Triple

T21071352
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Norman Lockyer E519113 entity
Predicate hasNamesake P6111 FINISHED
Object asteroid 1231 Auricula (Lockyer)
Asteroid 1231 Auricula (Lockyer) is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of British astronomer Sir Norman Lockyer, known for his pioneering work in solar spectroscopy and the discovery of helium.
 E1464448 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: asteroid 1231 Auricula (Lockyer) | Statement: [Norman Lockyer, hasNamesake, asteroid 1231 Auricula (Lockyer)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: asteroid 1231 Auricula (Lockyer)
Context triple: [Norman Lockyer, hasNamesake, asteroid 1231 Auricula (Lockyer)]
  • A. asteroid 1221 Amor
    Asteroid 1221 Amor is the namesake of the Amor group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits approach but do not cross Earth's orbit.
  • B. asteroid 1274 Delportia
    Asteroid 1274 Delportia is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Belgian astronomer Eugène Delporte, known for his prolific discovery of minor planets.
  • C. asteroid 1005 Arago
    Asteroid 1005 Arago is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of the 19th-century French astronomer and physicist François Arago.
  • D. asteroid 312 Pierretta
    Asteroid 312 Pierretta is a main-belt asteroid discovered in the 19th century that orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.
  • E. asteroid 1951 Lick
    Asteroid 1951 Lick is a minor planet in our solar system named in honor of the Lick Observatory.
  • 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: asteroid 1231 Auricula (Lockyer)
Triple: [Norman Lockyer, hasNamesake, asteroid 1231 Auricula (Lockyer)]
Generated description
Asteroid 1231 Auricula (Lockyer) is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of British astronomer Sir Norman Lockyer, known for his pioneering work in solar spectroscopy and the discovery of helium.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: asteroid 1231 Auricula (Lockyer)
Target entity description: Asteroid 1231 Auricula (Lockyer) is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of British astronomer Sir Norman Lockyer, known for his pioneering work in solar spectroscopy and the discovery of helium.
  • A. asteroid 1221 Amor
    Asteroid 1221 Amor is the namesake of the Amor group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits approach but do not cross Earth's orbit.
  • B. asteroid 1274 Delportia
    Asteroid 1274 Delportia is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Belgian astronomer Eugène Delporte, known for his prolific discovery of minor planets.
  • C. asteroid 1005 Arago
    Asteroid 1005 Arago is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of the 19th-century French astronomer and physicist François Arago.
  • D. asteroid 312 Pierretta
    Asteroid 312 Pierretta is a main-belt asteroid discovered in the 19th century that orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.
  • E. asteroid 1951 Lick
    Asteroid 1951 Lick is a minor planet in our solar system named in honor of the Lick Observatory.
  • 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_6a09507598948190917746ab2eec4c7e completed May 17, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a095110f5c081908458a6cbc9144986 completed May 17, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09518e0a088190999ba39bcbc9cb5f completed May 17, 2026, 5:26 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:46 p.m.