Triple

T22999081
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Altair E572585 entity
Predicate hdNumber P8607 FINISHED
Object HD 187642
HD 187642, better known as Altair, is a bright, rapidly rotating A-type main-sequence star in the constellation Aquila and one of the closest naked-eye stars to Earth.
 E1565428 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: HD 187642 | Statement: [Altair, hdNumber, HD 187642]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: HD 187642
Context triple: [Altair, hdNumber, HD 187642]
  • A. HD 178428
    HD 178428 is a distant star that was selected as one of the targets for the 1999 Cosmic Call interstellar radio message.
  • B. HD 186408
    HD 186408 is a Sun-like star in the constellation Cygnus that has been studied as a solar analog and considered a potential host for habitable planets.
  • C. HD 178524
    HD 178524, better known as Tau Sagittarii, is a bright giant star in the constellation Sagittarius visible to the naked eye.
  • D. HD 181869
    HD 181869 is a star listed in the Henry Draper Catalogue, located in the constellation associated with the SAO 209384 designation.
  • E. HD 169467
    HD 169467 is a bright B-type giant star in the constellation Telescopium, better known by its Bayer designation Alpha Telescopii.
  • 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: HD 187642
Triple: [Altair, hdNumber, HD 187642]
Generated description
HD 187642, better known as Altair, is a bright, rapidly rotating A-type main-sequence star in the constellation Aquila and one of the closest naked-eye stars to Earth.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: HD 187642
Target entity description: HD 187642, better known as Altair, is a bright, rapidly rotating A-type main-sequence star in the constellation Aquila and one of the closest naked-eye stars to Earth.
  • A. HD 178428
    HD 178428 is a distant star that was selected as one of the targets for the 1999 Cosmic Call interstellar radio message.
  • B. HD 186408
    HD 186408 is a Sun-like star in the constellation Cygnus that has been studied as a solar analog and considered a potential host for habitable planets.
  • C. HD 178524
    HD 178524, better known as Tau Sagittarii, is a bright giant star in the constellation Sagittarius visible to the naked eye.
  • D. HD 181869
    HD 181869 is a star listed in the Henry Draper Catalogue, located in the constellation associated with the SAO 209384 designation.
  • E. HD 169467
    HD 169467 is a bright B-type giant star in the constellation Telescopium, better known by its Bayer designation Alpha Telescopii.
  • 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_69e245b6a3ac81908087599eefe3e365 completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f182f54ce88190930530958e2a1830 completed April 29, 2026, 4:03 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0bd380d84c8190ad825e4ef92e6c93 completed May 19, 2026, 3:05 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0bd780bf048190be000d6b01b7a69e completed May 19, 2026, 3:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0bd80b76248190b3878e6f6992db25 completed May 19, 2026, 3:24 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:50 p.m.