Triple

T18751552
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ilya Prigogine E458537 entity
Predicate movement P81 FINISHED
Object Brussels school of thermodynamics
The Brussels school of thermodynamics is a scientific movement centered on nonequilibrium thermodynamics and complex systems, developed around Ilya Prigogine and his collaborators in Brussels.
E1341316 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: Brussels school of thermodynamics | Statement: [Ilya Prigogine, movement, Brussels school of thermodynamics]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brussels school of thermodynamics
Context triple: [Ilya Prigogine, movement, Brussels school of thermodynamics]
  • A. Rational Thermodynamics
    Rational Thermodynamics is a rigorous, axiomatic reformulation of continuum thermodynamics developed by Clifford Truesdell and collaborators, emphasizing logical consistency and mathematical clarity in the foundations of thermal and mechanical processes.
  • B. Carathéodory’s formulation of the second law of thermodynamics
    Carathéodory’s formulation of the second law of thermodynamics is a mathematically rigorous restatement of the second law based on the inaccessibility of certain thermodynamic states, providing a foundation for the concept of entropy without relying on cyclic processes or heat engines.
  • C. The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics, 1822–1854
    The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics, 1822–1854 is a scholarly historical study by Clifford Truesdell that critically and often wittily examines the development of thermodynamics and its key figures during the early nineteenth century.
  • D. Callen formulation of thermodynamics
    The Callen formulation of thermodynamics is a modern, axiomatic approach that derives the laws of thermodynamics from a small set of postulates using state functions and Legendre transforms, as presented in Herbert B. Callen’s influential textbook.
  • E. Elements of Classical Thermodynamics
    Elements of Classical Thermodynamics is a foundational textbook by A. B. Pippard that systematically presents the principles and mathematical framework of classical thermodynamics for students and researchers in physics and engineering.
  • 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: Brussels school of thermodynamics
Triple: [Ilya Prigogine, movement, Brussels school of thermodynamics]
Generated description
The Brussels school of thermodynamics is a scientific movement centered on nonequilibrium thermodynamics and complex systems, developed around Ilya Prigogine and his collaborators in Brussels.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brussels school of thermodynamics
Target entity description: The Brussels school of thermodynamics is a scientific movement centered on nonequilibrium thermodynamics and complex systems, developed around Ilya Prigogine and his collaborators in Brussels.
  • A. Rational Thermodynamics
    Rational Thermodynamics is a rigorous, axiomatic reformulation of continuum thermodynamics developed by Clifford Truesdell and collaborators, emphasizing logical consistency and mathematical clarity in the foundations of thermal and mechanical processes.
  • B. Carathéodory’s formulation of the second law of thermodynamics
    Carathéodory’s formulation of the second law of thermodynamics is a mathematically rigorous restatement of the second law based on the inaccessibility of certain thermodynamic states, providing a foundation for the concept of entropy without relying on cyclic processes or heat engines.
  • C. The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics, 1822–1854
    The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics, 1822–1854 is a scholarly historical study by Clifford Truesdell that critically and often wittily examines the development of thermodynamics and its key figures during the early nineteenth century.
  • D. Callen formulation of thermodynamics
    The Callen formulation of thermodynamics is a modern, axiomatic approach that derives the laws of thermodynamics from a small set of postulates using state functions and Legendre transforms, as presented in Herbert B. Callen’s influential textbook.
  • E. Elements of Classical Thermodynamics
    Elements of Classical Thermodynamics is a foundational textbook by A. B. Pippard that systematically presents the principles and mathematical framework of classical thermodynamics for students and researchers in physics and engineering.
  • 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_69d8d394dc308190b6725073f5db324c completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e579ed4e6881908791f2a6250010a6 completed April 20, 2026, 12:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a053d36fc908190b3193d52ce4504ce completed May 14, 2026, 3:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a053e216ce0819093f0e9e9b707fca8 completed May 14, 2026, 3:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a053ed266a481908dc9ff85e1d7cf4f completed May 14, 2026, 3:17 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:51 a.m.