Triple

T5256354
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Carathéodory’s formulation of the second law of thermodynamics E118707 entity
Predicate relatesTo P37 FINISHED
Object Kelvin–Planck formulation of the second law E247922 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: Kelvin–Planck formulation of the second law | Statement: [Carathéodory’s formulation of the second law of thermodynamics, relatesTo, Kelvin–Planck formulation of the second law]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kelvin–Planck formulation of the second law
Context triple: [Carathéodory’s formulation of the second law of thermodynamics, relatesTo, Kelvin–Planck formulation of the second law]
  • A. Kelvin–Planck statement of the second law of thermodynamics chosen
    The Kelvin–Planck statement of the second law of thermodynamics asserts that it is impossible to construct a cyclic heat engine that converts all absorbed heat from a single reservoir entirely into work without any other effect.
  • B. Clausius statement of the second law of thermodynamics
    The Clausius statement of the second law of thermodynamics asserts that heat cannot spontaneously flow from a colder body to a hotter body without external work being performed.
  • C. Clausius theorem
    The Clausius theorem is a fundamental result in thermodynamics that formalizes the second law by relating the cyclic integral of heat transfer over temperature to entropy, showing that this quantity is always less than or equal to zero for any cyclic process.
  • D. Carathéodory’s formulation of the second law of thermodynamics
    Carathéodory’s formulation of the second law of thermodynamics is a mathematically rigorous restatement of the second law based on the inaccessibility of certain thermodynamic states, providing a foundation for the concept of entropy without relying on cyclic processes or heat engines.
  • E. Carnot efficiency
    Carnot efficiency is the theoretical maximum efficiency that any heat engine can achieve when operating between two temperatures, serving as a fundamental limit in thermodynamics.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69bd446978108190bb5f9c5c23d93f88 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7ba4ecd88190800b5e4eea3abed5 completed March 20, 2026, 4:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69befe7a1f448190acfcdfe37c962028 completed March 21, 2026, 8:24 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:50 p.m.