Triple
T8378561
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Polar Operational Environmental Satellites |
E197634
|
entity |
| Predicate | instrument |
P792
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
The TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder is a meteorological satellite instrument designed to measure atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles for weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
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E729831
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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: TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder | Statement: [Polar Operational Environmental Satellites, instrument, TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder Context triple: [Polar Operational Environmental Satellites, instrument, TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder]
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A.
SAS-2
SAS-2 is a version of the SAS (Statistical Analysis System) software suite used for advanced data management, statistical analysis, and reporting.
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B.
SAS-2
SAS-2 was a NASA Small Astronomy Satellite launched in 1972 that conducted pioneering gamma-ray astronomy observations of cosmic sources.
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C.
Cross-track Infrared Sounder
The Cross-track Infrared Sounder is a high-resolution infrared spectrometer used on U.S. weather satellites to measure atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles for improved weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
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D.
Alouette satellites
The Alouette satellites were pioneering Canadian scientific spacecraft launched in the 1960s to study the ionosphere, marking Canada as one of the first nations to design and build its own satellite.
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E.
Terra satellite
Terra is a flagship NASA Earth observation satellite that carries multiple instruments to monitor the planet’s climate, land, oceans, and atmosphere from polar orbit.
- 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: TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder Triple: [Polar Operational Environmental Satellites, instrument, TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder]
Generated description
The TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder is a meteorological satellite instrument designed to measure atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles for weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder Target entity description: The TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder is a meteorological satellite instrument designed to measure atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles for weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
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A.
SAS-2
SAS-2 is a version of the SAS (Statistical Analysis System) software suite used for advanced data management, statistical analysis, and reporting.
-
B.
SAS-2
SAS-2 was a NASA Small Astronomy Satellite launched in 1972 that conducted pioneering gamma-ray astronomy observations of cosmic sources.
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C.
Cross-track Infrared Sounder
The Cross-track Infrared Sounder is a high-resolution infrared spectrometer used on U.S. weather satellites to measure atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles for improved weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
-
D.
Alouette satellites
The Alouette satellites were pioneering Canadian scientific spacecraft launched in the 1960s to study the ionosphere, marking Canada as one of the first nations to design and build its own satellite.
-
E.
Terra satellite
Terra is a flagship NASA Earth observation satellite that carries multiple instruments to monitor the planet’s climate, land, oceans, and atmosphere from polar orbit.
- 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_69ca82f64c188190af4e1608036b865d |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb80c229708190b813f5e7e44e10d4 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 8:07 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cde7fa87908190a504f8aaae125a7a |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:52 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cdebf944008190b7e758ac59257e22 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 4:09 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cdeccedf4081909cab853ee1ff1b82 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 4:13 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:02 p.m.