Triple

T2176946
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Erwin Schrödinger E48550 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object Schrödinger's cat thought experiment
Schrödinger's cat thought experiment is a famous quantum mechanics paradox that illustrates the problem of applying quantum superposition to everyday objects by imagining a cat that is simultaneously alive and dead until observed.
E244413 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 thought experiment | Statement: [Erwin Schrödinger, knownFor, Schrödinger's cat thought experiment]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Schrödinger's cat thought experiment
Context triple: [Erwin Schrödinger, knownFor, Schrödinger's cat thought experiment]
  • 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. 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.
  • C. Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics
    The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics is a foundational philosophical framework that emphasizes probabilistic wavefunctions, measurement-induced collapse, and the central role of observation in determining physical reality.
  • D. Bohr–Einstein debates
    The Bohr–Einstein debates were a series of famous early 20th-century discussions between Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein about the foundations and interpretation of quantum mechanics, particularly concerning determinism, realism, and the completeness of the theory.
  • E. 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.
  • 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 thought experiment
Triple: [Erwin Schrödinger, knownFor, Schrödinger's cat thought experiment]
Generated description
Schrödinger's cat thought experiment is a famous quantum mechanics paradox that illustrates the problem of applying quantum superposition to everyday objects 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 thought experiment
Target entity description: Schrödinger's cat thought experiment is a famous quantum mechanics paradox that illustrates the problem of applying quantum superposition to everyday objects 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. 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.
  • C. Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics
    The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics is a foundational philosophical framework that emphasizes probabilistic wavefunctions, measurement-induced collapse, and the central role of observation in determining physical reality.
  • D. Bohr–Einstein debates
    The Bohr–Einstein debates were a series of famous early 20th-century discussions between Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein about the foundations and interpretation of quantum mechanics, particularly concerning determinism, realism, and the completeness of the theory.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_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_69ae653b6ae48190ab5c7e6bf2dcfa6f completed March 9, 2026, 6:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae66411d848190a529018ad3765597 completed March 9, 2026, 6:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae66a751f881908fda164de72dac9b completed March 9, 2026, 6:20 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:45 p.m.