Triple
T1221705
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pierre-Simon Laplace |
E26235
|
entity |
| Predicate | developedConcept |
P73
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Laplace’s demon
Laplace’s demon is a hypothetical intellect in classical determinism that, knowing all forces and positions of particles at one time, could predict the entire future and reconstruct the entire past of the universe.
|
E139494
|
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: Laplace’s demon | Statement: [Pierre-Simon Laplace, developedConcept, Laplace’s demon]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laplace’s demon Context triple: [Pierre-Simon Laplace, developedConcept, Laplace’s demon]
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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.
Lovelock
Lovelock is a small city in northwestern Nevada that serves as the county seat and primary community of Pershing County.
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C.
The Laws of Nature
*The Laws of Nature* is a popular science book by physicist Rudolf Peierls that explores how fundamental physical principles govern the behavior of the universe.
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D.
Pierre-Simon Laplace
Pierre-Simon Laplace was a French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer whose work laid the foundations of celestial mechanics, probability theory, and statistics.
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E.
Occam's razor
Occam's razor is a philosophical and scientific principle that advises preferring the simplest explanation that adequately accounts for all observed facts.
- 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: Laplace’s demon Triple: [Pierre-Simon Laplace, developedConcept, Laplace’s demon]
Generated description
Laplace’s demon is a hypothetical intellect in classical determinism that, knowing all forces and positions of particles at one time, could predict the entire future and reconstruct the entire past of the universe.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laplace’s demon Target entity description: Laplace’s demon is a hypothetical intellect in classical determinism that, knowing all forces and positions of particles at one time, could predict the entire future and reconstruct the entire past of the universe.
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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.
Lovelock
Lovelock is a small city in northwestern Nevada that serves as the county seat and primary community of Pershing County.
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C.
The Laws of Nature
*The Laws of Nature* is a popular science book by physicist Rudolf Peierls that explores how fundamental physical principles govern the behavior of the universe.
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D.
Pierre-Simon Laplace
Pierre-Simon Laplace was a French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer whose work laid the foundations of celestial mechanics, probability theory, and statistics.
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E.
Occam's razor
Occam's razor is a philosophical and scientific principle that advises preferring the simplest explanation that adequately accounts for all observed facts.
- 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_69a49484688c8190a1bf285eb396a8b6 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4be206c108190bb8a5d44fc516c98 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac832508c881908ea01e0b7c7e53eb |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac83e914b88190b689995a3c38d6cf |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac8461940c819088359a448171455e |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:02 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.