Triple

T244337
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michelson–Morley experiment E5002 entity
Predicate relatedTo P37 FINISHED
Object Trouton–Noble experiment
The Trouton–Noble experiment was an early 20th-century test of the luminiferous aether that searched for a torque on a charged capacitor in motion and, by finding no such effect, provided support for the emerging theory of special relativity.
E32680 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: Trouton–Noble experiment | Statement: [Michelson–Morley experiment, relatedTo, Trouton–Noble experiment]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trouton–Noble experiment
Context triple: [Michelson–Morley experiment, relatedTo, Trouton–Noble experiment]
  • A. Michelson–Morley experiment
    The Michelson–Morley experiment was a landmark 1887 physics experiment that attempted to detect the Earth's motion through the hypothesized luminiferous aether and whose null result helped pave the way for Einstein's theory of special relativity.
  • B. Kennedy–Thorndike experiment
    The Kennedy–Thorndike experiment is a classic test of special relativity that examined the constancy of the speed of light using an interferometer with unequal arm lengths and varying laboratory velocity.
  • C. On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies
    "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" is Albert Einstein’s 1905 paper that introduced the special theory of relativity, fundamentally redefining concepts of space, time, and motion in physics.
  • D. J. J. Thomson
    J. J. Thomson was a British physicist best known for discovering the electron and proposing the "plum pudding" model of the atom.
  • E. Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?
    "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?" is Albert Einstein’s 1905 paper that first articulated the mass–energy equivalence principle, commonly expressed as E = mc².
  • 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: Trouton–Noble experiment
Triple: [Michelson–Morley experiment, relatedTo, Trouton–Noble experiment]
Generated description
The Trouton–Noble experiment was an early 20th-century test of the luminiferous aether that searched for a torque on a charged capacitor in motion and, by finding no such effect, provided support for the emerging theory of special relativity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trouton–Noble experiment
Target entity description: The Trouton–Noble experiment was an early 20th-century test of the luminiferous aether that searched for a torque on a charged capacitor in motion and, by finding no such effect, provided support for the emerging theory of special relativity.
  • A. Michelson–Morley experiment
    The Michelson–Morley experiment was a landmark 1887 physics experiment that attempted to detect the Earth's motion through the hypothesized luminiferous aether and whose null result helped pave the way for Einstein's theory of special relativity.
  • B. Kennedy–Thorndike experiment
    The Kennedy–Thorndike experiment is a classic test of special relativity that examined the constancy of the speed of light using an interferometer with unequal arm lengths and varying laboratory velocity.
  • C. On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies
    "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" is Albert Einstein’s 1905 paper that introduced the special theory of relativity, fundamentally redefining concepts of space, time, and motion in physics.
  • D. J. J. Thomson
    J. J. Thomson was a British physicist best known for discovering the electron and proposing the "plum pudding" model of the atom.
  • E. Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?
    "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?" is Albert Einstein’s 1905 paper that first articulated the mass–energy equivalence principle, commonly expressed as E = mc².
  • 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_69a257c3d0708190b0871c4269d273e6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25d10ac248190a98dedabf5358668 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3765be530819088d680acc6a26a4a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a376cfa62c8190967fd7477e8440ab completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3772b8a848190b5367ba2e64c6a43 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:15 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.