Triple

T100380
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject BCS theory of superconductivity E2026 entity
Predicate usesConcept P531 FINISHED
Object Fermi surface
The Fermi surface is the boundary in momentum space separating occupied from unoccupied electron states at zero temperature, crucial for determining a metal’s electronic and superconducting properties.
E8657 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: Fermi surface | Statement: [BCS theory of superconductivity, usesConcept, Fermi surface]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fermi surface
Context triple: [BCS theory of superconductivity, usesConcept, Fermi surface]
  • A. Fermi–Dirac statistics
    Fermi–Dirac statistics is the quantum statistical framework that describes the distribution and behavior of indistinguishable fermions, such as electrons, which obey the Pauli exclusion principle.
  • B. Surface
    Surface is Microsoft's line of touchscreen-based personal computing devices, including laptops, tablets, and 2-in-1 hybrids.
  • C. Bose–Einstein condensate
    A Bose–Einstein condensate is an exotic state of matter formed when a dilute gas of bosons is cooled to temperatures near absolute zero, causing a large fraction of the particles to occupy the same quantum state and behave as a single quantum entity.
  • D. BCS theory of superconductivity
    The BCS theory of superconductivity is a fundamental microscopic theory that explains superconductivity through the formation of Cooper pairs of electrons and their collective quantum behavior in a solid.
  • E. Feynman diagrams
    Feynman diagrams are graphical representations used in quantum field theory to visualize and calculate particle interactions and processes.
  • 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: Fermi surface
Triple: [BCS theory of superconductivity, usesConcept, Fermi surface]
Generated description
The Fermi surface is the boundary in momentum space separating occupied from unoccupied electron states at zero temperature, crucial for determining a metal’s electronic and superconducting properties.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fermi surface
Target entity description: The Fermi surface is the boundary in momentum space separating occupied from unoccupied electron states at zero temperature, crucial for determining a metal’s electronic and superconducting properties.
  • A. Fermi–Dirac statistics
    Fermi–Dirac statistics is the quantum statistical framework that describes the distribution and behavior of indistinguishable fermions, such as electrons, which obey the Pauli exclusion principle.
  • B. Surface
    Surface is Microsoft's line of touchscreen-based personal computing devices, including laptops, tablets, and 2-in-1 hybrids.
  • C. Bose–Einstein condensate
    A Bose–Einstein condensate is an exotic state of matter formed when a dilute gas of bosons is cooled to temperatures near absolute zero, causing a large fraction of the particles to occupy the same quantum state and behave as a single quantum entity.
  • D. BCS theory of superconductivity
    The BCS theory of superconductivity is a fundamental microscopic theory that explains superconductivity through the formation of Cooper pairs of electrons and their collective quantum behavior in a solid.
  • E. Feynman diagrams
    Feynman diagrams are graphical representations used in quantum field theory to visualize and calculate particle interactions and processes.
  • 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_69a24d4862f881908cc8b89d3a78031d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:04 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24ff1a8cc8190843d4c6807cebd09 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a266ed314881908b6e5e7a91930b56 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2677d22cc8190873d775074795a46 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a267e41e148190856aa61cbb0df0ae completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:58 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:09 a.m.