Triple

T5240915
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Messier 75 E118336 entity
Predicate discoverer P412 FINISHED
Object Pierre Méchain
Pierre Méchain was an 18th-century French astronomer known for his discoveries of comets and deep-sky objects and for his role in the precise geodetic measurements that helped define the metric system.
E505236 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: Pierre Méchain | Statement: [Messier 75, discoverer, Pierre Méchain]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pierre Méchain
Context triple: [Messier 75, discoverer, Pierre Méchain]
  • A. Étienne-Louis
    Étienne-Louis is a French given name most famously borne by the visionary neoclassical architect Étienne-Louis Boullée.
  • B. Isaac Le Chapelier
    Isaac Le Chapelier was a French lawyer and revolutionary politician best known for authoring the Le Chapelier Law of 1791, which banned guilds and workers’ associations during the French Revolution.
  • C. Jean Louis
    Jean Louis was a renowned French-born American costume designer celebrated for his glamorous Hollywood film and television wardrobe creations.
  • D. Jean-Jacques Rifaud
    Jean-Jacques Rifaud was a 19th-century French explorer and antiquarian known for his archaeological work and artifact collecting in Egypt.
  • E. Jacques François
    Jacques François was a French actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century European and American films.
  • 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: Pierre Méchain
Triple: [Messier 75, discoverer, Pierre Méchain]
Generated description
Pierre Méchain was an 18th-century French astronomer known for his discoveries of comets and deep-sky objects and for his role in the precise geodetic measurements that helped define the metric system.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pierre Méchain
Target entity description: Pierre Méchain was an 18th-century French astronomer known for his discoveries of comets and deep-sky objects and for his role in the precise geodetic measurements that helped define the metric system.
  • A. Étienne-Louis
    Étienne-Louis is a French given name most famously borne by the visionary neoclassical architect Étienne-Louis Boullée.
  • B. Isaac Le Chapelier
    Isaac Le Chapelier was a French lawyer and revolutionary politician best known for authoring the Le Chapelier Law of 1791, which banned guilds and workers’ associations during the French Revolution.
  • C. Jean Louis
    Jean Louis was a renowned French-born American costume designer celebrated for his glamorous Hollywood film and television wardrobe creations.
  • D. Jean-Jacques Rifaud
    Jean-Jacques Rifaud was a 19th-century French explorer and antiquarian known for his archaeological work and artifact collecting in Egypt.
  • E. Jacques François
    Jacques François was a French actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century European and American films.
  • 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_69bd4467db0881909b3b0982df32cc8f completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7b2c50508190b84bab216c30cbfe completed March 20, 2026, 4:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bef8278cb88190aa1e0a42d2f8fe8d completed March 21, 2026, 7:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bef91bb96c819098b7f6bfa578d9ca completed March 21, 2026, 8:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bef9dc9c908190aac0f7bcaf427dfc completed March 21, 2026, 8:04 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:49 p.m.