Triple
T16249698
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Boltzmann–Kac equation |
E394467
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Mark Kac |
E16842
|
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: Mark Kac | Statement: [Boltzmann–Kac equation, namedAfter, Mark Kac]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mark Kac Context triple: [Boltzmann–Kac equation, namedAfter, Mark Kac]
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A.
Mark Kac
chosen
Mark Kac was a Polish-American mathematician renowned for his work in probability theory and mathematical physics, particularly for linking stochastic processes with partial differential equations.
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B.
Hermann Kesten
Hermann Kesten was a German-Jewish writer, editor, and prominent figure in the literary exile movement, known for his advocacy of persecuted authors and his leadership in the PEN Center of German-Speaking Authors Abroad.
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C.
Stanislaw Ulam
Stanislaw Ulam was a Polish-American mathematician and physicist known for his key contributions to the development of the hydrogen bomb, the Monte Carlo method, and early work in computing and set theory.
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D.
Leo Kadanoff
Leo Kadanoff was an influential American physicist renowned for his pioneering work on phase transitions and the renormalization group, which helped lay the foundations of modern statistical physics and condensed matter theory.
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E.
Martin Gutzwiller
Martin Gutzwiller was a Swiss-American physicist best known for his pioneering work in quantum chaos and the development of the Gutzwiller trace formula.
- 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_69d87f2171208190951025e526947816 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e2459606f88190a53905186f7f73be |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a000ee568a48190835ce76f84461044 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 4:51 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:04 a.m.