Triple

T7145281
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bloch waves E166546 entity
Predicate usedFor P98 FINISHED
Object nearly-free electron model
The nearly-free electron model is a quantum mechanical approximation in solid-state physics that describes how electrons move in a weak periodic potential within a crystal lattice, leading to the formation of electronic band structures.
E645945 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: nearly-free electron model | Statement: [Bloch waves, usedFor, nearly-free electron model]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: nearly-free electron model
Context triple: [Bloch waves, usedFor, nearly-free electron model]
  • A. Drude model
    The Drude model is a classical theory that describes the electrical and thermal properties of metals by treating conduction electrons as a gas of free, non-interacting particles undergoing random collisions.
  • B. Eliashberg theory
    Eliashberg theory is an extension of BCS superconductivity that incorporates strong-coupling and frequency-dependent effects to more accurately describe real superconducting materials.
  • C. Peierls–Nabarro model
    The Peierls–Nabarro model is a theoretical framework in solid-state physics that describes the behavior and motion of dislocations in crystal lattices by accounting for the periodic atomic potential.
  • D. Fermi surface
    The Fermi surface is the boundary in momentum space separating occupied from unoccupied electron states at zero temperature, crucial for determining a metal’s electronic and superconducting properties.
  • E. Mott minimum metallic conductivity
    Mott minimum metallic conductivity is a theoretical lower bound on the electrical conductivity of a metal, proposed by Sir Nevill F. Mott, below which a material can no longer sustain metallic (delocalized) electronic transport.
  • 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: nearly-free electron model
Triple: [Bloch waves, usedFor, nearly-free electron model]
Generated description
The nearly-free electron model is a quantum mechanical approximation in solid-state physics that describes how electrons move in a weak periodic potential within a crystal lattice, leading to the formation of electronic band structures.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: nearly-free electron model
Target entity description: The nearly-free electron model is a quantum mechanical approximation in solid-state physics that describes how electrons move in a weak periodic potential within a crystal lattice, leading to the formation of electronic band structures.
  • A. Drude model
    The Drude model is a classical theory that describes the electrical and thermal properties of metals by treating conduction electrons as a gas of free, non-interacting particles undergoing random collisions.
  • B. Eliashberg theory
    Eliashberg theory is an extension of BCS superconductivity that incorporates strong-coupling and frequency-dependent effects to more accurately describe real superconducting materials.
  • C. Peierls–Nabarro model
    The Peierls–Nabarro model is a theoretical framework in solid-state physics that describes the behavior and motion of dislocations in crystal lattices by accounting for the periodic atomic potential.
  • D. Fermi surface
    The Fermi surface is the boundary in momentum space separating occupied from unoccupied electron states at zero temperature, crucial for determining a metal’s electronic and superconducting properties.
  • E. Mott minimum metallic conductivity
    Mott minimum metallic conductivity is a theoretical lower bound on the electrical conductivity of a metal, proposed by Sir Nevill F. Mott, below which a material can no longer sustain metallic (delocalized) electronic transport.
  • 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_69c6888579d481909e05a8d6b81bf733 completed March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e7d1652c8190973edceab55f04bc completed March 27, 2026, 8:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7ada12a848190b6e98e0b1a258c17 completed March 28, 2026, 10:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7aeb1c59c8190b02fcb731003ad31 completed March 28, 2026, 10:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7af2ad8a081909185cfd3a3d4e4d0 completed March 28, 2026, 10:36 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:46 p.m.