Triple

T21174769
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bryce DeWitt E521781 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Global Approach to Quantum Field Theory
The Global Approach to Quantum Field Theory is a comprehensive two-volume textbook by Bryce DeWitt that presents quantum field theory using a geometrical and globally covariant formalism, emphasizing path integrals and gauge theories.
E1470177 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: The Global Approach to Quantum Field Theory | Statement: [Bryce DeWitt, notableWork, The Global Approach to Quantum Field Theory]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Global Approach to Quantum Field Theory
Context triple: [Bryce DeWitt, notableWork, The Global Approach to Quantum Field Theory]
  • A. The Quantum Theory of Fields
    The Quantum Theory of Fields is Steven Weinberg’s influential multi-volume textbook that systematically develops modern quantum field theory and its applications to particle physics.
  • B. Euclidean quantum field theory
    Euclidean quantum field theory is a formulation of quantum field theory in imaginary (Euclidean) time that enables rigorous mathematical treatment and path-integral representations closely connected to statistical mechanics.
  • C. Dyson’s proof of equivalence of Feynman and Schwinger–Tomonaga formulations of QED
    Dyson’s proof of equivalence of Feynman and Schwinger–Tomonaga formulations of QED is a landmark theoretical result that rigorously demonstrated the mathematical consistency and mutual compatibility of different approaches to quantum electrodynamics.
  • D. Schrödinger functional equation in field theory
    The Schrödinger functional equation in field theory is a generalization of the quantum-mechanical Schrödinger equation to quantum fields, describing the time evolution of wave functionals over field configurations.
  • E. Diagrammatica: The Path to Feynman Diagrams
    "Diagrammatica: The Path to Feynman Diagrams" is a graduate-level textbook by Nobel laureate Martinus Veltman that introduces the use of Feynman diagrams and quantum field theory techniques in particle physics.
  • 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: The Global Approach to Quantum Field Theory
Triple: [Bryce DeWitt, notableWork, The Global Approach to Quantum Field Theory]
Generated description
The Global Approach to Quantum Field Theory is a comprehensive two-volume textbook by Bryce DeWitt that presents quantum field theory using a geometrical and globally covariant formalism, emphasizing path integrals and gauge theories.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Global Approach to Quantum Field Theory
Target entity description: The Global Approach to Quantum Field Theory is a comprehensive two-volume textbook by Bryce DeWitt that presents quantum field theory using a geometrical and globally covariant formalism, emphasizing path integrals and gauge theories.
  • A. The Quantum Theory of Fields
    The Quantum Theory of Fields is Steven Weinberg’s influential multi-volume textbook that systematically develops modern quantum field theory and its applications to particle physics.
  • B. Euclidean quantum field theory
    Euclidean quantum field theory is a formulation of quantum field theory in imaginary (Euclidean) time that enables rigorous mathematical treatment and path-integral representations closely connected to statistical mechanics.
  • C. Dyson’s proof of equivalence of Feynman and Schwinger–Tomonaga formulations of QED
    Dyson’s proof of equivalence of Feynman and Schwinger–Tomonaga formulations of QED is a landmark theoretical result that rigorously demonstrated the mathematical consistency and mutual compatibility of different approaches to quantum electrodynamics.
  • D. Schrödinger functional equation in field theory
    The Schrödinger functional equation in field theory is a generalization of the quantum-mechanical Schrödinger equation to quantum fields, describing the time evolution of wave functionals over field configurations.
  • E. Diagrammatica: The Path to Feynman Diagrams
    "Diagrammatica: The Path to Feynman Diagrams" is a graduate-level textbook by Nobel laureate Martinus Veltman that introduces the use of Feynman diagrams and quantum field theory techniques in particle physics.
  • 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_69e0b50e30748190b186824a206d39b9 completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e7271597288190b04baff9ca8d866c completed April 21, 2026, 7:28 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09757599708190b03ebb61a54b0c2a completed May 17, 2026, 7:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a097664811c81908e9bb1dfcf88b042 completed May 17, 2026, 8:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0978130b1481909e7a7c7a43f82c15 completed May 17, 2026, 8:10 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 3 p.m.