Triple

T244339
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michelson–Morley experiment E5002 entity
Predicate publication P80 FINISHED
Object On the Relative Motion of the Earth and the Luminiferous Ether
"On the Relative Motion of the Earth and the Luminiferous Ether" is the landmark 1887 scientific paper by Albert A. Michelson and Edward W. Morley reporting their famous interferometer experiment that found no evidence for the existence of the luminiferous ether and helped pave the way for Einstein’s theory of special relativity.
E5002 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: On the Relative Motion of the Earth and the Luminiferous Ether | Statement: [Michelson–Morley experiment, publication, On the Relative Motion of the Earth and the Luminiferous Ether]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Relative Motion of the Earth and the Luminiferous Ether
Context triple: [Michelson–Morley experiment, publication, On the Relative Motion of the Earth and the Luminiferous Ether]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases
    Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases is a foundational 1860 scientific paper by James Clerk Maxwell that introduced key ideas of kinetic theory and the statistical behavior of gas molecules.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: On the Relative Motion of the Earth and the Luminiferous Ether
Triple: [Michelson–Morley experiment, publication, On the Relative Motion of the Earth and the Luminiferous Ether]
Generated description
"On the Relative Motion of the Earth and the Luminiferous Ether" is the landmark 1887 scientific paper by Albert A. Michelson and Edward W. Morley reporting their famous interferometer experiment that found no evidence for the existence of the luminiferous ether and helped pave the way for Einstein’s theory of special relativity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Relative Motion of the Earth and the Luminiferous Ether
Target entity description: "On the Relative Motion of the Earth and the Luminiferous Ether" is the landmark 1887 scientific paper by Albert A. Michelson and Edward W. Morley reporting their famous interferometer experiment that found no evidence for the existence of the luminiferous ether and helped pave the way for Einstein’s theory of special relativity.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Michelson–Morley experiment chosen
    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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases
    Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases is a foundational 1860 scientific paper by James Clerk Maxwell that introduced key ideas of kinetic theory and the statistical behavior of gas molecules.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_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_69a36cf2e84c81908d87847d498f96f4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a36d68858c81908cc2d2dc94b1a482 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a36dbb7dc88190a75f2c0bbb478ccc completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:35 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.