Triple
T228922
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Carl Friedrich Gauss |
E4368
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Gauss’s law
Gauss’s law is a fundamental principle of electromagnetism that relates the electric flux through a closed surface to the electric charge enclosed within that surface.
|
E29363
|
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: Gauss’s law | Statement: [Carl Friedrich Gauss, notableWork, Gauss’s law]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gauss’s law Context triple: [Carl Friedrich Gauss, notableWork, Gauss’s law]
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A.
Maxwell's equations
Maxwell's equations are the fundamental set of four equations in classical electromagnetism that describe how electric and magnetic fields are generated and interact with charges and currents.
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B.
Maxwell stress tensor
The Maxwell stress tensor is a mathematical construct in classical electromagnetism that represents how electric and magnetic fields transmit mechanical stresses, such as pressure and tension, through space and matter.
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C.
A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism
A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism is James Clerk Maxwell’s foundational 19th-century work that systematically formulated the classical theory of electromagnetism, including the famous Maxwell’s equations.
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D.
On Physical Lines of Force
"On Physical Lines of Force" is an 1861–62 series of papers by James Clerk Maxwell that introduced the field concept and laid the foundations for classical electromagnetic theory.
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E.
law of universal gravitation
The law of universal gravitation is Newton’s fundamental physical law stating that every pair of masses in the universe attracts each other with a force proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
- 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: Gauss’s law Triple: [Carl Friedrich Gauss, notableWork, Gauss’s law]
Generated description
Gauss’s law is a fundamental principle of electromagnetism that relates the electric flux through a closed surface to the electric charge enclosed within that surface.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gauss’s law Target entity description: Gauss’s law is a fundamental principle of electromagnetism that relates the electric flux through a closed surface to the electric charge enclosed within that surface.
-
A.
Maxwell's equations
Maxwell's equations are the fundamental set of four equations in classical electromagnetism that describe how electric and magnetic fields are generated and interact with charges and currents.
-
B.
Maxwell stress tensor
The Maxwell stress tensor is a mathematical construct in classical electromagnetism that represents how electric and magnetic fields transmit mechanical stresses, such as pressure and tension, through space and matter.
-
C.
A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism
A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism is James Clerk Maxwell’s foundational 19th-century work that systematically formulated the classical theory of electromagnetism, including the famous Maxwell’s equations.
-
D.
On Physical Lines of Force
"On Physical Lines of Force" is an 1861–62 series of papers by James Clerk Maxwell that introduced the field concept and laid the foundations for classical electromagnetic theory.
-
E.
law of universal gravitation
The law of universal gravitation is Newton’s fundamental physical law stating that every pair of masses in the universe attracts each other with a force proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
- 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_69a257363ffc81909757bde7ab3404da |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25c9140c48190b90647400854b37e |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a35b66359481908daf0412badd76bc |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:17 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a35d280c8c81909dd05d5c45ffe616 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:24 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a35dc9ad808190a93a4a4c062ce69c |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:27 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.