Triple

T7406644
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Traité élémentaire de chimie E170887 entity
Predicate rejected P438 FINISHED
Object phlogiston theory
Phlogiston theory was an obsolete scientific hypothesis that posited a fire-like element released during combustion and rusting, later overturned by modern chemistry and the discovery of oxygen.
E662402 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: phlogiston theory | Statement: [Traité élémentaire de chimie, rejected, phlogiston theory]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: phlogiston theory
Context triple: [Traité élémentaire de chimie, rejected, phlogiston theory]
  • A. The Sceptical Chymist
    The Sceptical Chymist is a 1661 scientific work by Robert Boyle that challenged traditional alchemy and helped lay the foundations of modern chemistry by proposing a corpuscular theory of matter.
  • B. Paracelsian iatrochemistry
    Paracelsian iatrochemistry was an early modern medical-chemical movement inspired by Paracelsus that sought to explain and treat disease through chemical principles and remedies rather than traditional Galenic humoral theory.
  • C. Traité élémentaire de chimie
    Traité élémentaire de chimie is a foundational 1789 chemistry textbook by Antoine Lavoisier that helped establish modern chemical nomenclature and the law of conservation of mass.
  • D. Bunsen cell
    The Bunsen cell is a 19th-century zinc–carbon electrochemical cell that provided a relatively powerful and inexpensive source of direct current for early laboratory and industrial applications.
  • E. The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus
    The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus is an 18th-century oil painting by Joseph Wright of Derby that dramatically depicts an alchemist’s moment of scientific revelation, blending chiaroscuro lighting with themes of experimentation and discovery.
  • 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: phlogiston theory
Triple: [Traité élémentaire de chimie, rejected, phlogiston theory]
Generated description
Phlogiston theory was an obsolete scientific hypothesis that posited a fire-like element released during combustion and rusting, later overturned by modern chemistry and the discovery of oxygen.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: phlogiston theory
Target entity description: Phlogiston theory was an obsolete scientific hypothesis that posited a fire-like element released during combustion and rusting, later overturned by modern chemistry and the discovery of oxygen.
  • A. The Sceptical Chymist
    The Sceptical Chymist is a 1661 scientific work by Robert Boyle that challenged traditional alchemy and helped lay the foundations of modern chemistry by proposing a corpuscular theory of matter.
  • B. Paracelsian iatrochemistry
    Paracelsian iatrochemistry was an early modern medical-chemical movement inspired by Paracelsus that sought to explain and treat disease through chemical principles and remedies rather than traditional Galenic humoral theory.
  • C. Traité élémentaire de chimie
    Traité élémentaire de chimie is a foundational 1789 chemistry textbook by Antoine Lavoisier that helped establish modern chemical nomenclature and the law of conservation of mass.
  • D. Bunsen cell
    The Bunsen cell is a 19th-century zinc–carbon electrochemical cell that provided a relatively powerful and inexpensive source of direct current for early laboratory and industrial applications.
  • E. The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus
    The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus is an 18th-century oil painting by Joseph Wright of Derby that dramatically depicts an alchemist’s moment of scientific revelation, blending chiaroscuro lighting with themes of experimentation and discovery.
  • 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_69c68a6010108190925e5284de022660 completed March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f275c6e481908b4ce9ff1e418296 completed March 27, 2026, 9:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c8111adbf48190a04df3cec1017b39 completed March 28, 2026, 5:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c81455967c81909757f42d976b535c completed March 28, 2026, 5:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c814b413a08190b7e5e85d73ddb430 completed March 28, 2026, 5:49 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:10 p.m.