Triple
T130789
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James Clerk Maxwell |
E2648
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Hendrik Lorentz
Hendrik Lorentz was a Dutch physicist renowned for his foundational work on electromagnetism and the Lorentz transformations, which were crucial to the development of Einstein’s theory of special relativity.
|
E18298
|
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: Hendrik Lorentz | Statement: [James Clerk Maxwell, influenced, Hendrik Lorentz]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hendrik Lorentz Context triple: [James Clerk Maxwell, influenced, Hendrik Lorentz]
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A.
Ernst Mach
Ernst Mach was an Austrian physicist and philosopher whose empiricist ideas about science and perception significantly shaped the development of logical positivism and modern philosophy of science.
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B.
Hermann von Helmholtz
Hermann von Helmholtz was a 19th-century German physician and physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to physiology, optics, acoustics, and the conservation of energy.
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C.
Gustav Kirchhoff
Gustav Kirchhoff was a 19th-century German physicist best known for formulating Kirchhoff's circuit laws and making foundational contributions to spectroscopy and thermal radiation.
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D.
James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk Maxwell was a 19th-century Scottish physicist best known for formulating the classical theory of electromagnetism, unifying electricity, magnetism, and light into a single framework.
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E.
Jean Perrin
Jean Perrin was a French physicist who confirmed the atomic nature of matter through his pioneering experimental studies of Brownian motion, work for which he received the 1926 Nobel Prize in Physics.
- 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: Hendrik Lorentz Triple: [James Clerk Maxwell, influenced, Hendrik Lorentz]
Generated description
Hendrik Lorentz was a Dutch physicist renowned for his foundational work on electromagnetism and the Lorentz transformations, which were crucial to the development of Einstein’s theory of special relativity.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hendrik Lorentz Target entity description: Hendrik Lorentz was a Dutch physicist renowned for his foundational work on electromagnetism and the Lorentz transformations, which were crucial to the development of Einstein’s theory of special relativity.
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A.
Ernst Mach
Ernst Mach was an Austrian physicist and philosopher whose empiricist ideas about science and perception significantly shaped the development of logical positivism and modern philosophy of science.
-
B.
Hermann von Helmholtz
Hermann von Helmholtz was a 19th-century German physician and physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to physiology, optics, acoustics, and the conservation of energy.
-
C.
Gustav Kirchhoff
Gustav Kirchhoff was a 19th-century German physicist best known for formulating Kirchhoff's circuit laws and making foundational contributions to spectroscopy and thermal radiation.
-
D.
James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk Maxwell was a 19th-century Scottish physicist best known for formulating the classical theory of electromagnetism, unifying electricity, magnetism, and light into a single framework.
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E.
Jean Perrin
Jean Perrin was a French physicist who confirmed the atomic nature of matter through his pioneering experimental studies of Brownian motion, work for which he received the 1926 Nobel Prize in Physics.
- 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_69a2c939ea148190984dfd347b12d136 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 10:53 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a2c99aa5348190a710ede093b2d1d7 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 10:55 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a2c9f070788190aa96892ffdc58569 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 10:56 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:30 a.m.