Triple
T1479025
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alan Cottrell |
E30907
|
entity |
| Predicate | knownFor |
P22
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Cottrell atmosphere
The Cottrell atmosphere is a localized cloud of solute atoms that forms around dislocations in a crystal lattice, reducing their mobility and influencing the material’s mechanical properties.
|
E168995
|
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: Cottrell atmosphere | Statement: [Alan Cottrell, knownFor, Cottrell atmosphere]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cottrell atmosphere Context triple: [Alan Cottrell, knownFor, Cottrell atmosphere]
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A.
Peierls transition
The Peierls transition is a phase transition in one-dimensional metals where a periodic lattice distortion opens an energy gap at the Fermi surface, turning the system from a metal into an insulator or semiconductor.
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B.
Peierls
Peierls is a surname most notably associated with Rudolf Peierls, a German-born British physicist who made key contributions to nuclear physics and the development of the atomic bomb.
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C.
Schrieffer
Schrieffer is the surname of John Robert Schrieffer, the American physicist and Nobel laureate known for co-developing the BCS theory of superconductivity.
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D.
Szilard–Chalmers effect
The Szilard–Chalmers effect is a nuclear chemistry phenomenon in which atoms that undergo neutron capture and become radioactive are chemically separated from their original, non-activated atoms due to recoil-induced disruption of their chemical bonds.
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E.
Bragg
Bragg is a surname most famously associated with physicists William Henry Bragg and his son Lawrence Bragg, pioneers of X-ray crystallography and Nobel Prize laureates.
- 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: Cottrell atmosphere Triple: [Alan Cottrell, knownFor, Cottrell atmosphere]
Generated description
The Cottrell atmosphere is a localized cloud of solute atoms that forms around dislocations in a crystal lattice, reducing their mobility and influencing the material’s mechanical properties.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cottrell atmosphere Target entity description: The Cottrell atmosphere is a localized cloud of solute atoms that forms around dislocations in a crystal lattice, reducing their mobility and influencing the material’s mechanical properties.
-
A.
Peierls transition
The Peierls transition is a phase transition in one-dimensional metals where a periodic lattice distortion opens an energy gap at the Fermi surface, turning the system from a metal into an insulator or semiconductor.
-
B.
Peierls
Peierls is a surname most notably associated with Rudolf Peierls, a German-born British physicist who made key contributions to nuclear physics and the development of the atomic bomb.
-
C.
Schrieffer
Schrieffer is the surname of John Robert Schrieffer, the American physicist and Nobel laureate known for co-developing the BCS theory of superconductivity.
-
D.
Szilard–Chalmers effect
The Szilard–Chalmers effect is a nuclear chemistry phenomenon in which atoms that undergo neutron capture and become radioactive are chemically separated from their original, non-activated atoms due to recoil-induced disruption of their chemical bonds.
-
E.
Bragg
Bragg is a surname most famously associated with physicists William Henry Bragg and his son Lawrence Bragg, pioneers of X-ray crystallography and Nobel Prize laureates.
- 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_69a498fe55a88190ab7f9e40ace88e49 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c6739d2481909ea8d8e075f62cf3 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:06 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad15aff1288190a3e36324d975d482 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:22 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad1639e21081908737b51e910ceae3 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:24 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad16a98fd08190a14f4d7d6b11f5e8 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:26 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:11 p.m.