Triple

T587811
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases E15197 entity
Predicate introducedConcept P201 FINISHED
Object Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution precursor E7350 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: Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution precursor | Statement: [Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases, introducedConcept, Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution precursor]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution precursor
Context triple: [Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases, introducedConcept, Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution precursor]
  • A. Maxwell–Boltzmann statistics chosen
    Maxwell–Boltzmann statistics is a classical statistical framework in physics that describes the distribution of speeds or energies among distinguishable, non-quantum particles in thermal equilibrium.
  • B. Boltzmann distribution
    The Boltzmann distribution is a fundamental probability distribution in statistical mechanics that describes how particles or states are populated over different energy levels at thermal equilibrium.
  • C. Boltzmann equation
    The Boltzmann equation is a fundamental kinetic theory equation that describes the statistical behavior and time evolution of a dilute gas or particle distribution in phase space due to streaming and collisions.
  • D. Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases
    Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases is a foundational 1860 scientific paper by James Clerk Maxwell that introduced key ideas of kinetic theory and the statistical behavior of gas molecules.
  • E. Sackur–Tetrode equation
    The Sackur–Tetrode equation is a fundamental formula in statistical mechanics that gives the absolute entropy of an ideal monatomic gas in terms of its volume, temperature, and particle number.
  • 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_69a4935783b8819082b77726ec10cc42 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49b9d1e68819096a9b5e7b2e83d6e completed March 1, 2026, 8:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a5103a30fc819086a1e95d4dfc8749 completed March 2, 2026, 4:21 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.