Triple

T8178737
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Brian May E191005 entity
Predicate doctoralThesis P6 FINISHED
Object A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud
"A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud" is an astrophysics doctoral thesis analyzing the motion of interplanetary dust particles within the zodiacal cloud.
E716460 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: A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud | Statement: [Brian May, doctoralThesis, A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud
Context triple: [Brian May, doctoralThesis, A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud]
  • A. The Motion of Stars
    The Motion of Stars is a 1910 silent short film directed by D.W. Griffith that explores astronomical themes through early cinematic techniques.
  • B. Diffuse Matter in Space
    Diffuse Matter in Space is a seminal astrophysics book by Lyman Spitzer Jr. that systematically explores the physical properties and behavior of the interstellar medium.
  • C. Wide Angle Search for Planets
    Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) is a ground-based exoplanet survey project that uses wide-field cameras to detect transiting planets around bright stars.
  • D. Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium
    Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium is a foundational astrophysics textbook that systematically explains the physics governing gas, dust, radiation, and plasma in the space between stars.
  • E. Oort constants
    The Oort constants are two parameters in galactic astronomy that quantify the local rotational properties of the Milky Way near the Sun, particularly its differential rotation.
  • 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: A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud
Triple: [Brian May, doctoralThesis, A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud]
Generated description
"A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud" is an astrophysics doctoral thesis analyzing the motion of interplanetary dust particles within the zodiacal cloud.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud
Target entity description: "A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud" is an astrophysics doctoral thesis analyzing the motion of interplanetary dust particles within the zodiacal cloud.
  • A. The Motion of Stars
    The Motion of Stars is a 1910 silent short film directed by D.W. Griffith that explores astronomical themes through early cinematic techniques.
  • B. Diffuse Matter in Space
    Diffuse Matter in Space is a seminal astrophysics book by Lyman Spitzer Jr. that systematically explores the physical properties and behavior of the interstellar medium.
  • C. Wide Angle Search for Planets
    Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) is a ground-based exoplanet survey project that uses wide-field cameras to detect transiting planets around bright stars.
  • D. Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium
    Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium is a foundational astrophysics textbook that systematically explains the physics governing gas, dust, radiation, and plasma in the space between stars.
  • E. Oort constants
    The Oort constants are two parameters in galactic astronomy that quantify the local rotational properties of the Milky Way near the Sun, particularly its differential rotation.
  • 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_69ca82c4538081909404325aa5639483 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb4abb66bc81908d758c7af2e23ac6 completed March 31, 2026, 4:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ccbf7f02d08190a6cedc37b64a0d9e completed April 1, 2026, 6:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ccc313ba7c81909b9ee65b37ed165e completed April 1, 2026, 7:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ccd85aa2888190bd167148b21a3f93 completed April 1, 2026, 8:33 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:40 p.m.