Triple

T19260914
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Horologium E481646 entity
Predicate containsDeepSkyObject P23775 FINISHED
Object NGC 1261
NGC 1261 is a globular star cluster located in the constellation Horologium, known for its dense concentration of ancient stars.
E1400770 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 1261 | Statement: [Horologium, containsDeepSkyObject, NGC 1261]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NGC 1261
Context triple: [Horologium, containsDeepSkyObject, NGC 1261]
  • A. NGC 6012
    NGC 6012 is a distant galaxy located in the constellation Serpens Caput.
  • B. NGC 2516
    NGC 2516 is a bright open star cluster in the constellation Carina, often called the Southern Beehive Cluster and visible to the naked eye from dark southern skies.
  • C. NGC 1502
    NGC 1502 is a young, compact open star cluster located in the constellation Camelopardalis, notable for its bright, hot stars and association with the end of the Kemble’s Cascade asterism.
  • D. NGC 6229
    NGC 6229 is a remote globular star cluster located in the constellation Hercules.
  • E. NGC 4216
    NGC 4216 is a large, edge-on spiral galaxy located in the Virgo constellation and is one of the brighter members of the Virgo Cluster.
  • 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 1261
Triple: [Horologium, containsDeepSkyObject, NGC 1261]
Generated description
NGC 1261 is a globular star cluster located in the constellation Horologium, known for its dense concentration of ancient stars.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NGC 1261
Target entity description: NGC 1261 is a globular star cluster located in the constellation Horologium, known for its dense concentration of ancient stars.
  • A. NGC 6012
    NGC 6012 is a distant galaxy located in the constellation Serpens Caput.
  • B. NGC 2516
    NGC 2516 is a bright open star cluster in the constellation Carina, often called the Southern Beehive Cluster and visible to the naked eye from dark southern skies.
  • C. NGC 1502
    NGC 1502 is a young, compact open star cluster located in the constellation Camelopardalis, notable for its bright, hot stars and association with the end of the Kemble’s Cascade asterism.
  • D. NGC 6229
    NGC 6229 is a remote globular star cluster located in the constellation Hercules.
  • E. NGC 4216
    NGC 4216 is a large, edge-on spiral galaxy located in the Virgo constellation and is one of the brighter members of the Virgo Cluster.
  • 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_69d8e8ce54cc8190998418ff1f66ef28 completed April 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5fb890e7c8190beba407f63459382 completed April 20, 2026, 10:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07ea287a948190a7578138ceb9724f completed May 16, 2026, 3:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07ecacb44881908074a946cdd78283 completed May 16, 2026, 4:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07ed0b0b208190ba0fc7bae7c2652e completed May 16, 2026, 4:05 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:28 p.m.