Triple

T23000119
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lacerta E572610 entity
Predicate containsVariableStar P56969 FINISHED
Object BL Lacertae
BL Lacertae is a prototype blazar and highly variable active galactic nucleus whose extreme brightness changes across the electromagnetic spectrum define an entire class of objects known as BL Lacertae-type blazars.
E1565471 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: BL Lacertae | Statement: [Lacerta, containsVariableStar, BL Lacertae]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BL Lacertae
Context triple: [Lacerta, containsVariableStar, BL Lacertae]
  • A. 3C 273
    3C 273 is a bright, nearby quasar in the constellation Virgo and one of the first quasars ever identified, making it a landmark object in extragalactic astronomy.
  • B. Cygnus X-3
    Cygnus X-3 is a powerful X-ray binary system in the constellation Cygnus, believed to consist of a compact object such as a black hole or neutron star orbiting a massive companion star and known for its intense X-ray and gamma-ray emissions.
  • C. Cygnus X-1
    Cygnus X-1 is one of the strongest known X-ray sources in the sky and the first widely accepted stellar-mass black hole candidate, located in the constellation Cygnus.
  • D. Cygnus X-2
    Cygnus X-2 is a bright low-mass X-ray binary system in the constellation Cygnus, consisting of a neutron star accreting matter from a companion star and serving as an important source for studying X-ray emission and compact objects.
  • E. 3C 274
    3C 274 is a giant elliptical galaxy in the Virgo Cluster, famous for its supermassive black hole and prominent relativistic jet.
  • 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: BL Lacertae
Triple: [Lacerta, containsVariableStar, BL Lacertae]
Generated description
BL Lacertae is a prototype blazar and highly variable active galactic nucleus whose extreme brightness changes across the electromagnetic spectrum define an entire class of objects known as BL Lacertae-type blazars.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BL Lacertae
Target entity description: BL Lacertae is a prototype blazar and highly variable active galactic nucleus whose extreme brightness changes across the electromagnetic spectrum define an entire class of objects known as BL Lacertae-type blazars.
  • A. 3C 273
    3C 273 is a bright, nearby quasar in the constellation Virgo and one of the first quasars ever identified, making it a landmark object in extragalactic astronomy.
  • B. Cygnus X-3
    Cygnus X-3 is a powerful X-ray binary system in the constellation Cygnus, believed to consist of a compact object such as a black hole or neutron star orbiting a massive companion star and known for its intense X-ray and gamma-ray emissions.
  • C. Cygnus X-1
    Cygnus X-1 is one of the strongest known X-ray sources in the sky and the first widely accepted stellar-mass black hole candidate, located in the constellation Cygnus.
  • D. Cygnus X-2
    Cygnus X-2 is a bright low-mass X-ray binary system in the constellation Cygnus, consisting of a neutron star accreting matter from a companion star and serving as an important source for studying X-ray emission and compact objects.
  • E. 3C 274
    3C 274 is a giant elliptical galaxy in the Virgo Cluster, famous for its supermassive black hole and prominent relativistic jet.
  • 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_69f182f6484c8190bfe3f7ea894c43d8 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.