Triple
T5721041
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Harvard College Observatory |
E126144
|
entity |
| Predicate | notablePerson |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Harlow Shapley |
E254768
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Harlow Shapley | Statement: [Harvard College Observatory, notablePerson, Harlow Shapley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harlow Shapley Context triple: [Harvard College Observatory, notablePerson, Harlow Shapley]
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A.
Harlow Shapley
chosen
Harlow Shapley was an American astronomer best known for mapping the Milky Way’s size and structure and determining the Sun’s position within the galaxy.
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B.
Allan R. Sandage
Allan R. Sandage was a prominent American astronomer known for his pioneering work on the expansion rate of the universe, the cosmic distance scale, and the age of the cosmos.
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C.
Milton Humason
Milton Humason was an American astronomer who, despite lacking formal education, became a key collaborator of Edwin Hubble and made crucial spectroscopic observations that helped establish the evidence for the expanding universe.
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D.
A. S. Abell
A. S. Abell was an American publisher best known as the founder of the Baltimore Sun newspaper.
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E.
Walter Baade
Walter Baade was a German astronomer whose work on variable stars and the structure of the Milky Way led to a major revision of the cosmic distance scale and our understanding of the universe’s size and age.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c0082e3d548190950169847b43043b |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c024e328e08190a67e845b296e34e9 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0a15c74688190a40337000b4aa240 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 2:11 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:46 p.m.