Triple

T1479026
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alan Cottrell E30907 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object Cottrell equation
The Cottrell equation is a fundamental relation in electrochemistry that describes how current decays over time during a diffusion-controlled potential step at an electrode.
E168996 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: Cottrell equation | Statement: [Alan Cottrell, knownFor, Cottrell equation]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cottrell equation
Context triple: [Alan Cottrell, knownFor, Cottrell equation]
  • A. Smoluchowski coagulation equation
    The Smoluchowski coagulation equation is a fundamental integro-differential equation in statistical physics that models how particles undergoing random collisions aggregate over time into larger clusters.
  • B. Darwin–Fowler method
    The Darwin–Fowler method is a statistical mechanics technique that uses complex analysis and generating functions to derive distribution laws for systems of many particles.
  • C. Shockley diode equation
    The Shockley diode equation is a fundamental formula in semiconductor physics that describes the current–voltage relationship of an ideal p–n junction diode.
  • D. Lorentz–Lorenz equation
    The Lorentz–Lorenz equation is a fundamental relation in optics and electromagnetism that connects a material’s refractive index to its molecular polarizability and density.
  • E. Steinmetz’s law of hysteresis
    Steinmetz’s law of hysteresis is an empirical formula that relates the energy loss in magnetic materials to the maximum magnetic flux density, widely used in electrical engineering to estimate core losses in transformers and other AC magnetic devices.
  • 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: Cottrell equation
Triple: [Alan Cottrell, knownFor, Cottrell equation]
Generated description
The Cottrell equation is a fundamental relation in electrochemistry that describes how current decays over time during a diffusion-controlled potential step at an electrode.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cottrell equation
Target entity description: The Cottrell equation is a fundamental relation in electrochemistry that describes how current decays over time during a diffusion-controlled potential step at an electrode.
  • A. Smoluchowski coagulation equation
    The Smoluchowski coagulation equation is a fundamental integro-differential equation in statistical physics that models how particles undergoing random collisions aggregate over time into larger clusters.
  • B. Darwin–Fowler method
    The Darwin–Fowler method is a statistical mechanics technique that uses complex analysis and generating functions to derive distribution laws for systems of many particles.
  • C. Shockley diode equation
    The Shockley diode equation is a fundamental formula in semiconductor physics that describes the current–voltage relationship of an ideal p–n junction diode.
  • D. Lorentz–Lorenz equation
    The Lorentz–Lorenz equation is a fundamental relation in optics and electromagnetism that connects a material’s refractive index to its molecular polarizability and density.
  • E. Steinmetz’s law of hysteresis
    Steinmetz’s law of hysteresis is an empirical formula that relates the energy loss in magnetic materials to the maximum magnetic flux density, widely used in electrical engineering to estimate core losses in transformers and other AC magnetic devices.
  • 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_69a498fe55a88190ab7f9e40ace88e49 completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c6739d2481909ea8d8e075f62cf3 completed March 1, 2026, 11:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad15aff1288190a3e36324d975d482 completed March 8, 2026, 6:22 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad1639e21081908737b51e910ceae3 completed March 8, 2026, 6:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad16a98fd08190a14f4d7d6b11f5e8 completed March 8, 2026, 6:26 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:11 p.m.