Triple

T5721044
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Harvard College Observatory E126144 entity
Predicate notablePerson P304 FINISHED
Object Bart Bok
Bart Bok was a Dutch-American astronomer renowned for his work on the structure of the Milky Way and the study of dark Bok globules in interstellar space.
E552639 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: Bart Bok | Statement: [Harvard College Observatory, notablePerson, Bart Bok]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bart Bok
Context triple: [Harvard College Observatory, notablePerson, Bart Bok]
  • A. Harlow Shapley
    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.
  • B. A. S. Abell
    A. S. Abell was an American publisher best known as the founder of the Baltimore Sun newspaper.
  • C. Jan Oort
    Jan Oort was a Dutch astronomer renowned for his pioneering work on the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way and for proposing the existence of the distant cometary reservoir now known as the Oort cloud.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Hendrik C. van de Hulst
    Hendrik C. van de Hulst was a Dutch astronomer and physicist best known for predicting the 21-cm hydrogen line, which became a cornerstone of radio astronomy.
  • 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: Bart Bok
Triple: [Harvard College Observatory, notablePerson, Bart Bok]
Generated description
Bart Bok was a Dutch-American astronomer renowned for his work on the structure of the Milky Way and the study of dark Bok globules in interstellar space.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bart Bok
Target entity description: Bart Bok was a Dutch-American astronomer renowned for his work on the structure of the Milky Way and the study of dark Bok globules in interstellar space.
  • A. Harlow Shapley
    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.
  • B. A. S. Abell
    A. S. Abell was an American publisher best known as the founder of the Baltimore Sun newspaper.
  • C. Jan Oort
    Jan Oort was a Dutch astronomer renowned for his pioneering work on the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way and for proposing the existence of the distant cometary reservoir now known as the Oort cloud.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Hendrik C. van de Hulst
    Hendrik C. van de Hulst was a Dutch astronomer and physicist best known for predicting the 21-cm hydrogen line, which became a cornerstone of radio astronomy.
  • 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_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_69c0b0b3412c8190a4b97863e060e928 completed March 23, 2026, 3:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0b1c9ebdc819089752d150b584a6f completed March 23, 2026, 3:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0b27981848190a5b7c618044241b0 completed March 23, 2026, 3:24 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:46 p.m.