Triple

T21071201
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject M59 E519110 entity
Predicate catalogCode P8090 FINISHED
Object PGC 42628
PGC 42628 is the Principal Galaxies Catalogue designation for the lenticular galaxy Messier 59 in the Virgo Cluster.
E1474037 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: PGC 42628 | Statement: [M59, catalogCode, PGC 42628]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PGC 42628
Context triple: [M59, catalogCode, PGC 42628]
  • A. PGC 45628
    PGC 45628 is a dwarf irregular galaxy listed in the Principal Galaxies Catalogue and also known as UGC 8201.
  • B. PGC 42168
    PGC 42168 is a lenticular galaxy in the Virgo Cluster, more commonly known as Messier 58 (M58), one of the brighter members of that cluster.
  • C. PGC 6240
    PGC 6240 is a galaxy listed in the Principal Galaxies Catalogue, recognized as one of its notable extragalactic objects.
  • D. PGC 42831
    PGC 42831 is a massive elliptical galaxy in the Virgo Cluster, better known as Messier 60 (M60), and is one of the brightest galaxies in that cluster.
  • E. PGC 42089
    PGC 42089 is a catalog designation for the Virgo Cluster spiral galaxy Messier 90, known for its unusually low star formation and high-speed motion within the 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: PGC 42628
Triple: [M59, catalogCode, PGC 42628]
Generated description
PGC 42628 is the Principal Galaxies Catalogue designation for the lenticular galaxy Messier 59 in the Virgo Cluster.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PGC 42628
Target entity description: PGC 42628 is the Principal Galaxies Catalogue designation for the lenticular galaxy Messier 59 in the Virgo Cluster.
  • A. PGC 45628
    PGC 45628 is a dwarf irregular galaxy listed in the Principal Galaxies Catalogue and also known as UGC 8201.
  • B. PGC 42168
    PGC 42168 is a lenticular galaxy in the Virgo Cluster, more commonly known as Messier 58 (M58), one of the brighter members of that cluster.
  • C. PGC 6240
    PGC 6240 is a galaxy listed in the Principal Galaxies Catalogue, recognized as one of its notable extragalactic objects.
  • D. PGC 42831
    PGC 42831 is a massive elliptical galaxy in the Virgo Cluster, better known as Messier 60 (M60), and is one of the brightest galaxies in that cluster.
  • E. PGC 42089
    PGC 42089 is a catalog designation for the Virgo Cluster spiral galaxy Messier 90, known for its unusually low star formation and high-speed motion within the 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_69e0b505ef108190b25dd4033e2ff7eb completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6feb8ed4481909c9f804ccd8da3e2 completed April 21, 2026, 4:36 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a098fe417548190ae9be3aef60c8b0a completed May 17, 2026, 9:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09906da6dc8190a2bdd998d61c583d completed May 17, 2026, 9:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0990d98e6881909c6825844b240de4 completed May 17, 2026, 9:56 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:46 p.m.