Triple

T490382
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Charles Proteus Steinmetz E9974 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object Steinmetz’s law of hysteresis
Steinmetz’s law of hysteresis is an empirical formula that relates the energy loss in magnetic materials to the maximum magnetic flux density, widely used in electrical engineering to estimate core losses in transformers and other AC magnetic devices.
E61292 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: Steinmetz’s law of hysteresis | Statement: [Charles Proteus Steinmetz, knownFor, Steinmetz’s law of hysteresis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steinmetz’s law of hysteresis
Context triple: [Charles Proteus Steinmetz, knownFor, Steinmetz’s law of hysteresis]
  • A. Faraday's law of induction
    Faraday's law of induction is a fundamental principle of electromagnetism that relates changing magnetic flux through a circuit to the induced electromotive force (voltage) in that circuit.
  • B. On Physical Lines of Force
    "On Physical Lines of Force" is an 1861–62 series of papers by James Clerk Maxwell that introduced the field concept and laid the foundations for classical electromagnetic theory.
  • C. 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.
  • D. London equations
    The London equations are fundamental relations in superconductivity that describe how magnetic fields behave inside superconductors, capturing key features like the Meissner effect and zero electrical resistance.
  • E. de Haas–van Alphen effect
    The de Haas–van Alphen effect is a quantum oscillatory phenomenon in metals where the magnetization varies periodically with applied magnetic field, allowing precise mapping of the electronic structure and Fermi surface.
  • 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: Steinmetz’s law of hysteresis
Triple: [Charles Proteus Steinmetz, knownFor, Steinmetz’s law of hysteresis]
Generated description
Steinmetz’s law of hysteresis is an empirical formula that relates the energy loss in magnetic materials to the maximum magnetic flux density, widely used in electrical engineering to estimate core losses in transformers and other AC magnetic devices.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steinmetz’s law of hysteresis
Target entity description: Steinmetz’s law of hysteresis is an empirical formula that relates the energy loss in magnetic materials to the maximum magnetic flux density, widely used in electrical engineering to estimate core losses in transformers and other AC magnetic devices.
  • A. Faraday's law of induction
    Faraday's law of induction is a fundamental principle of electromagnetism that relates changing magnetic flux through a circuit to the induced electromotive force (voltage) in that circuit.
  • B. On Physical Lines of Force
    "On Physical Lines of Force" is an 1861–62 series of papers by James Clerk Maxwell that introduced the field concept and laid the foundations for classical electromagnetic theory.
  • C. 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.
  • D. London equations
    The London equations are fundamental relations in superconductivity that describe how magnetic fields behave inside superconductors, capturing key features like the Meissner effect and zero electrical resistance.
  • E. de Haas–van Alphen effect
    The de Haas–van Alphen effect is a quantum oscillatory phenomenon in metals where the magnetization varies periodically with applied magnetic field, allowing precise mapping of the electronic structure and Fermi surface.
  • 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_69a2e802e2908190ab17c9479e0b6412 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f0e22a308190b04d12974fd08a38 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4777eab9c8190894b34e011190a54 completed March 1, 2026, 5:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a477d94d3c819096d8bad88a5c8cb9 completed March 1, 2026, 5:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a478abe5c08190b7fff1ddd8d89449 completed March 1, 2026, 5:34 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.