Triple

T5645274
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Herschel E124368 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Herschel Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars
The Herschel Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars is an 18th–19th century astronomical catalog that systematically listed and described thousands of nebulae and star clusters, forming a foundational dataset for modern deep-sky astronomy.
E109437 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 Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars | Statement: [William Herschel, notableWork, Herschel Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herschel Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars
Context triple: [William Herschel, notableWork, Herschel Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars]
  • A. Armagh Catalogue of Stars
    The Armagh Catalogue of Stars is a 19th-century astronomical star catalog compiled at Armagh Observatory, listing precise positions and related data for thousands of stars.
  • B. Bright Star Catalogue
    The Bright Star Catalogue is a comprehensive astronomical catalog listing all stars of relatively high apparent brightness, widely used as a standard reference in stellar astronomy.
  • C. Halley’s star catalogue of the southern sky
    Halley’s star catalogue of the southern sky is an early 18th-century astronomical catalog compiled by Edmund Halley that systematically recorded and improved the positions of stars in the southern celestial hemisphere.
  • D. New General Catalogue
    The New General Catalogue is a comprehensive 19th-century astronomical catalog of deep-sky objects, including galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters, that remains widely used by astronomers today.
  • E. Uranometria
    Uranometria is a pioneering star atlas first published in 1603 that systematically mapped the entire celestial sphere and introduced many new constellations.
  • 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 Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars
Triple: [William Herschel, notableWork, Herschel Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars]
Generated description
The Herschel Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars is an 18th–19th century astronomical catalog that systematically listed and described thousands of nebulae and star clusters, forming a foundational dataset for modern deep-sky astronomy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herschel Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars
Target entity description: The Herschel Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars is an 18th–19th century astronomical catalog that systematically listed and described thousands of nebulae and star clusters, forming a foundational dataset for modern deep-sky astronomy.
  • A. Armagh Catalogue of Stars
    The Armagh Catalogue of Stars is a 19th-century astronomical star catalog compiled at Armagh Observatory, listing precise positions and related data for thousands of stars.
  • B. Bright Star Catalogue
    The Bright Star Catalogue is a comprehensive astronomical catalog listing all stars of relatively high apparent brightness, widely used as a standard reference in stellar astronomy.
  • C. Halley’s star catalogue of the southern sky
    Halley’s star catalogue of the southern sky is an early 18th-century astronomical catalog compiled by Edmund Halley that systematically recorded and improved the positions of stars in the southern celestial hemisphere.
  • D. New General Catalogue chosen
    The New General Catalogue is a comprehensive 19th-century astronomical catalog of deep-sky objects, including galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters, that remains widely used by astronomers today.
  • E. Uranometria
    Uranometria is a pioneering star atlas first published in 1603 that systematically mapped the entire celestial sphere and introduced many new constellations.
  • F. None of above.

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.