Triple

T8803790
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Léon Foucault E209473 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object Foucault pendulum
The Foucault pendulum is a long, freely swinging pendulum that dramatically demonstrates Earth's rotation by slowly changing the direction of its swing relative to the ground.
E758294 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: Foucault pendulum | Statement: [Léon Foucault, knownFor, Foucault pendulum]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Foucault pendulum
Context triple: [Léon Foucault, knownFor, Foucault pendulum]
  • A. Astronomical Clock
    The Astronomical Clock in Prague is a medieval timepiece and astronomical instrument famous for its intricate mechanical design and hourly animated figures, making it one of the city’s most iconic landmarks.
  • B. Cosmo Clock 21 Ferris wheel
    Cosmo Clock 21 Ferris wheel is a giant Ferris wheel and former world’s largest, notable for its illuminated clock and panoramic views over Yokohama’s Minato Mirai waterfront district.
  • C. Tower of Winds
    The Tower of Winds is a landmark experimental structure in Yokohama, Japan, that uses perforated aluminum panels and computer-controlled lighting to transform a ventilation shaft into a dynamic, light-responsive urban sculpture.
  • D. Orrery
    An orrery is a mechanical model of the solar system that illustrates the relative motions of the planets and moons around the Sun.
  • E. Monument of Light
    The Monument of Light is a tall, stainless-steel needle-like sculpture in central Dublin that serves as a prominent modern landmark on O'Connell Street.
  • 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: Foucault pendulum
Triple: [Léon Foucault, knownFor, Foucault pendulum]
Generated description
The Foucault pendulum is a long, freely swinging pendulum that dramatically demonstrates Earth's rotation by slowly changing the direction of its swing relative to the ground.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Foucault pendulum
Target entity description: The Foucault pendulum is a long, freely swinging pendulum that dramatically demonstrates Earth's rotation by slowly changing the direction of its swing relative to the ground.
  • A. Astronomical Clock
    The Astronomical Clock in Prague is a medieval timepiece and astronomical instrument famous for its intricate mechanical design and hourly animated figures, making it one of the city’s most iconic landmarks.
  • B. Cosmo Clock 21 Ferris wheel
    Cosmo Clock 21 Ferris wheel is a giant Ferris wheel and former world’s largest, notable for its illuminated clock and panoramic views over Yokohama’s Minato Mirai waterfront district.
  • C. Tower of Winds
    The Tower of Winds is a landmark experimental structure in Yokohama, Japan, that uses perforated aluminum panels and computer-controlled lighting to transform a ventilation shaft into a dynamic, light-responsive urban sculpture.
  • D. Orrery
    An orrery is a mechanical model of the solar system that illustrates the relative motions of the planets and moons around the Sun.
  • E. Monument of Light
    The Monument of Light is a tall, stainless-steel needle-like sculpture in central Dublin that serves as a prominent modern landmark on O'Connell Street.
  • 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_69ca836320e48190b5cf585b90a322c4 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc5fbe15b081909e87dab6b5029d04 completed March 31, 2026, 11:58 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf6f840d9c8190a88a61104969b0e5 completed April 3, 2026, 7:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf708f4cd881909674ae1adf4d9fba completed April 3, 2026, 7:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf7288d7748190999aa63bf8faf69f completed April 3, 2026, 7:55 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:44 p.m.