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]
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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.
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B.
Planck
Planck is a German theoretical physicist renowned as the founder of quantum theory and a Nobel Prize laureate in Physics.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.