Triple

T11436329
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Johannes Diderik van der Waals E271018 entity
Predicate notableConcept P201 FINISHED
Object van der Waals radius
The van der Waals radius is a measure of the effective size of an atom or molecule that reflects how close it can approach another particle without forming a chemical bond.
E926080 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: van der Waals radius | Statement: [Johannes Diderik van der Waals, notableConcept, van der Waals radius]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: van der Waals radius
Context triple: [Johannes Diderik van der Waals, notableConcept, van der Waals radius]
  • A. Wigner-Seitz radius r_s
    The Wigner-Seitz radius r_s is a dimensionless parameter in condensed matter physics that quantifies the average spacing between electrons in an electron gas, commonly used to characterize correlation strength and phases such as the Wigner crystal.
  • B. Bohr radius
    The Bohr radius is a fundamental physical constant that represents the most probable distance between the nucleus and the electron in a hydrogen atom in its ground state.
  • C. Wigner–Seitz cell
    The Wigner–Seitz cell is a primitive region of space in a crystal lattice that contains all points closer to a given lattice point than to any other, serving as a fundamental building block in solid-state physics and crystallography.
  • D. Avogadro constant
    The Avogadro constant is the fundamental physical constant that specifies the number of constituent particles, usually atoms or molecules, in one mole of a substance.
  • E. Debye length
    The Debye length is a characteristic scale in plasmas and electrolytes over which electric potentials are screened due to the collective response of mobile charges.
  • 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: van der Waals radius
Triple: [Johannes Diderik van der Waals, notableConcept, van der Waals radius]
Generated description
The van der Waals radius is a measure of the effective size of an atom or molecule that reflects how close it can approach another particle without forming a chemical bond.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: van der Waals radius
Target entity description: The van der Waals radius is a measure of the effective size of an atom or molecule that reflects how close it can approach another particle without forming a chemical bond.
  • A. Wigner-Seitz radius r_s
    The Wigner-Seitz radius r_s is a dimensionless parameter in condensed matter physics that quantifies the average spacing between electrons in an electron gas, commonly used to characterize correlation strength and phases such as the Wigner crystal.
  • B. Bohr radius
    The Bohr radius is a fundamental physical constant that represents the most probable distance between the nucleus and the electron in a hydrogen atom in its ground state.
  • C. Wigner–Seitz cell
    The Wigner–Seitz cell is a primitive region of space in a crystal lattice that contains all points closer to a given lattice point than to any other, serving as a fundamental building block in solid-state physics and crystallography.
  • D. Avogadro constant
    The Avogadro constant is the fundamental physical constant that specifies the number of constituent particles, usually atoms or molecules, in one mole of a substance.
  • E. Debye length
    The Debye length is a characteristic scale in plasmas and electrolytes over which electric potentials are screened due to the collective response of mobile charges.
  • 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_69d6aadeef688190874bcecd88b3dd9b completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d808855a7481909314f90ad92aae68 completed April 9, 2026, 8:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e5d38727fc8190b5daac83e03491e6 completed April 20, 2026, 7:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e5d5cac9108190b7756329bfa320d3 completed April 20, 2026, 7:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e5d7f238cc8190a1c2dd26bdc5ff77 completed April 20, 2026, 7:38 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.