Triple

T20892251
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thor’s Helmet Nebula E514436 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object Sh2-298
Sh2-298 is an emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major, popularly known as Thor’s Helmet for its distinctive helmet-like shape surrounding a massive Wolf–Rayet star.
E1456061 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: Sh2-298 | Statement: [Thor’s Helmet Nebula, alsoKnownAs, Sh2-298]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sh2-298
Context triple: [Thor’s Helmet Nebula, alsoKnownAs, Sh2-298]
  • A. Sh2-25
    Sh2-25 is a compact emission nebula in the constellation Sagittarius, cataloged in the Sharpless catalog of H II regions.
  • B. Sh2-202
    Sh2-202 is a large, faint emission nebula and H II region located in the constellation Camelopardalis.
  • C. Sh2-205
    Sh2-205 is a faint emission nebula cataloged in the Sharpless catalog, located in the constellation Camelopardalis.
  • D. Sh2-184
    Sh2-184, commonly known as the Pacman Nebula, is an emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia notable for its distinctive shape resembling the classic video game character.
  • E. Sh2-117
    Sh2-117 is a large emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, better known as the North America Nebula (NGC 7000), notable for its distinctive continent-like shape and active star-forming regions.
  • 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: Sh2-298
Triple: [Thor’s Helmet Nebula, alsoKnownAs, Sh2-298]
Generated description
Sh2-298 is an emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major, popularly known as Thor’s Helmet for its distinctive helmet-like shape surrounding a massive Wolf–Rayet star.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sh2-298
Target entity description: Sh2-298 is an emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major, popularly known as Thor’s Helmet for its distinctive helmet-like shape surrounding a massive Wolf–Rayet star.
  • A. Sh2-25
    Sh2-25 is a compact emission nebula in the constellation Sagittarius, cataloged in the Sharpless catalog of H II regions.
  • B. Sh2-202
    Sh2-202 is a large, faint emission nebula and H II region located in the constellation Camelopardalis.
  • C. Sh2-205
    Sh2-205 is a faint emission nebula cataloged in the Sharpless catalog, located in the constellation Camelopardalis.
  • D. Sh2-184
    Sh2-184, commonly known as the Pacman Nebula, is an emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia notable for its distinctive shape resembling the classic video game character.
  • E. Sh2-117
    Sh2-117 is a large emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, better known as the North America Nebula (NGC 7000), notable for its distinctive continent-like shape and active star-forming regions.
  • 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_69e0b4f7ebe48190952a85547a0f31a1 completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6d05f0bec8190a296db546bd34114 completed April 21, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0918c956d881909f3209f6960bcb20 completed May 17, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0919d9d4008190a19a42a0d699c108 completed May 17, 2026, 1:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a091a3c7e5c81908a4510d411be5bfa completed May 17, 2026, 1:30 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:46 p.m.