Triple

T5645237
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Herschel E124368 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Herschel
Herschel is a surname most famously associated with the family of astronomer William Herschel, known for major contributions to observational astronomy.
E537376 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: Herschel | Statement: [William Herschel, familyName, Herschel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herschel
Context triple: [William Herschel, familyName, Herschel]
  • A. Herschel Space Observatory
    The Herschel Space Observatory was a European Space Agency space telescope that studied the universe in far-infrared and submillimetre wavelengths, revealing cold and dusty regions such as star-forming clouds and distant galaxies.
  • B. Planck
    Planck is a German theoretical physicist renowned as the founder of quantum theory and a Nobel Prize laureate in Physics.
  • C. Spitzer Space Telescope
    The Spitzer Space Telescope was a NASA infrared space observatory that studied the universe in long-wavelength light, revealing cold, dusty, and distant objects invisible to optical telescopes.
  • D. Planck spacecraft
    The Planck spacecraft was a European Space Agency space observatory designed to study the cosmic microwave background radiation with unprecedented precision to improve our understanding of the early universe and cosmology.
  • E. Infrared Space Observatory
    The Infrared Space Observatory was a European Space Agency satellite launched in 1995 that conducted pioneering astronomical observations in the infrared spectrum, greatly advancing the study of cool and dust-obscured objects in the universe.
  • 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: Herschel
Triple: [William Herschel, familyName, Herschel]
Generated description
Herschel is a surname most famously associated with the family of astronomer William Herschel, known for major contributions to observational astronomy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herschel
Target entity description: Herschel is a surname most famously associated with the family of astronomer William Herschel, known for major contributions to observational astronomy.
  • A. Herschel Space Observatory
    The Herschel Space Observatory was a European Space Agency space telescope that studied the universe in far-infrared and submillimetre wavelengths, revealing cold and dusty regions such as star-forming clouds and distant galaxies.
  • B. Planck
    Planck is a German theoretical physicist renowned as the founder of quantum theory and a Nobel Prize laureate in Physics.
  • C. Spitzer Space Telescope
    The Spitzer Space Telescope was a NASA infrared space observatory that studied the universe in long-wavelength light, revealing cold, dusty, and distant objects invisible to optical telescopes.
  • D. Planck spacecraft
    The Planck spacecraft was a European Space Agency space observatory designed to study the cosmic microwave background radiation with unprecedented precision to improve our understanding of the early universe and cosmology.
  • E. Infrared Space Observatory
    The Infrared Space Observatory was a European Space Agency satellite launched in 1995 that conducted pioneering astronomical observations in the infrared spectrum, greatly advancing the study of cool and dust-obscured objects in the universe.
  • 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_69c00824643c81909ffdb888a2d35189 completed March 22, 2026, 3:17 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c022a8eccc8190837d4705670dc25e completed March 22, 2026, 5:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c04d84e14c8190b913486cb516eee1 completed March 22, 2026, 8:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c04edbf1f081908d74d0ac29601a35 completed March 22, 2026, 8:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c04f7e64c88190bbced2f2460c1913 completed March 22, 2026, 8:22 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:41 p.m.