Triple
T1224913
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Cockcroft |
E26304
|
entity |
| Predicate | coInventorOf |
P1858
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Cockcroft–Walton generator |
E139401
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Cockcroft–Walton generator | Statement: [John Cockcroft, coInventorOf, Cockcroft–Walton generator]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cockcroft–Walton generator Context triple: [John Cockcroft, coInventorOf, Cockcroft–Walton generator]
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A.
Cockcroft–Walton generator
chosen
The Cockcroft–Walton generator is a high-voltage power supply circuit that uses a cascade of capacitors and diodes to multiply an input AC voltage, historically important for early particle acceleration experiments.
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B.
Cockcroft–Walton experiment
The Cockcroft–Walton experiment was a pioneering 1932 nuclear physics experiment that achieved the first artificial disintegration of atomic nuclei using accelerated protons, confirming Einstein’s mass–energy equivalence.
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C.
Brookhaven Linac Isotope Producer
The Brookhaven Linac Isotope Producer is a particle-accelerator-based facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory that generates medical and research isotopes for nuclear medicine and scientific applications.
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D.
X-10 graphite reactor
The X-10 graphite reactor was an early nuclear reactor at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, built during the Manhattan Project as a pilot plant for plutonium production and a key step toward the development of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy.
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E.
Proton Synchrotron Booster
The Proton Synchrotron Booster is a circular particle accelerator at CERN that increases the energy of protons from the linear accelerator before injecting them into larger synchrotrons in the accelerator complex.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a4be382c4081909238c18b805352a7 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:31 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac8a0fcf508190be3668bd55f6f6d6 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:26 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.