Triple

T2176940
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Erwin Schrödinger E48550 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Schrödinger's cat
Schrödinger's cat is a famous thought experiment in quantum mechanics that illustrates the paradox of quantum superposition by imagining a cat that is simultaneously alive and dead until observed.
E98263 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: Schrödinger's cat | Statement: [Erwin Schrödinger, notableWork, Schrödinger's cat]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Schrödinger's cat
Context triple: [Erwin Schrödinger, notableWork, Schrödinger's cat]
  • A. Maxwell's demon thought experiment
    Maxwell's demon thought experiment is a famous conceptual scenario in thermodynamics that imagines an intelligent being seemingly violating the second law by sorting fast and slow gas molecules without expending energy.
  • B. Chinese Room
    The Chinese Room is an ornate, historically themed observation lounge located near the top of Seattle’s Smith Tower, known for its carved woodwork and panoramic city views.
  • C. Wigner’s friend thought experiment
    Wigner’s friend thought experiment is a foundational quantum mechanics scenario that explores the role of observers and consciousness in measurement by considering how different observers can assign conflicting quantum states to the same system.
  • D. Laplace’s demon
    Laplace’s demon is a hypothetical intellect in classical determinism that, knowing all forces and positions of particles at one time, could predict the entire future and reconstruct the entire past of the universe.
  • E. Barber paradox
    The Barber paradox is a self-referential logical puzzle about a barber who shaves all and only those who do not shave themselves, illustrating a contradiction similar to Russell’s paradox.
  • 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: Schrödinger's cat
Triple: [Erwin Schrödinger, notableWork, Schrödinger's cat]
Generated description
Schrödinger's cat is a famous thought experiment in quantum mechanics that illustrates the paradox of quantum superposition by imagining a cat that is simultaneously alive and dead until observed.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Schrödinger's cat
Target entity description: Schrödinger's cat is a famous thought experiment in quantum mechanics that illustrates the paradox of quantum superposition by imagining a cat that is simultaneously alive and dead until observed.
  • A. Maxwell's demon thought experiment
    Maxwell's demon thought experiment is a famous conceptual scenario in thermodynamics that imagines an intelligent being seemingly violating the second law by sorting fast and slow gas molecules without expending energy.
  • B. Chinese Room
    The Chinese Room is an ornate, historically themed observation lounge located near the top of Seattle’s Smith Tower, known for its carved woodwork and panoramic city views.
  • C. Wigner’s friend thought experiment chosen
    Wigner’s friend thought experiment is a foundational quantum mechanics scenario that explores the role of observers and consciousness in measurement by considering how different observers can assign conflicting quantum states to the same system.
  • D. Laplace’s demon
    Laplace’s demon is a hypothetical intellect in classical determinism that, knowing all forces and positions of particles at one time, could predict the entire future and reconstruct the entire past of the universe.
  • E. Barber paradox
    The Barber paradox is a self-referential logical puzzle about a barber who shaves all and only those who do not shave themselves, illustrating a contradiction similar to Russell’s paradox.
  • 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_69a88aa3faa48190995b233af6525815 completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbeecdbc881909982a58568f0b1ed completed March 7, 2026, 6 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae5da14e3881909f0beda339599938 completed March 9, 2026, 5:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae5e5f023081909cd046b5850f8026 completed March 9, 2026, 5:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae5ef99018819083a778378ea493e8 completed March 9, 2026, 5:47 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:45 p.m.