Triple

T4818538
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Abraham Pais E107650 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World
Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World is a comprehensive historical and conceptual survey of 20th-century physics, tracing the development of modern particle physics and our understanding of matter and fundamental forces.
E471858 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: Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World | Statement: [Abraham Pais, notableWork, Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World
Context triple: [Abraham Pais, notableWork, Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World]
  • A. Dreams of a Final Theory
    Dreams of a Final Theory is a popular science book by physicist Steven Weinberg that explores the quest for a unified "theory of everything" in fundamental physics and reflects on the nature and philosophy of scientific explanation.
  • B. QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
    QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter is a popular science book by physicist Richard Feynman that explains the quantum theory of electrodynamics in an accessible, lecture-based style.
  • C. Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe
    Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe is a book by mathematical physicist Roger Penrose that critically examines prevailing ideas in modern physics—such as string theory, cosmology, and quantum mechanics—by questioning their mathematical soundness and empirical grounding.
  • D. The Road to Reality
    The Road to Reality is a comprehensive book by mathematical physicist Roger Penrose that explores the fundamental laws and concepts underlying modern physics and cosmology.
  • E. The Nature of the Physical World
    The Nature of the Physical World is a 1928 book by physicist Arthur Eddington that explores the philosophical implications of modern physics, especially relativity and quantum theory, for our understanding of reality.
  • 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: Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World
Triple: [Abraham Pais, notableWork, Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World]
Generated description
Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World is a comprehensive historical and conceptual survey of 20th-century physics, tracing the development of modern particle physics and our understanding of matter and fundamental forces.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World
Target entity description: Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World is a comprehensive historical and conceptual survey of 20th-century physics, tracing the development of modern particle physics and our understanding of matter and fundamental forces.
  • A. Dreams of a Final Theory
    Dreams of a Final Theory is a popular science book by physicist Steven Weinberg that explores the quest for a unified "theory of everything" in fundamental physics and reflects on the nature and philosophy of scientific explanation.
  • B. QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
    QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter is a popular science book by physicist Richard Feynman that explains the quantum theory of electrodynamics in an accessible, lecture-based style.
  • C. Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe
    Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe is a book by mathematical physicist Roger Penrose that critically examines prevailing ideas in modern physics—such as string theory, cosmology, and quantum mechanics—by questioning their mathematical soundness and empirical grounding.
  • D. The Road to Reality
    The Road to Reality is a comprehensive book by mathematical physicist Roger Penrose that explores the fundamental laws and concepts underlying modern physics and cosmology.
  • E. The Nature of the Physical World
    The Nature of the Physical World is a 1928 book by physicist Arthur Eddington that explores the philosophical implications of modern physics, especially relativity and quantum theory, for our understanding of reality.
  • 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_69bd43f9efa081908314cb3e94fa1695 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6c96f4dc81909e3186159b5c75ab completed March 20, 2026, 3:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be4dbbfe588190bae0aca210bea2bc completed March 21, 2026, 7:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be4f6ceb60819080dc1ee93950a7f0 completed March 21, 2026, 7:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be4fbc83188190af2c9767aa9272a7 completed March 21, 2026, 7:58 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:24 p.m.