Triple

T6308787
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Henry Draper E141445 entity
Predicate instrumentUsed P792 FINISHED
Object 11-inch Clark refractor
The 11-inch Clark refractor is a historic, high-quality refracting telescope built by Alvan Clark & Sons, notable for its role in pioneering astrophotographic and spectroscopic observations in the late 19th century.
E584801 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: 11-inch Clark refractor | Statement: [Henry Draper, instrumentUsed, 11-inch Clark refractor]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 11-inch Clark refractor
Context triple: [Henry Draper, instrumentUsed, 11-inch Clark refractor]
  • A. Maksutov telescope
    A Maksutov telescope is a compact catadioptric reflecting telescope that uses a meniscus corrector lens to deliver sharp, well-corrected images with relatively simple alignment and maintenance.
  • B. 100-inch Hooker telescope
    The 100-inch Hooker telescope is a historic reflecting telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory, famous for Edwin Hubble’s observations that revealed the expanding universe and established galaxies beyond the Milky Way.
  • C. Palomar 18-inch Schmidt Telescope
    The Palomar 18-inch Schmidt Telescope is a small wide-field survey instrument at Palomar Observatory historically used for photographic sky surveys and the discovery of comets and asteroids.
  • D. 140 Foot Telescope
    The 140 Foot Telescope is a large single-dish radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia, historically used for a wide range of radio astronomy research.
  • E. Schmidt telescope
    A Schmidt telescope is a wide-field reflecting telescope design that uses a spherical primary mirror and a correcting lens to capture sharp images over a large area of the sky.
  • 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: 11-inch Clark refractor
Triple: [Henry Draper, instrumentUsed, 11-inch Clark refractor]
Generated description
The 11-inch Clark refractor is a historic, high-quality refracting telescope built by Alvan Clark & Sons, notable for its role in pioneering astrophotographic and spectroscopic observations in the late 19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 11-inch Clark refractor
Target entity description: The 11-inch Clark refractor is a historic, high-quality refracting telescope built by Alvan Clark & Sons, notable for its role in pioneering astrophotographic and spectroscopic observations in the late 19th century.
  • A. Maksutov telescope
    A Maksutov telescope is a compact catadioptric reflecting telescope that uses a meniscus corrector lens to deliver sharp, well-corrected images with relatively simple alignment and maintenance.
  • B. 100-inch Hooker telescope
    The 100-inch Hooker telescope is a historic reflecting telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory, famous for Edwin Hubble’s observations that revealed the expanding universe and established galaxies beyond the Milky Way.
  • C. Palomar 18-inch Schmidt Telescope
    The Palomar 18-inch Schmidt Telescope is a small wide-field survey instrument at Palomar Observatory historically used for photographic sky surveys and the discovery of comets and asteroids.
  • D. 140 Foot Telescope
    The 140 Foot Telescope is a large single-dish radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia, historically used for a wide range of radio astronomy research.
  • E. Schmidt telescope
    A Schmidt telescope is a wide-field reflecting telescope design that uses a spherical primary mirror and a correcting lens to capture sharp images over a large area of the sky.
  • 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_69c008d00efc8190a36c05b4b4a3bf4b completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0647f13a4819095c4ce8c42c5d1fb completed March 22, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c5e45330ec8190945682962ae823b0 completed March 27, 2026, 1:58 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c5ed89dbc88190abda05d9d06fb7b5 completed March 27, 2026, 2:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c5ee08cc488190baaafc1e679f83aa completed March 27, 2026, 2:40 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:28 p.m.