Triple

T5259491
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Adams ring E118787 entity
Predicate discoveredBy P412 FINISHED
Object David J. Tholen
David J. Tholen is an American astronomer known for his work in planetary science and the discovery and characterization of small bodies and ring systems in the Solar System.
E506473 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: David J. Tholen | Statement: [Adams ring, discoveredBy, David J. Tholen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David J. Tholen
Context triple: [Adams ring, discoveredBy, David J. Tholen]
  • A. David C. Jewitt
    David C. Jewitt is a British-American astronomer best known for co-discovering the first Kuiper Belt object beyond Pluto, helping to reveal the Kuiper Belt as a major component of the solar system.
  • B. Mark R. Showalter
    Mark R. Showalter is an American planetary astronomer known for discovering several moons and rings in the outer solar system and for his work on planetary ring dynamics.
  • C. Steven Soter
    Steven Soter is an American astrophysicist and science writer best known for co-writing the landmark television series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" with Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan.
  • D. Eric W. Kaler
    Eric W. Kaler is an American chemical engineer and academic leader who has served as president of multiple major research universities.
  • E. James W. Christy
    James W. Christy is an American astronomer best known for discovering Charon, the largest moon of Pluto.
  • 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: David J. Tholen
Triple: [Adams ring, discoveredBy, David J. Tholen]
Generated description
David J. Tholen is an American astronomer known for his work in planetary science and the discovery and characterization of small bodies and ring systems in the Solar System.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David J. Tholen
Target entity description: David J. Tholen is an American astronomer known for his work in planetary science and the discovery and characterization of small bodies and ring systems in the Solar System.
  • A. David C. Jewitt
    David C. Jewitt is a British-American astronomer best known for co-discovering the first Kuiper Belt object beyond Pluto, helping to reveal the Kuiper Belt as a major component of the solar system.
  • B. Mark R. Showalter
    Mark R. Showalter is an American planetary astronomer known for discovering several moons and rings in the outer solar system and for his work on planetary ring dynamics.
  • C. Steven Soter
    Steven Soter is an American astrophysicist and science writer best known for co-writing the landmark television series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" with Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan.
  • D. Eric W. Kaler
    Eric W. Kaler is an American chemical engineer and academic leader who has served as president of multiple major research universities.
  • E. James W. Christy
    James W. Christy is an American astronomer best known for discovering Charon, the largest moon of Pluto.
  • 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_69bd446a42c88190b7ecbef006561d55 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7bcced6881909bdb7ac5471a37fe completed March 20, 2026, 4:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69befe821e3c8190a03c8aa581cc23cf completed March 21, 2026, 8:24 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69beff56b42881909ff4f574ef87b693 completed March 21, 2026, 8:28 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf00120fe88190817badb72977566e completed March 21, 2026, 8:31 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:50 p.m.