Triple

T1144876
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Poisson spot E23540 entity
Predicate wasExperimentallyConfirmedBy P18400 FINISHED
Object François Arago
François Arago was a 19th-century French physicist, astronomer, and politician known for his work on the wave theory of light, electromagnetism, and for popularizing science.
E40343 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: François Arago | Statement: [Poisson spot, wasExperimentallyConfirmedBy, François Arago]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: François Arago
Context triple: [Poisson spot, wasExperimentallyConfirmedBy, François Arago]
  • A. Jean-Baptiste Regnault
    Jean-Baptiste Regnault was a prominent French Neoclassical painter of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his historical and allegorical works.
  • B. Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre
    Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre was an 18th-century French painter and draughtsman who became Premier peintre du Roi (First Painter to the King) and a leading figure in the late Rococo and early Neoclassical periods.
  • C. Siméon Denis Poisson
    Siméon Denis Poisson was a French mathematician and physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to probability theory, mathematical physics, and differential equations.
  • D. Hippolyte Fizeau
    Hippolyte Fizeau was a 19th-century French physicist best known for making one of the first accurate measurements of the speed of light and for his pioneering work on optical interference and the behavior of light in moving media.
  • E. Jean-Baptiste Marie Colin
    Jean-Baptiste Marie Colin was a French painter associated with the prestigious Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in Paris.
  • 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: François Arago
Triple: [Poisson spot, wasExperimentallyConfirmedBy, François Arago]
Generated description
François Arago was a 19th-century French physicist, astronomer, and politician known for his work on the wave theory of light, electromagnetism, and for popularizing science.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: François Arago
Target entity description: François Arago was a 19th-century French physicist, astronomer, and politician known for his work on the wave theory of light, electromagnetism, and for popularizing science.
  • A. Jean-Baptiste Regnault
    Jean-Baptiste Regnault was a prominent French Neoclassical painter of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his historical and allegorical works.
  • B. Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre
    Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre was an 18th-century French painter and draughtsman who became Premier peintre du Roi (First Painter to the King) and a leading figure in the late Rococo and early Neoclassical periods.
  • C. Siméon Denis Poisson
    Siméon Denis Poisson was a French mathematician and physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to probability theory, mathematical physics, and differential equations.
  • D. Hippolyte Fizeau chosen
    Hippolyte Fizeau was a 19th-century French physicist best known for making one of the first accurate measurements of the speed of light and for his pioneering work on optical interference and the behavior of light in moving media.
  • E. Jean-Baptiste Marie Colin
    Jean-Baptiste Marie Colin was a French painter associated with the prestigious Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in Paris.
  • F. None of above.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: wasExperimentallyConfirmedBy
Context triple: [Poisson spot, wasExperimentallyConfirmedBy, François Arago]
  • A. hasTypeOfExperiment
    Indicates that an experiment is associated with or classified under a specific type or category of experiment.
  • B. historicalExperiment
    Indicates that an experiment was conducted in the past and is of historical significance or relevance.
  • C. demonstratedBy
    Indicates that something is shown, proven, or made evident through the actions, behavior, or example of a particular entity.
  • D. providesEvidenceFor
    Indicates that one entity serves as support, justification, or proof for the validity or truth of another entity.
  • E. attestedBy chosen
    Indicates that the existence, occurrence, or validity of something is supported, confirmed, or documented by a specified source or authority.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a493ef399c8190b04b9146d2314f59 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bc51244c8190bcd533f3e80c8f17 completed March 1, 2026, 10:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac76405074819089f001916748b466 completed March 7, 2026, 7:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac7864c59c8190bc2fa1ac8ce633db completed March 7, 2026, 7:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac7c57dfe4819081903c188084993b completed March 7, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4bb4d4104819084027a043c6118cb completed March 1, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.