Triple

T16359400
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 3C catalogue of radio sources E397270 entity
Predicate notableEntry P7734 FINISHED
Object 3C 273
3C 273 is a bright, nearby quasar in the constellation Virgo and one of the first quasars ever identified, making it a landmark object in extragalactic astronomy.
E1208868 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: 3C 273 | Statement: [3C catalogue of radio sources, notableEntry, 3C 273]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 3C 273
Context triple: [3C catalogue of radio sources, notableEntry, 3C 273]
  • A. 3C 84
    3C 84 is a powerful radio-loud active galactic nucleus associated with the central galaxy NGC 1275 in the Perseus Cluster, notable for its strong jets and variable emission across the electromagnetic spectrum.
  • B. Messier 87
    Messier 87 is a giant elliptical galaxy in the Virgo Cluster, notable for its supermassive black hole and powerful relativistic jet.
  • C. Baade X
    Baade X is a minor lunar impact crater located near the larger crater Baade on the Moon’s far side.
  • D. Seyfert 2
    Seyfert 2 is a type of active galactic nucleus characterized by strong narrow emission lines and an obscured central engine, typically hidden by dust and gas.
  • E. NGC 3372
    NGC 3372 is a massive, bright star-forming nebula in the Carina constellation, famous for housing the unstable supergiant star Eta Carinae and extensive regions of ionized gas and dust.
  • 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: 3C 273
Triple: [3C catalogue of radio sources, notableEntry, 3C 273]
Generated description
3C 273 is a bright, nearby quasar in the constellation Virgo and one of the first quasars ever identified, making it a landmark object in extragalactic astronomy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 3C 273
Target entity description: 3C 273 is a bright, nearby quasar in the constellation Virgo and one of the first quasars ever identified, making it a landmark object in extragalactic astronomy.
  • A. 3C 84
    3C 84 is a powerful radio-loud active galactic nucleus associated with the central galaxy NGC 1275 in the Perseus Cluster, notable for its strong jets and variable emission across the electromagnetic spectrum.
  • B. Messier 87
    Messier 87 is a giant elliptical galaxy in the Virgo Cluster, notable for its supermassive black hole and powerful relativistic jet.
  • C. Baade X
    Baade X is a minor lunar impact crater located near the larger crater Baade on the Moon’s far side.
  • D. Seyfert 2
    Seyfert 2 is a type of active galactic nucleus characterized by strong narrow emission lines and an obscured central engine, typically hidden by dust and gas.
  • E. NGC 3372
    NGC 3372 is a massive, bright star-forming nebula in the Carina constellation, famous for housing the unstable supergiant star Eta Carinae and extensive regions of ionized gas and dust.
  • 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_69d87f2778dc8190aa95c7572db127e6 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e2fad1859c819082b47bf9d7fabd9f completed April 18, 2026, 3:30 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a002dbce2508190b655de87f48e841e completed May 10, 2026, 7:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a002f8278e48190a1eb1e11616f6cc5 completed May 10, 2026, 7:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a002fe676688190b53cb938d7de78c0 completed May 10, 2026, 7:12 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:07 a.m.