Triple

T1250410
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject reduced Planck constant E26861 entity
Predicate appearsIn P795 FINISHED
Object quantum mechanics
Quantum mechanics is the fundamental theory in physics that describes the behavior of matter and energy at atomic and subatomic scales using probabilistic laws and wave-particle duality.
E143961 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: quantum mechanics | Statement: [reduced Planck constant, appearsIn, quantum mechanics]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: quantum mechanics
Context triple: [reduced Planck constant, appearsIn, quantum mechanics]
  • A. matrix mechanics
    Matrix mechanics is an early formulation of quantum mechanics that represents physical observables as matrices and describes their time evolution through noncommutative algebra.
  • B. quantum field theory
    Quantum field theory is the theoretical framework in physics that combines quantum mechanics and special relativity to describe particles as excitations of underlying fields and governs their interactions.
  • C. Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
    Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics is John von Neumann’s landmark 1932 treatise that rigorously formulates quantum theory using functional analysis and operator theory on Hilbert spaces.
  • D. Born rule in quantum mechanics
    The Born rule in quantum mechanics is the fundamental postulate that connects a system’s wavefunction to experimentally observed probabilities by stating that measurement outcomes occur with probabilities given by the squared magnitude of the wavefunction’s amplitudes.
  • E. quantum electrodynamics
    Quantum electrodynamics is the quantum field theory that describes how light and matter interact through the exchange of photons, forming the foundation of our understanding of electromagnetic forces at the subatomic level.
  • 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: quantum mechanics
Triple: [reduced Planck constant, appearsIn, quantum mechanics]
Generated description
Quantum mechanics is the fundamental theory in physics that describes the behavior of matter and energy at atomic and subatomic scales using probabilistic laws and wave-particle duality.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: quantum mechanics
Target entity description: Quantum mechanics is the fundamental theory in physics that describes the behavior of matter and energy at atomic and subatomic scales using probabilistic laws and wave-particle duality.
  • A. matrix mechanics
    Matrix mechanics is an early formulation of quantum mechanics that represents physical observables as matrices and describes their time evolution through noncommutative algebra.
  • B. quantum field theory
    Quantum field theory is the theoretical framework in physics that combines quantum mechanics and special relativity to describe particles as excitations of underlying fields and governs their interactions.
  • C. Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
    Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics is John von Neumann’s landmark 1932 treatise that rigorously formulates quantum theory using functional analysis and operator theory on Hilbert spaces.
  • D. Born rule in quantum mechanics
    The Born rule in quantum mechanics is the fundamental postulate that connects a system’s wavefunction to experimentally observed probabilities by stating that measurement outcomes occur with probabilities given by the squared magnitude of the wavefunction’s amplitudes.
  • E. quantum electrodynamics
    Quantum electrodynamics is the quantum field theory that describes how light and matter interact through the exchange of photons, forming the foundation of our understanding of electromagnetic forces at the subatomic level.
  • 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_69a49487a9c48190ba9b05348fd1b53f completed March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bf84c73c8190bbb14265cd7ab6ae completed March 1, 2026, 10:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac93c66bf881908f4b63548341178e completed March 7, 2026, 9:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac943de3f0819085dff5ef12f01766 completed March 7, 2026, 9:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac95c05ab081909db602d7bea73bf4 completed March 7, 2026, 9:16 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.