Triple

T5537987
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Richard C. Tolman E145213 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Principles of Statistical Mechanics (book) E145215 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: The Principles of Statistical Mechanics (book) | Statement: [Richard C. Tolman, notableWork, The Principles of Statistical Mechanics (book)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Principles of Statistical Mechanics (book)
Context triple: [Richard C. Tolman, notableWork, The Principles of Statistical Mechanics (book)]
  • A. The Principles of Statistical Mechanics chosen
    The Principles of Statistical Mechanics is a classic 1938 textbook by Richard C. Tolman that systematically develops the foundations of statistical mechanics and its applications to thermodynamics and physical chemistry.
  • B. Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics
    "Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics" is a foundational 1902 treatise by Josiah Willard Gibbs that rigorously established the theoretical framework of statistical mechanics and its connection to thermodynamics.
  • C. Mathematical Foundations of Statistical Mechanics
    Mathematical Foundations of Statistical Mechanics is a classic monograph by Aleksandr Khinchin that rigorously develops the probabilistic and measure-theoretic underpinnings of statistical mechanics.
  • D. Boltzmann–Gibbs entropy in statistical mechanics
    Boltzmann–Gibbs entropy in statistical mechanics is the standard measure of disorder or uncertainty in a system, quantifying how many microscopic configurations correspond to a given macroscopic state and forming the basis of classical equilibrium statistical mechanics.
  • E. Rational Thermodynamics
    Rational Thermodynamics is a rigorous, axiomatic reformulation of continuum thermodynamics developed by Clifford Truesdell and collaborators, emphasizing logical consistency and mathematical clarity in the foundations of thermal and mechanical processes.
  • 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_69c008fa64888190adae56c8f9ea4031 completed March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c01fb19cb8819088b21e8ebef63d8b completed March 22, 2026, 4:58 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c02817cb04819088df72950c791144 completed March 22, 2026, 5:34 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:34 p.m.