Triple

T1571198
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lord Rayleigh E33542 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object Rayleigh waves
Rayleigh waves are a type of surface seismic wave that travel along the ground with a rolling motion, causing both vertical and horizontal ground displacement.
E179226 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: Rayleigh waves | Statement: [Lord Rayleigh, knownFor, Rayleigh waves]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rayleigh waves
Context triple: [Lord Rayleigh, knownFor, Rayleigh waves]
  • A. Hertzian waves
    Hertzian waves are early experimentally demonstrated electromagnetic waves that confirmed James Clerk Maxwell’s theory of electromagnetism and paved the way for modern radio communication.
  • B. Bloch waves
    Bloch waves are quantum-mechanical wavefunctions that describe particles, such as electrons, propagating through a periodic crystal lattice and form the basis for understanding electronic band structure in solids.
  • C. Fresnel zones
    Fresnel zones are concentric regions on a wavefront used in wave optics to analyze and predict diffraction and interference effects, especially in near-field conditions.
  • D. Kirchhoff diffraction theory
    Kirchhoff diffraction theory is a classical wave optics framework that models light propagation and diffraction by treating wavefronts as superpositions of secondary spherical waves emitted from an aperture.
  • E. Waves
    "Waves" is a melodic, gospel-influenced hip-hop song by Kanye West featuring Chris Brown and Kid Cudi, known for its soaring chorus and spiritual themes.
  • 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: Rayleigh waves
Triple: [Lord Rayleigh, knownFor, Rayleigh waves]
Generated description
Rayleigh waves are a type of surface seismic wave that travel along the ground with a rolling motion, causing both vertical and horizontal ground displacement.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rayleigh waves
Target entity description: Rayleigh waves are a type of surface seismic wave that travel along the ground with a rolling motion, causing both vertical and horizontal ground displacement.
  • A. Hertzian waves
    Hertzian waves are early experimentally demonstrated electromagnetic waves that confirmed James Clerk Maxwell’s theory of electromagnetism and paved the way for modern radio communication.
  • B. Bloch waves
    Bloch waves are quantum-mechanical wavefunctions that describe particles, such as electrons, propagating through a periodic crystal lattice and form the basis for understanding electronic band structure in solids.
  • C. Fresnel zones
    Fresnel zones are concentric regions on a wavefront used in wave optics to analyze and predict diffraction and interference effects, especially in near-field conditions.
  • D. Kirchhoff diffraction theory
    Kirchhoff diffraction theory is a classical wave optics framework that models light propagation and diffraction by treating wavefronts as superpositions of secondary spherical waves emitted from an aperture.
  • E. Waves
    "Waves" is a melodic, gospel-influenced hip-hop song by Kanye West featuring Chris Brown and Kid Cudi, known for its soaring chorus and spiritual themes.
  • 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_69a885f11b048190935025a035302715 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a908b836dc8190bdf3d4eda7d00dd8 completed March 5, 2026, 4:38 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad40263ef08190a968f6c822b5d483 completed March 8, 2026, 9:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad40cb84d081908c6e1651989de716 completed March 8, 2026, 9:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad41b1192c81909b89013d8296fd22 completed March 8, 2026, 9:30 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.