Triple

T1853079
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Augustin-Jean Fresnel E41639 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Fresnel
Fresnel is a French surname most famously associated with Augustin-Jean Fresnel, a pioneering physicist in the field of wave optics.
E39347 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: Fresnel | Statement: [Augustin-Jean Fresnel, familyName, Fresnel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fresnel
Context triple: [Augustin-Jean Fresnel, familyName, Fresnel]
  • A. Fresnel lens
    A Fresnel lens is a compact, lightweight lens design composed of concentric rings that allows lighthouses and other optical systems to project powerful, focused beams of light over long distances.
  • B. Fresnel equations
    The Fresnel equations are fundamental formulas in optics that describe how light is partially reflected and transmitted at the boundary between two media with different refractive indices, depending on polarization and angle of incidence.
  • C. Dioptrique
    Dioptrique is a scientific treatise by René Descartes that lays out his pioneering theories on light and optics, including the law of refraction.
  • D. Huygens–Fresnel principle
    The Huygens–Fresnel principle is a fundamental concept in wave optics that explains how every point on a wavefront acts as a source of secondary wavelets whose interference determines the wave’s subsequent propagation and diffraction.
  • E. Fraunhofer diffraction
    Fraunhofer diffraction is the far-field diffraction pattern of waves, typically light, observed when both the source and observation screen are effectively at infinite distance or made so with lenses, producing characteristic interference patterns.
  • 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: Fresnel
Triple: [Augustin-Jean Fresnel, familyName, Fresnel]
Generated description
Fresnel is a French surname most famously associated with Augustin-Jean Fresnel, a pioneering physicist in the field of wave optics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fresnel
Target entity description: Fresnel is a French surname most famously associated with Augustin-Jean Fresnel, a pioneering physicist in the field of wave optics.
  • A. Fresnel lens
    A Fresnel lens is a compact, lightweight lens design composed of concentric rings that allows lighthouses and other optical systems to project powerful, focused beams of light over long distances.
  • B. Fresnel equations chosen
    The Fresnel equations are fundamental formulas in optics that describe how light is partially reflected and transmitted at the boundary between two media with different refractive indices, depending on polarization and angle of incidence.
  • C. Dioptrique
    Dioptrique is a scientific treatise by René Descartes that lays out his pioneering theories on light and optics, including the law of refraction.
  • D. Huygens–Fresnel principle
    The Huygens–Fresnel principle is a fundamental concept in wave optics that explains how every point on a wavefront acts as a source of secondary wavelets whose interference determines the wave’s subsequent propagation and diffraction.
  • E. Fraunhofer diffraction
    Fraunhofer diffraction is the far-field diffraction pattern of waves, typically light, observed when both the source and observation screen are effectively at infinite distance or made so with lenses, producing characteristic interference patterns.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a8864a83848190a4ec02721306c511 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb06999f4819086386aafb789a368 completed March 7, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adc9c81f2c81908339f6a1d1987631 completed March 8, 2026, 7:11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adcb1565a881908dfc906654429e3f completed March 8, 2026, 7:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adcbbc8a108190ad77e91f2ec14b8f completed March 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.