Triple

T6146263
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Tyndall E137083 entity
Predicate wrote P2831 FINISHED
Object Heat Considered as a Mode of Motion
"Heat Considered as a Mode of Motion" is a 19th-century scientific work that helped popularize the kinetic theory of heat by explaining thermal phenomena in terms of molecular motion.
E571559 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: Heat Considered as a Mode of Motion | Statement: [John Tyndall, wrote, Heat Considered as a Mode of Motion]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heat Considered as a Mode of Motion
Context triple: [John Tyndall, wrote, Heat Considered as a Mode of Motion]
  • A. On the Moving Force of Heat
    "On the Moving Force of Heat" is Rudolf Clausius’s foundational 1850 paper that helped establish the second law of thermodynamics and introduced key concepts leading to the modern understanding of entropy.
  • B. Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire
    Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire is an 1824 treatise by Sadi Carnot that laid the foundations of thermodynamics by analyzing the efficiency and principles of heat engines.
  • C. 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.
  • D. On the Conservation of Force
    "On the Conservation of Force" is an 1847 scientific treatise by Hermann von Helmholtz that helped establish the modern principle of conservation of energy in physics.
  • E. Papers on the theory of heat conduction
    "Papers on the theory of heat conduction" is a collection of influential 19th-century scientific works by James David Forbes that advanced the understanding of heat transfer in solids.
  • 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: Heat Considered as a Mode of Motion
Triple: [John Tyndall, wrote, Heat Considered as a Mode of Motion]
Generated description
"Heat Considered as a Mode of Motion" is a 19th-century scientific work that helped popularize the kinetic theory of heat by explaining thermal phenomena in terms of molecular motion.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heat Considered as a Mode of Motion
Target entity description: "Heat Considered as a Mode of Motion" is a 19th-century scientific work that helped popularize the kinetic theory of heat by explaining thermal phenomena in terms of molecular motion.
  • A. On the Moving Force of Heat
    "On the Moving Force of Heat" is Rudolf Clausius’s foundational 1850 paper that helped establish the second law of thermodynamics and introduced key concepts leading to the modern understanding of entropy.
  • B. Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire
    Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire is an 1824 treatise by Sadi Carnot that laid the foundations of thermodynamics by analyzing the efficiency and principles of heat engines.
  • C. 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.
  • D. On the Conservation of Force
    "On the Conservation of Force" is an 1847 scientific treatise by Hermann von Helmholtz that helped establish the modern principle of conservation of energy in physics.
  • E. Papers on the theory of heat conduction
    "Papers on the theory of heat conduction" is a collection of influential 19th-century scientific works by James David Forbes that advanced the understanding of heat transfer in solids.
  • 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_69c008a2c6308190a56519b22d55d083 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c05cdd2dc0819080a4adf0cead3603 completed March 22, 2026, 9:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c135fe8ae48190bfb20c335c7d32be completed March 23, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c1371677a881908f24f990ce2da2a5 completed March 23, 2026, 12:50 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c137a10d908190a23c8be20277e803 completed March 23, 2026, 12:52 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:16 p.m.