Triple

T130765
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Clerk Maxwell E2648 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object Maxwell's demon thought experiment
Maxwell's demon thought experiment is a famous conceptual scenario in thermodynamics that imagines an intelligent being seemingly violating the second law by sorting fast and slow gas molecules without expending energy.
E14943 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: Maxwell's demon thought experiment | Statement: [James Clerk Maxwell, knownFor, Maxwell's demon thought experiment]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maxwell's demon thought experiment
Context triple: [James Clerk Maxwell, knownFor, Maxwell's demon thought experiment]
  • A. Dyson series
    The Dyson series is a perturbative expansion in quantum field theory that expresses time-ordered exponentials and scattering amplitudes as an infinite series of integrals, each term corresponding to a Feynman diagram.
  • B. Feynman O-ring ice water demonstration
    The Feynman O-ring ice water demonstration was a televised experiment by physicist Richard Feynman during the Challenger disaster investigation, vividly showing how cold temperatures compromised the shuttle’s O-ring seals.
  • C. Feynman sprinkler problem
    The Feynman sprinkler problem is a famous physics thought experiment that examines how a submerged, water-aspirating sprinkler would move, highlighting subtleties in fluid dynamics and momentum conservation.
  • D. On a Heuristic Point of View Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light
    "On a Heuristic Point of View Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light" is Albert Einstein’s 1905 paper that introduced the concept of light quanta (photons), laying the foundation for quantum theory and explaining the photoelectric effect.
  • E. On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in Liquids at Rest Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat
    "On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in Liquids at Rest Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat" is Albert Einstein’s 1905 paper that provided a theoretical explanation of Brownian motion, offering strong evidence for the existence of atoms and molecules.
  • 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: Maxwell's demon thought experiment
Triple: [James Clerk Maxwell, knownFor, Maxwell's demon thought experiment]
Generated description
Maxwell's demon thought experiment is a famous conceptual scenario in thermodynamics that imagines an intelligent being seemingly violating the second law by sorting fast and slow gas molecules without expending energy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maxwell's demon thought experiment
Target entity description: Maxwell's demon thought experiment is a famous conceptual scenario in thermodynamics that imagines an intelligent being seemingly violating the second law by sorting fast and slow gas molecules without expending energy.
  • A. Dyson series
    The Dyson series is a perturbative expansion in quantum field theory that expresses time-ordered exponentials and scattering amplitudes as an infinite series of integrals, each term corresponding to a Feynman diagram.
  • B. Feynman O-ring ice water demonstration
    The Feynman O-ring ice water demonstration was a televised experiment by physicist Richard Feynman during the Challenger disaster investigation, vividly showing how cold temperatures compromised the shuttle’s O-ring seals.
  • C. Feynman sprinkler problem
    The Feynman sprinkler problem is a famous physics thought experiment that examines how a submerged, water-aspirating sprinkler would move, highlighting subtleties in fluid dynamics and momentum conservation.
  • D. On a Heuristic Point of View Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light
    "On a Heuristic Point of View Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light" is Albert Einstein’s 1905 paper that introduced the concept of light quanta (photons), laying the foundation for quantum theory and explaining the photoelectric effect.
  • E. On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in Liquids at Rest Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat
    "On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in Liquids at Rest Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat" is Albert Einstein’s 1905 paper that provided a theoretical explanation of Brownian motion, offering strong evidence for the existence of atoms and molecules.
  • 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_69a2520c0f3481908b0ed054a2fca8d0 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25785ad5c819097c00f31719fea7e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:48 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2a3d73bf08190b0c3dd227206cab0 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 8:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2a50e4bec8190ab7e27d852460f67 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 8:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2a624eaf48190a7c31047832cbf34 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 8:24 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:30 a.m.