Triple

T1382256
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gauss's law E29363 entity
Predicate relatedConcept P37 FINISHED
Object Gaussian surface
A Gaussian surface is an imaginary closed surface in space used in applying Gauss's law to calculate electric flux and determine electric fields from charge distributions.
E157379 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: Gaussian surface | Statement: [Gauss's law, relatedConcept, Gaussian surface]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gaussian surface
Context triple: [Gauss's law, relatedConcept, Gaussian surface]
  • A. Gauss’s law
    Gauss’s law is a fundamental principle of electromagnetism that relates the electric flux through a closed surface to the electric charge enclosed within that surface.
  • B. Gaussian curvature
    Gaussian curvature is a fundamental concept in differential geometry that measures how a surface bends at a point by combining its principal curvatures into a single intrinsic quantity.
  • C. Steinmetz solid
    The Steinmetz solid is a three-dimensional geometric shape formed by the intersection of two or more cylinders at right angles, often studied in calculus and solid geometry for its interesting volume and symmetry properties.
  • D. Gaussian integral
    The Gaussian integral is a fundamental result in mathematics that evaluates the integral of the exponential of a negative quadratic function over the entire real line, yielding a value proportional to the square root of π and underpinning the normal distribution in probability theory.
  • E. Gaussian units
    Gaussian units are a cgs-based system of electromagnetic units widely used in theoretical physics, especially in electrodynamics, for their mathematical simplicity and symmetry.
  • 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: Gaussian surface
Triple: [Gauss's law, relatedConcept, Gaussian surface]
Generated description
A Gaussian surface is an imaginary closed surface in space used in applying Gauss's law to calculate electric flux and determine electric fields from charge distributions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gaussian surface
Target entity description: A Gaussian surface is an imaginary closed surface in space used in applying Gauss's law to calculate electric flux and determine electric fields from charge distributions.
  • A. Gauss’s law
    Gauss’s law is a fundamental principle of electromagnetism that relates the electric flux through a closed surface to the electric charge enclosed within that surface.
  • B. Gaussian curvature
    Gaussian curvature is a fundamental concept in differential geometry that measures how a surface bends at a point by combining its principal curvatures into a single intrinsic quantity.
  • C. Steinmetz solid
    The Steinmetz solid is a three-dimensional geometric shape formed by the intersection of two or more cylinders at right angles, often studied in calculus and solid geometry for its interesting volume and symmetry properties.
  • D. Gaussian integral
    The Gaussian integral is a fundamental result in mathematics that evaluates the integral of the exponential of a negative quadratic function over the entire real line, yielding a value proportional to the square root of π and underpinning the normal distribution in probability theory.
  • E. Gaussian units
    Gaussian units are a cgs-based system of electromagnetic units widely used in theoretical physics, especially in electrodynamics, for their mathematical simplicity and symmetry.
  • 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_69a498d883a48190bfdca525296ef7ee completed March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c3361bf08190b3f6bbf82e17685b completed March 1, 2026, 10:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acd48c41f4819092f7e1302d803662 completed March 8, 2026, 1:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acd543a0ac8190b9fd5e921b5ad9ea completed March 8, 2026, 1:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acd5b8fa2481908fd52d94e55b6377 completed March 8, 2026, 1:49 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.