Triple

T18298984
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Barnard's Star E438304 entity
Predicate otherDesignation P48076 FINISHED
Object BD+04°3561a
BD+04°3561a is an alternative catalog designation for Barnard's Star, a nearby red dwarf notable for its high proper motion and proximity to the Solar System.
 E1316878 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: BD+04°3561a | Statement: [Barnard's Star, otherDesignation, BD+04°3561a]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: BD+04°3561a
Context triple: [Barnard's Star, otherDesignation, BD+04°3561a]
  • A. BD+18 2029
    BD+18 2029 is a Bonner Durchmusterung catalog designation corresponding to the star Delta Cancri in the constellation Cancer.
  • B. BD+12 1919
    BD+12 1919 is a stellar catalog designation for Acubens, a multiple star system in the constellation Cancer that serves as one of its primary named stars.
  • C. Beta Piscis Austrini
    Beta Piscis Austrini is a relatively bright star in the southern constellation Piscis Austrinus, notable as one of its principal stellar members.
  • D. Beta Eridani
    Beta Eridani, traditionally known as Cursa, is a bright blue-white giant star in the constellation Eridanus visible to the naked eye.
  • E. Epsilon Piscis Austrini
    Epsilon Piscis Austrini is a relatively bright star in the southern constellation Piscis Austrinus, notable as one of its principal stellar members.
  • 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: BD+04°3561a
Triple: [Barnard's Star, otherDesignation, BD+04°3561a]
Generated description
BD+04°3561a is an alternative catalog designation for Barnard's Star, a nearby red dwarf notable for its high proper motion and proximity to the Solar System.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: BD+04°3561a
Target entity description: BD+04°3561a is an alternative catalog designation for Barnard's Star, a nearby red dwarf notable for its high proper motion and proximity to the Solar System.
  • A. BD+18 2029
    BD+18 2029 is a Bonner Durchmusterung catalog designation corresponding to the star Delta Cancri in the constellation Cancer.
  • B. BD+12 1919
    BD+12 1919 is a stellar catalog designation for Acubens, a multiple star system in the constellation Cancer that serves as one of its primary named stars.
  • C. Beta Piscis Austrini
    Beta Piscis Austrini is a relatively bright star in the southern constellation Piscis Austrinus, notable as one of its principal stellar members.
  • D. Beta Eridani
    Beta Eridani, traditionally known as Cursa, is a bright blue-white giant star in the constellation Eridanus visible to the naked eye.
  • E. Epsilon Piscis Austrini
    Epsilon Piscis Austrini is a relatively bright star in the southern constellation Piscis Austrinus, notable as one of its principal stellar members.
  • 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_69d8b915e3e881909125d760c15d0c29 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5017d96588190ac1e326803142976 completed April 19, 2026, 4:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a03bb5c7e4c8190b360b15b6e6ac677 completed May 12, 2026, 11:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03bbfa0da481908bb0e388dcbe9913 completed May 12, 2026, 11:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03bd6078b88190887a32099fc31db0 completed May 12, 2026, 11:53 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:35 a.m.