Triple

T4597650
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lorentz ether theory E100243 entity
Predicate influencedBy P9 FINISHED
Object George Francis FitzGerald
George Francis FitzGerald was an Irish physicist best known for proposing length contraction to explain the Michelson–Morley experiment, a key idea that helped pave the way for Einstein’s theory of special relativity.
E459581 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: George Francis FitzGerald | Statement: [Lorentz ether theory, influencedBy, George Francis FitzGerald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Francis FitzGerald
Context triple: [Lorentz ether theory, influencedBy, George Francis FitzGerald]
  • A. Joseph Larmor
    Joseph Larmor was an Irish physicist and mathematician known for his work on electromagnetism, the electron theory, and for formulating the concept of Larmor precession.
  • B. John Henry Poynting
    John Henry Poynting was a British physicist best known for formulating the Poynting theorem and introducing the Poynting vector to describe the flow of electromagnetic energy.
  • C. James Clerk Maxwell
    James Clerk Maxwell was a 19th-century Scottish physicist best known for formulating the classical theory of electromagnetism, unifying electricity, magnetism, and light into a single framework.
  • D. Edward W. Morley
    Edward W. Morley was an American chemist and physicist best known for his collaboration with Albert A. Michelson on the landmark Michelson–Morley experiment that challenged the existence of the luminiferous aether and paved the way for modern physics.
  • E. Oliver Heaviside
    Oliver Heaviside was an English self-taught physicist, electrical engineer, and mathematician known for reformulating Maxwell’s equations into their modern vector form and pioneering transmission line theory.
  • 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: George Francis FitzGerald
Triple: [Lorentz ether theory, influencedBy, George Francis FitzGerald]
Generated description
George Francis FitzGerald was an Irish physicist best known for proposing length contraction to explain the Michelson–Morley experiment, a key idea that helped pave the way for Einstein’s theory of special relativity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Francis FitzGerald
Target entity description: George Francis FitzGerald was an Irish physicist best known for proposing length contraction to explain the Michelson–Morley experiment, a key idea that helped pave the way for Einstein’s theory of special relativity.
  • A. Joseph Larmor
    Joseph Larmor was an Irish physicist and mathematician known for his work on electromagnetism, the electron theory, and for formulating the concept of Larmor precession.
  • B. John Henry Poynting
    John Henry Poynting was a British physicist best known for formulating the Poynting theorem and introducing the Poynting vector to describe the flow of electromagnetic energy.
  • C. James Clerk Maxwell
    James Clerk Maxwell was a 19th-century Scottish physicist best known for formulating the classical theory of electromagnetism, unifying electricity, magnetism, and light into a single framework.
  • D. Edward W. Morley
    Edward W. Morley was an American chemist and physicist best known for his collaboration with Albert A. Michelson on the landmark Michelson–Morley experiment that challenged the existence of the luminiferous aether and paved the way for modern physics.
  • E. Oliver Heaviside
    Oliver Heaviside was an English self-taught physicist, electrical engineer, and mathematician known for reformulating Maxwell’s equations into their modern vector form and pioneering transmission line theory.
  • 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_69bd43cbc014819098b45f435908f88a completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd59420c108190b5c2c5039e964da5 completed March 20, 2026, 2:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdfa4f26d08190b9978c579623adcb completed March 21, 2026, 1:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdfb37b1448190a4001b9ed2b79012 completed March 21, 2026, 1:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdfc0e456c81908efa3858d981ccc0 completed March 21, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:11 p.m.