Triple

T16685916
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wilhelm Eduard Weber E405460 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object Weber electrodynamics
Weber electrodynamics is an early 19th-century action-at-a-distance theory of electricity and magnetism formulated by Wilhelm Eduard Weber as a precursor and alternative to classical field-based electromagnetism.
E1227478 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: Weber electrodynamics | Statement: [Wilhelm Eduard Weber, knownFor, Weber electrodynamics]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Weber electrodynamics
Context triple: [Wilhelm Eduard Weber, knownFor, Weber electrodynamics]
  • A. Lienard–Wiechert potentials
    The Liénard–Wiechert potentials are the exact electromagnetic scalar and vector potentials produced by a moving point charge, fully accounting for relativistic and retardation effects.
  • B. Weyl’s gauge theory
    Weyl’s gauge theory is an early 20th-century theoretical framework that introduced the concept of local gauge invariance, laying foundational ideas for modern gauge theories in particle physics.
  • C. Lorentz ether theory
    Lorentz ether theory is a pre-relativistic physical theory that introduced length contraction and time dilation to explain electromagnetic phenomena in a stationary ether, forming a key precursor to Einstein’s special relativity.
  • D. The Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism
    The Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism is a classic early 20th-century textbook by James Jeans that systematically develops the theoretical foundations of electromagnetism using advanced mathematical methods.
  • E. foundations of electrodynamics
    "Foundations of electrodynamics" is a seminal work by André-Marie Ampère that laid the theoretical groundwork for classical electromagnetism and the mathematical description of electric currents and their interactions.
  • 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: Weber electrodynamics
Triple: [Wilhelm Eduard Weber, knownFor, Weber electrodynamics]
Generated description
Weber electrodynamics is an early 19th-century action-at-a-distance theory of electricity and magnetism formulated by Wilhelm Eduard Weber as a precursor and alternative to classical field-based electromagnetism.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Weber electrodynamics
Target entity description: Weber electrodynamics is an early 19th-century action-at-a-distance theory of electricity and magnetism formulated by Wilhelm Eduard Weber as a precursor and alternative to classical field-based electromagnetism.
  • A. Lienard–Wiechert potentials
    The Liénard–Wiechert potentials are the exact electromagnetic scalar and vector potentials produced by a moving point charge, fully accounting for relativistic and retardation effects.
  • B. Weyl’s gauge theory
    Weyl’s gauge theory is an early 20th-century theoretical framework that introduced the concept of local gauge invariance, laying foundational ideas for modern gauge theories in particle physics.
  • C. Lorentz ether theory
    Lorentz ether theory is a pre-relativistic physical theory that introduced length contraction and time dilation to explain electromagnetic phenomena in a stationary ether, forming a key precursor to Einstein’s special relativity.
  • D. The Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism
    The Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism is a classic early 20th-century textbook by James Jeans that systematically develops the theoretical foundations of electromagnetism using advanced mathematical methods.
  • E. foundations of electrodynamics
    "Foundations of electrodynamics" is a seminal work by André-Marie Ampère that laid the theoretical groundwork for classical electromagnetism and the mathematical description of electric currents and their interactions.
  • 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_69d8838c28748190b3f5967c743940ab completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e37ea550c0819085bd36c44237a61a completed April 18, 2026, 12:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a008a43f6a08190913ca123a2377f95 completed May 10, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a008b001c988190b0ddec3be0ed6fd0 completed May 10, 2026, 1:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a008ba8227881908b1ac6e30d2e7c32 completed May 10, 2026, 1:44 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:19 a.m.