Triple

T4119140
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mach number E90366 entity
Predicate relatedConcept P37 FINISHED
Object Froude number
The Froude number is a dimensionless quantity in fluid dynamics that compares inertial forces to gravitational forces, commonly used to characterize flow regimes in open channels and around ships.
E415502 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: Froude number | Statement: [Mach number, relatedConcept, Froude number]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Froude number
Context triple: [Mach number, relatedConcept, Froude number]
  • A. Mach number
    Mach number is a dimensionless quantity in fluid dynamics and aerodynamics that expresses the ratio of an object's speed to the local speed of sound, commonly used to characterize subsonic, transonic, supersonic, and hypersonic flows.
  • B. Chandrasekhar number
    The Chandrasekhar number is a dimensionless quantity in magnetohydrodynamics that measures the relative importance of magnetic forces compared to viscous forces in a conducting fluid.
  • C. Callahan flow
    Callahan flow is a notable basaltic lava flow associated with Medicine Lake Volcano in northern California, formed during one of its relatively recent volcanic eruptions.
  • D. Saffman
    Saffman is a surname most notably associated with Philip G. Saffman, a prominent British-American applied mathematician and fluid dynamicist.
  • E. Einstein bed-load function
    The Einstein bed-load function is a seminal hydraulic engineering formula developed by Hans Albert Einstein to predict the transport rate of sediment particles rolling and sliding along a riverbed under flowing water.
  • 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: Froude number
Triple: [Mach number, relatedConcept, Froude number]
Generated description
The Froude number is a dimensionless quantity in fluid dynamics that compares inertial forces to gravitational forces, commonly used to characterize flow regimes in open channels and around ships.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Froude number
Target entity description: The Froude number is a dimensionless quantity in fluid dynamics that compares inertial forces to gravitational forces, commonly used to characterize flow regimes in open channels and around ships.
  • A. Mach number
    Mach number is a dimensionless quantity in fluid dynamics and aerodynamics that expresses the ratio of an object's speed to the local speed of sound, commonly used to characterize subsonic, transonic, supersonic, and hypersonic flows.
  • B. Chandrasekhar number
    The Chandrasekhar number is a dimensionless quantity in magnetohydrodynamics that measures the relative importance of magnetic forces compared to viscous forces in a conducting fluid.
  • C. Callahan flow
    Callahan flow is a notable basaltic lava flow associated with Medicine Lake Volcano in northern California, formed during one of its relatively recent volcanic eruptions.
  • D. Saffman
    Saffman is a surname most notably associated with Philip G. Saffman, a prominent British-American applied mathematician and fluid dynamicist.
  • E. Einstein bed-load function
    The Einstein bed-load function is a seminal hydraulic engineering formula developed by Hans Albert Einstein to predict the transport rate of sediment particles rolling and sliding along a riverbed under flowing water.
  • 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_69aed95c080881908125e30c5dcdc6f8 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69af01f5ed3881908bda4dbed497beba completed March 9, 2026, 5:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b576abe02081908a1b0322758089bd completed March 14, 2026, 2:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b577180e2881908e3bf4bfce7c9edd completed March 14, 2026, 2:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5778dcdc08190aee087f6d54992dc completed March 14, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:41 p.m.