Triple

T15744137
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lyman series in hydrogen spectrum E381675 entity
Predicate lineDesignation P5539 FINISHED
Object Lyman-γ
Lyman-γ is the third spectral line in the hydrogen Lyman series, corresponding to an electron transition from the n=4 to the n=1 energy level in the ultraviolet region.
E1174566 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: Lyman-γ | Statement: [Lyman series in hydrogen spectrum, lineDesignation, Lyman-γ]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lyman-γ
Context triple: [Lyman series in hydrogen spectrum, lineDesignation, Lyman-γ]
  • A. Brackett
    Brackett is a family name of English origin that appears as the middle name of Harriet Brackett Spence Lowell, reflecting a common practice of preserving maternal or ancestral surnames.
  • B. Paschen series
    The Paschen series is a set of spectral lines in the infrared region of the hydrogen atom’s emission spectrum corresponding to electron transitions ending at the n=3 energy level.
  • C. Barkla
    Barkla is a surname most notably associated with Charles Glover Barkla, the British physicist and Nobel laureate recognized for his work on X-ray spectroscopy.
  • D. Uhlenbeck
    Uhlenbeck is a surname most prominently associated with Karen Uhlenbeck, a pioneering American mathematician and the first woman to receive the Abel Prize.
  • E. Bremsstrahlung
    Bremsstrahlung is electromagnetic radiation emitted when charged particles, such as electrons, are decelerated or deflected by the electric fields of atomic nuclei.
  • 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: Lyman-γ
Triple: [Lyman series in hydrogen spectrum, lineDesignation, Lyman-γ]
Generated description
Lyman-γ is the third spectral line in the hydrogen Lyman series, corresponding to an electron transition from the n=4 to the n=1 energy level in the ultraviolet region.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lyman-γ
Target entity description: Lyman-γ is the third spectral line in the hydrogen Lyman series, corresponding to an electron transition from the n=4 to the n=1 energy level in the ultraviolet region.
  • A. Brackett
    Brackett is a family name of English origin that appears as the middle name of Harriet Brackett Spence Lowell, reflecting a common practice of preserving maternal or ancestral surnames.
  • B. Paschen series
    The Paschen series is a set of spectral lines in the infrared region of the hydrogen atom’s emission spectrum corresponding to electron transitions ending at the n=3 energy level.
  • C. Barkla
    Barkla is a surname most notably associated with Charles Glover Barkla, the British physicist and Nobel laureate recognized for his work on X-ray spectroscopy.
  • D. Uhlenbeck
    Uhlenbeck is a surname most prominently associated with Karen Uhlenbeck, a pioneering American mathematician and the first woman to receive the Abel Prize.
  • E. Bremsstrahlung
    Bremsstrahlung is electromagnetic radiation emitted when charged particles, such as electrons, are decelerated or deflected by the electric fields of atomic nuclei.
  • 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_69d86d9e6b44819085d1f6a969ecb74c completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e0502c0c3c8190b8e512df307039c1 completed April 16, 2026, 2:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff8307824881909ba85e4c3da65d28 completed May 9, 2026, 6:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff83cb02f48190af506724f3ffb73e completed May 9, 2026, 6:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff844fa00c8190a47eb46394db097b completed May 9, 2026, 7 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:46 a.m.