5bb |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:31 p.m.