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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.