Triple

T5201799
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Miranda E117408 entity
Predicate discoveryLocation P3985 FINISHED
Object McDonald Observatory
McDonald Observatory is a major astronomical research facility in West Texas known for its large telescopes and contributions to optical and infrared astronomy.
E510667 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: McDonald Observatory | Statement: [Miranda, discoveryLocation, McDonald Observatory]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McDonald Observatory
Context triple: [Miranda, discoveryLocation, McDonald Observatory]
  • A. Palomar Observatory
    Palomar Observatory is a major astronomical research facility in California known for its large telescopes and significant contributions to the discovery and study of celestial objects.
  • B. Yerkes Observatory
    Yerkes Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory in Wisconsin renowned for housing one of the world’s largest refracting telescopes and for its influential role in 20th-century astrophysical research.
  • C. Ralph Mueller Observatory
    Ralph Mueller Observatory is a public astronomical observatory associated with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, used for stargazing, education, and outreach.
  • D. Lick Observatory
    Lick Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory located on Mount Hamilton in California, known for its pioneering research and large refracting telescope.
  • E. Kirkwood Observatory
    Kirkwood Observatory is an astronomical observatory at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, known for its historic telescope and role in teaching and public outreach in astronomy.
  • 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: McDonald Observatory
Triple: [Miranda, discoveryLocation, McDonald Observatory]
Generated description
McDonald Observatory is a major astronomical research facility in West Texas known for its large telescopes and contributions to optical and infrared astronomy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McDonald Observatory
Target entity description: McDonald Observatory is a major astronomical research facility in West Texas known for its large telescopes and contributions to optical and infrared astronomy.
  • A. Palomar Observatory
    Palomar Observatory is a major astronomical research facility in California known for its large telescopes and significant contributions to the discovery and study of celestial objects.
  • B. Yerkes Observatory
    Yerkes Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory in Wisconsin renowned for housing one of the world’s largest refracting telescopes and for its influential role in 20th-century astrophysical research.
  • C. Ralph Mueller Observatory
    Ralph Mueller Observatory is a public astronomical observatory associated with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, used for stargazing, education, and outreach.
  • D. Lick Observatory
    Lick Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory located on Mount Hamilton in California, known for its pioneering research and large refracting telescope.
  • E. Kirkwood Observatory
    Kirkwood Observatory is an astronomical observatory at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, known for its historic telescope and role in teaching and public outreach in astronomy.
  • 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_69bd4463dd3c81909966123f20b79d57 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7a450f988190a53c258d06938d5e completed March 20, 2026, 4:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf10c17a648190b8ca7b85cfbfb9e4 completed March 21, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf148fa2588190b4977526beef3d8b completed March 21, 2026, 9:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf14dfa4608190a467faf7116a6405 completed March 21, 2026, 9:59 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:47 p.m.