Triple

T15432339
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fick's first law of diffusion E369670 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Adolf Fick
Adolf Fick was a 19th-century German physiologist and physicist best known for formulating Fick's laws of diffusion, foundational in physiology and physical chemistry.
E1156433 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: Adolf Fick | Statement: [Fick's first law of diffusion, namedAfter, Adolf Fick]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Adolf Fick
Context triple: [Fick's first law of diffusion, namedAfter, Adolf Fick]
  • A. Johannes Müller
    Johannes Müller was a pioneering 19th-century German physiologist whose work helped establish modern experimental physiology and deeply influenced a generation of scientists.
  • B. Felix Hoppe-Seyler
    Felix Hoppe-Seyler was a pioneering German physiologist and chemist regarded as a founder of biochemistry and molecular biology, known for his work on blood pigments and proteins.
  • C. Carl Ludwig (physiologist)
    Carl Ludwig (physiologist) was a 19th-century German physician and physiologist renowned for his pioneering work in cardiovascular physiology and the development of experimental methods and instruments in physiology.
  • D. Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma
    Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma was a German Wehrmacht general and tank commander in World War II, best known for leading armored forces in the North African campaign.
  • E. Johannes Müller von Königsberg
    Johannes Müller von Königsberg, better known as Regiomontanus, was a 15th-century German mathematician and astronomer whose work on trigonometry and astronomical tables significantly advanced Renaissance science.
  • 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: Adolf Fick
Triple: [Fick's first law of diffusion, namedAfter, Adolf Fick]
Generated description
Adolf Fick was a 19th-century German physiologist and physicist best known for formulating Fick's laws of diffusion, foundational in physiology and physical chemistry.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Adolf Fick
Target entity description: Adolf Fick was a 19th-century German physiologist and physicist best known for formulating Fick's laws of diffusion, foundational in physiology and physical chemistry.
  • A. Johannes Müller
    Johannes Müller was a pioneering 19th-century German physiologist whose work helped establish modern experimental physiology and deeply influenced a generation of scientists.
  • B. Felix Hoppe-Seyler
    Felix Hoppe-Seyler was a pioneering German physiologist and chemist regarded as a founder of biochemistry and molecular biology, known for his work on blood pigments and proteins.
  • C. Carl Ludwig (physiologist)
    Carl Ludwig (physiologist) was a 19th-century German physician and physiologist renowned for his pioneering work in cardiovascular physiology and the development of experimental methods and instruments in physiology.
  • D. Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma
    Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma was a German Wehrmacht general and tank commander in World War II, best known for leading armored forces in the North African campaign.
  • E. Johannes Müller von Königsberg
    Johannes Müller von Königsberg, better known as Regiomontanus, was a 15th-century German mathematician and astronomer whose work on trigonometry and astronomical tables significantly advanced Renaissance science.
  • 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_69d85a19180081909925012fbf4e62a3 completed April 10, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e03eda01cc8190843e23b260b8503c completed April 16, 2026, 1:43 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff1a8546948190a69ae1306bc19c64 completed May 9, 2026, 11:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff1bd48e548190b6b38507e8d1a1c8 completed May 9, 2026, 11:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff1c51d84c8190bb039c029b7efdbe completed May 9, 2026, 11:36 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:21 a.m.