Triple
T5538039
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Principles of Statistical Mechanics |
E145215
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Richard C. Tolman |
E12555
|
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: Richard C. Tolman | Statement: [The Principles of Statistical Mechanics, author, Richard C. Tolman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard C. Tolman Context triple: [The Principles of Statistical Mechanics, author, Richard C. Tolman]
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A.
Richard C. Tolman
chosen
Richard C. Tolman was an American physicist and physical chemist known for his contributions to statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, and cosmology, as well as his scientific advisory roles during World War II.
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B.
Hermann Bondi
Hermann Bondi was an Austrian-British mathematician and cosmologist known for his work on steady-state theory, general relativity, and gravitational radiation, as well as for his influential roles in British science administration.
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C.
Edward Arthur Milne
Edward Arthur Milne was a British astrophysicist and mathematician known for his influential work on stellar structure, radiative transfer, and alternative cosmological models in the early 20th century.
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D.
Howard P. Robertson
Howard P. Robertson was an American mathematician and physicist known for his foundational contributions to relativistic cosmology and the formulation of the Robertson–Walker metric used in modern cosmological models.
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E.
Dennis Sciama
Dennis Sciama was a prominent British theoretical physicist and cosmologist who played a key role in developing modern cosmology and mentoring a generation of leading physicists.
- 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_69c059df62ac8190865dda631da4cec0 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:06 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:34 p.m.