Triple

T18442630
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ursa Major E450568 entity
Predicate containsGalaxy P57286 FINISHED
Object NGC 3718
NGC 3718 is a peculiar, warped spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, noted for its distorted dust lanes and active galactic nucleus.
E1329257 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: NGC 3718 | Statement: [Ursa Major, containsGalaxy, NGC 3718]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NGC 3718
Context triple: [Ursa Major, containsGalaxy, NGC 3718]
  • A. NGC 3918
    NGC 3918 is a bright planetary nebula in the southern sky, often called the "Blue Planetary" due to its vivid blue appearance.
  • B. NGC 3184
    NGC 3184 is a face-on spiral galaxy notable for its well-defined spiral arms and active star-forming regions, located in the constellation Ursa Major.
  • C. NGC 3114
    NGC 3114 is an open star cluster located in the constellation Carina, notable for its bright, loosely bound stars visible in small telescopes.
  • D. NGC 3766
    NGC 3766 is a young open star cluster notable for its rich population of hot, massive stars and unusual variable stars, located in the southern sky.
  • 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: NGC 3718
Triple: [Ursa Major, containsGalaxy, NGC 3718]
Generated description
NGC 3718 is a peculiar, warped spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, noted for its distorted dust lanes and active galactic nucleus.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NGC 3718
Target entity description: NGC 3718 is a peculiar, warped spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, noted for its distorted dust lanes and active galactic nucleus.
  • A. NGC 3918
    NGC 3918 is a bright planetary nebula in the southern sky, often called the "Blue Planetary" due to its vivid blue appearance.
  • B. NGC 3184
    NGC 3184 is a face-on spiral galaxy notable for its well-defined spiral arms and active star-forming regions, located in the constellation Ursa Major.
  • C. NGC 3114
    NGC 3114 is an open star cluster located in the constellation Carina, notable for its bright, loosely bound stars visible in small telescopes.
  • D. NGC 3766
    NGC 3766 is a young open star cluster notable for its rich population of hot, massive stars and unusual variable stars, located in the southern sky.
  • 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_69d8d381d6388190a9e94e9c658174e4 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e51c11b1288190b9ed4497751197d1 completed April 19, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a04915f406481909956b45130c3e47c completed May 13, 2026, 2:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a049284506481908237ed6efe7a1b69 completed May 13, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a04933727488190b7a04789a17a16a0 completed May 13, 2026, 3:05 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:30 a.m.