Triple
T1479027
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alan Cottrell |
E30907
|
entity |
| Predicate | knownFor |
P22
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Cottrell–Stokes law |
E168995
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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–Stokes law | Statement: [Alan Cottrell, knownFor, Cottrell–Stokes law]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cottrell–Stokes law Context triple: [Alan Cottrell, knownFor, Cottrell–Stokes law]
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A.
Cottrell equation
The Cottrell equation is a fundamental relation in electrochemistry that describes how current decays over time during a diffusion-controlled potential step at an electrode.
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B.
Cottrell atmosphere
chosen
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.
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C.
Steinmetz’s law of hysteresis
Steinmetz’s law of hysteresis is an empirical formula that relates the energy loss in magnetic materials to the maximum magnetic flux density, widely used in electrical engineering to estimate core losses in transformers and other AC magnetic devices.
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D.
Kapitza resistance
Kapitza resistance is the thermal boundary resistance that occurs at the interface between a solid and liquid helium, causing a temperature discontinuity when heat flows across the boundary.
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E.
Smoluchowski coagulation equation
The Smoluchowski coagulation equation is a fundamental integro-differential equation in statistical physics that models how particles undergoing random collisions aggregate over time into larger clusters.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ad1ca21f288190b5f6f9a5895cdcf0 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:52 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:11 p.m.