Triple

T20480336
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Orphan stream E502433 entity
Predicate discoveredBy P412 FINISHED
Object N. W. Evans
N. W. Evans is an astronomer known for his work on the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way, including the identification of stellar streams such as the Orphan stream.
 E1432983 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: N. W. Evans | Statement: [Orphan stream, discoveredBy, N. W. Evans]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: N. W. Evans
Context triple: [Orphan stream, discoveredBy, N. W. Evans]
  • A. T. M. Evans
    T. M. Evans is a horse breeder known for breeding the champion racehorse Shareef Dancer.
  • B. A. G. Evans
    A. G. Evans was a prominent materials scientist renowned for his pioneering work in fracture mechanics and structural ceramics.
  • C. E. A. Davis
    E. A. Davis is a physicist and author known for co-writing influential works on solid-state physics and electronic properties of materials with Nobel laureate Nevill Francis Mott.
  • D. E. M. Andrews
    E. M. Andrews is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically cited as a prominent bearer of the surname Andrews.
  • E. E. D. Nixon
    E. D. Nixon was an African American civil rights leader and NAACP organizer in Montgomery, Alabama, who played a key role in initiating and organizing the Montgomery bus boycott.
  • 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: N. W. Evans
Triple: [Orphan stream, discoveredBy, N. W. Evans]
Generated description
N. W. Evans is an astronomer known for his work on the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way, including the identification of stellar streams such as the Orphan stream.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: N. W. Evans
Target entity description: N. W. Evans is an astronomer known for his work on the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way, including the identification of stellar streams such as the Orphan stream.
  • A. T. M. Evans
    T. M. Evans is a horse breeder known for breeding the champion racehorse Shareef Dancer.
  • B. A. G. Evans
    A. G. Evans was a prominent materials scientist renowned for his pioneering work in fracture mechanics and structural ceramics.
  • C. E. A. Davis
    E. A. Davis is a physicist and author known for co-writing influential works on solid-state physics and electronic properties of materials with Nobel laureate Nevill Francis Mott.
  • D. E. M. Andrews
    E. M. Andrews is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically cited as a prominent bearer of the surname Andrews.
  • E. E. D. Nixon
    E. D. Nixon was an African American civil rights leader and NAACP organizer in Montgomery, Alabama, who played a key role in initiating and organizing the Montgomery bus boycott.
  • 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_69e0b4af32848190aea80682b44d5d6e completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e69b55d7a881909dfe3ea0e74b742b completed April 20, 2026, 9:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a088b25667081909e92bb990b7b4856 completed May 16, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a088c58f6748190b9945d6bff0f4b8c completed May 16, 2026, 3:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a088cdecf04819097d6e934acc6c70f completed May 16, 2026, 3:27 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:34 a.m.