Triple

T17661777
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject PFS E440269 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object Prime Focus Spectrograph
The Prime Focus Spectrograph is a multi-fiber optical and near-infrared spectrograph designed for wide-field astronomical surveys on the Subaru Telescope.
E1280809 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: Prime Focus Spectrograph | Statement: [PFS, fullName, Prime Focus Spectrograph]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Prime Focus Spectrograph
Context triple: [PFS, fullName, Prime Focus Spectrograph]
  • A. DEIMOS spectrograph
    The DEIMOS spectrograph is a powerful multi-object optical spectrograph designed for wide-field, high-resolution spectroscopy of faint astronomical sources.
  • B. Boller and Chivens spectrograph
    The Boller and Chivens spectrograph is an astronomical instrument designed for dispersing and analyzing light from celestial objects to study their physical and chemical properties.
  • C. Coudé Echelle Spectrometer
    Coudé Echelle Spectrometer is a high-resolution astronomical spectrograph designed for detailed analysis of stellar and other celestial spectra, typically fed by a telescope’s coudé focus.
  • D. X-shooter
    X-shooter is a high-efficiency, medium-resolution spectrograph on the Very Large Telescope that simultaneously covers a very wide wavelength range from the ultraviolet to the near-infrared.
  • E. iSHELL spectrograph
    The iSHELL spectrograph is a high-resolution infrared spectrograph used for detailed astronomical observations, such as studying planetary atmospheres and small bodies in the solar system.
  • 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: Prime Focus Spectrograph
Triple: [PFS, fullName, Prime Focus Spectrograph]
Generated description
The Prime Focus Spectrograph is a multi-fiber optical and near-infrared spectrograph designed for wide-field astronomical surveys on the Subaru Telescope.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Prime Focus Spectrograph
Target entity description: The Prime Focus Spectrograph is a multi-fiber optical and near-infrared spectrograph designed for wide-field astronomical surveys on the Subaru Telescope.
  • A. DEIMOS spectrograph
    The DEIMOS spectrograph is a powerful multi-object optical spectrograph designed for wide-field, high-resolution spectroscopy of faint astronomical sources.
  • B. Boller and Chivens spectrograph
    The Boller and Chivens spectrograph is an astronomical instrument designed for dispersing and analyzing light from celestial objects to study their physical and chemical properties.
  • C. Fiber Multi-Object Spectrograph chosen
    Fiber Multi-Object Spectrograph is an astronomical instrument designed to simultaneously obtain spectra from many celestial objects using optical fibers.
  • D. Coudé Echelle Spectrometer
    Coudé Echelle Spectrometer is a high-resolution astronomical spectrograph designed for detailed analysis of stellar and other celestial spectra, typically fed by a telescope’s coudé focus.
  • E. X-shooter
    X-shooter is a high-efficiency, medium-resolution spectrograph on the Very Large Telescope that simultaneously covers a very wide wavelength range from the ultraviolet to the near-infrared.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d8b9e87e18819087104a44dc4dc5b1 completed April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e46ea67f8081909da164ca21a98675 completed April 19, 2026, 5:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a02165c9a4481909a6c43b2b58e1fc8 completed May 11, 2026, 5:48 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a021f80092c81909a1827561ed69f17 completed May 11, 2026, 6:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a021fe90da48190810c7aa2c2de2801 completed May 11, 2026, 6:28 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 9:43 a.m.