Triple

T601759
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier E11507 entity
Predicate notableConcept P201 FINISHED
Object Fourier's law of heat conduction
Fourier's law of heat conduction is a fundamental physical principle that relates heat flux within a material to the negative gradient of temperature, forming the basis of classical heat transfer theory.
E75374 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: Fourier's law of heat conduction | Statement: [Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier, notableConcept, Fourier's law of heat conduction]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fourier's law of heat conduction
Context triple: [Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier, notableConcept, Fourier's law of heat conduction]
  • A. Stefan–Boltzmann law
    The Stefan–Boltzmann law is a fundamental principle of thermal radiation stating that the total energy radiated per unit surface area of a black body is proportional to the fourth power of its absolute temperature.
  • B. Théorie analytique de la chaleur
    Théorie analytique de la chaleur is Joseph Fourier’s foundational 1822 treatise that introduced Fourier series and laid the mathematical groundwork for the modern theory of heat conduction and harmonic analysis.
  • C. Wien displacement law
    Wien's displacement law is a physical law that relates the temperature of a blackbody to the wavelength at which it emits radiation most intensely.
  • D. Planck radiation law
    Planck radiation law is a fundamental formula in quantum physics that describes the spectral distribution of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a black body in thermal equilibrium.
  • E. Einstein–Smoluchowski relation
    The Einstein–Smoluchowski relation is a fundamental equation in statistical physics that links the diffusion coefficient of particles undergoing Brownian motion to their mobility and thermal energy.
  • 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: Fourier's law of heat conduction
Triple: [Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier, notableConcept, Fourier's law of heat conduction]
Generated description
Fourier's law of heat conduction is a fundamental physical principle that relates heat flux within a material to the negative gradient of temperature, forming the basis of classical heat transfer theory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fourier's law of heat conduction
Target entity description: Fourier's law of heat conduction is a fundamental physical principle that relates heat flux within a material to the negative gradient of temperature, forming the basis of classical heat transfer theory.
  • A. Stefan–Boltzmann law
    The Stefan–Boltzmann law is a fundamental principle of thermal radiation stating that the total energy radiated per unit surface area of a black body is proportional to the fourth power of its absolute temperature.
  • B. Théorie analytique de la chaleur
    Théorie analytique de la chaleur is Joseph Fourier’s foundational 1822 treatise that introduced Fourier series and laid the mathematical groundwork for the modern theory of heat conduction and harmonic analysis.
  • C. Wien displacement law
    Wien's displacement law is a physical law that relates the temperature of a blackbody to the wavelength at which it emits radiation most intensely.
  • D. Planck radiation law
    Planck radiation law is a fundamental formula in quantum physics that describes the spectral distribution of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a black body in thermal equilibrium.
  • E. Einstein–Smoluchowski relation
    The Einstein–Smoluchowski relation is a fundamental equation in statistical physics that links the diffusion coefficient of particles undergoing Brownian motion to their mobility and thermal energy.
  • 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_69a4932779b881908688590d59c71900 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49d7c08648190bbffc8adb4148987 completed March 1, 2026, 8:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a521704f3081909c1dbb3b030e79ec completed March 2, 2026, 5:34 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a521e8eb7c819084a5485b4f71bb93 completed March 2, 2026, 5:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a5226144f881908e0d1add6be6e156 completed March 2, 2026, 5:38 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.