Triple

T20724727
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject NGC 2359 E509403 entity
Predicate catalog P20407 FINISHED
Object Sharpless
Sharpless is an astronomical catalog of H II regions and emission nebulae in the Milky Way, compiled by American astronomer Stewart Sharpless.
E1447285 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: Sharpless | Statement: [NGC 2359, catalog, Sharpless]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sharpless
Context triple: [NGC 2359, catalog, Sharpless]
  • A. Sharpless
    Sharpless is the surname of K. Barry Sharpless, an American chemist renowned for his Nobel Prize–winning work in asymmetric synthesis and click chemistry.
  • B. Sharpless
    Sharpless is the American consul in Nagasaki who serves as a sympathetic but ultimately powerless observer of the tragic events in Puccini’s opera *Madama Butterfly*.
  • C. Schisgal
    Schisgal is the surname of Murray Schisgal, an American playwright and screenwriter best known for co-writing the film "Tootsie."
  • D. Baade
    Baade is a prominent lunar impact crater located near the Moon’s southwestern limb, named after the German astronomer Walter Baade.
  • E. Barnard
    Barnard is a surname and given name of English and French origin, borne by various notable individuals and institutions.
  • 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: Sharpless
Triple: [NGC 2359, catalog, Sharpless]
Generated description
Sharpless is an astronomical catalog of H II regions and emission nebulae in the Milky Way, compiled by American astronomer Stewart Sharpless.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sharpless
Target entity description: Sharpless is an astronomical catalog of H II regions and emission nebulae in the Milky Way, compiled by American astronomer Stewart Sharpless.
  • A. Sharpless
    Sharpless is the surname of K. Barry Sharpless, an American chemist renowned for his Nobel Prize–winning work in asymmetric synthesis and click chemistry.
  • B. Sharpless
    Sharpless is the American consul in Nagasaki who serves as a sympathetic but ultimately powerless observer of the tragic events in Puccini’s opera *Madama Butterfly*.
  • C. Schisgal
    Schisgal is the surname of Murray Schisgal, an American playwright and screenwriter best known for co-writing the film "Tootsie."
  • D. Baade
    Baade is a prominent lunar impact crater located near the Moon’s southwestern limb, named after the German astronomer Walter Baade.
  • E. Barnard
    Barnard is a surname and given name of English and French origin, borne by various notable individuals and institutions.
  • 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_69e0b4c4cc648190b45fda6e2b20af56 completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c1e662f08190917ee043612d413e completed April 21, 2026, 12:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08e0595d408190b9a8c2b063a83b5d completed May 16, 2026, 9:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08e12d0d8c81909527575f628ec2d2 completed May 16, 2026, 9:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08e1a7f16c8190af9a1dde4263e21d completed May 16, 2026, 9:29 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:28 p.m.