Triple
T736451
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Maxwell's demon thought experiment |
E14943
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedConcept |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Szilard engine
The Szilard engine is a theoretical single-particle heat engine that illustrates the link between information and thermodynamic work, refining Maxwell’s demon by explicitly accounting for the information-processing cost.
|
E14943
|
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: Szilard engine | Statement: [Maxwell's demon thought experiment, relatedConcept, Szilard engine]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Szilard engine Context triple: [Maxwell's demon thought experiment, relatedConcept, Szilard engine]
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A.
Maxwell's demon thought experiment
Maxwell's demon thought experiment is a famous conceptual scenario in thermodynamics that imagines an intelligent being seemingly violating the second law by sorting fast and slow gas molecules without expending energy.
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B.
Watt steam engine
The Watt steam engine was a vastly improved steam engine developed in the late 18th century that greatly increased efficiency and helped power the Industrial Revolution.
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C.
Teller–Ulam design
The Teller–Ulam design is the standard two-stage thermonuclear weapon architecture that enables the immense explosive power of modern hydrogen bombs through radiation-driven compression of a secondary fusion stage.
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D.
Fleming valve
The Fleming valve is an early thermionic vacuum tube diode invented by John Ambrose Fleming that enabled the rectification and detection of radio signals, laying groundwork for modern electronics.
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E.
Dyson series
The Dyson series is a perturbative expansion in quantum field theory that expresses time-ordered exponentials and scattering amplitudes as an infinite series of integrals, each term corresponding to a Feynman diagram.
- 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: Szilard engine Triple: [Maxwell's demon thought experiment, relatedConcept, Szilard engine]
Generated description
The Szilard engine is a theoretical single-particle heat engine that illustrates the link between information and thermodynamic work, refining Maxwell’s demon by explicitly accounting for the information-processing cost.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Szilard engine Target entity description: The Szilard engine is a theoretical single-particle heat engine that illustrates the link between information and thermodynamic work, refining Maxwell’s demon by explicitly accounting for the information-processing cost.
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A.
Maxwell's demon thought experiment
chosen
Maxwell's demon thought experiment is a famous conceptual scenario in thermodynamics that imagines an intelligent being seemingly violating the second law by sorting fast and slow gas molecules without expending energy.
-
B.
Watt steam engine
The Watt steam engine was a vastly improved steam engine developed in the late 18th century that greatly increased efficiency and helped power the Industrial Revolution.
-
C.
Teller–Ulam design
The Teller–Ulam design is the standard two-stage thermonuclear weapon architecture that enables the immense explosive power of modern hydrogen bombs through radiation-driven compression of a secondary fusion stage.
-
D.
Fleming valve
The Fleming valve is an early thermionic vacuum tube diode invented by John Ambrose Fleming that enabled the rectification and detection of radio signals, laying groundwork for modern electronics.
-
E.
Dyson series
The Dyson series is a perturbative expansion in quantum field theory that expresses time-ordered exponentials and scattering amplitudes as an infinite series of integrals, each term corresponding to a Feynman diagram.
- F. None of above.
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_69a4934d9930819099eed80096b0597d |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a5da30b88190afbd12ae6109cc1b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a64a618c248190ab1bcecba04d3da8 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 2:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a64b4c8bb88190aa413a4bed256129 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 2:45 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a64beaafa0819099b02cca0f6c79b7 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 2:48 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.