Triple

T1811605
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hippolyte Fizeau E40343 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object Fizeau experiment
The Fizeau experiment was a pioneering 19th-century physics experiment that measured the speed of light using a rotating toothed wheel and helped establish light’s finite velocity.
E204510 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: Fizeau experiment | Statement: [Hippolyte Fizeau, knownFor, Fizeau experiment]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fizeau experiment
Context triple: [Hippolyte Fizeau, knownFor, Fizeau experiment]
  • A. Michelson–Morley experiment
    The Michelson–Morley experiment was a landmark 1887 physics experiment that attempted to detect the Earth's motion through the hypothesized luminiferous aether and whose null result helped pave the way for Einstein's theory of special relativity.
  • B. Kennedy–Thorndike experiment
    The Kennedy–Thorndike experiment is a classic test of special relativity that examined the constancy of the speed of light using an interferometer with unequal arm lengths and varying laboratory velocity.
  • C. Ives–Stilwell experiment
    The Ives–Stilwell experiment is a classic test of special relativity that measured the relativistic Doppler effect to confirm time dilation for fast-moving ions.
  • D. Trouton–Noble experiment
    The Trouton–Noble experiment was an early 20th-century test of the luminiferous aether that searched for a torque on a charged capacitor in motion and, by finding no such effect, provided support for the emerging theory of special relativity.
  • E. Michelson interferometer
    The Michelson interferometer is a precision optical instrument that splits and recombines light beams to measure extremely small differences in path length, widely used in fundamental physics experiments and metrology.
  • 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: Fizeau experiment
Triple: [Hippolyte Fizeau, knownFor, Fizeau experiment]
Generated description
The Fizeau experiment was a pioneering 19th-century physics experiment that measured the speed of light using a rotating toothed wheel and helped establish light’s finite velocity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fizeau experiment
Target entity description: The Fizeau experiment was a pioneering 19th-century physics experiment that measured the speed of light using a rotating toothed wheel and helped establish light’s finite velocity.
  • A. Michelson–Morley experiment
    The Michelson–Morley experiment was a landmark 1887 physics experiment that attempted to detect the Earth's motion through the hypothesized luminiferous aether and whose null result helped pave the way for Einstein's theory of special relativity.
  • B. Kennedy–Thorndike experiment
    The Kennedy–Thorndike experiment is a classic test of special relativity that examined the constancy of the speed of light using an interferometer with unequal arm lengths and varying laboratory velocity.
  • C. Ives–Stilwell experiment
    The Ives–Stilwell experiment is a classic test of special relativity that measured the relativistic Doppler effect to confirm time dilation for fast-moving ions.
  • D. Trouton–Noble experiment
    The Trouton–Noble experiment was an early 20th-century test of the luminiferous aether that searched for a torque on a charged capacitor in motion and, by finding no such effect, provided support for the emerging theory of special relativity.
  • E. Michelson interferometer
    The Michelson interferometer is a precision optical instrument that splits and recombines light beams to measure extremely small differences in path length, widely used in fundamental physics experiments and metrology.
  • 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_69a88643a3388190a612f2ebe1fb29e7 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa65c64bc08190b993216890752b46 completed March 6, 2026, 5:27 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adbf5b1dbc8190a57430bf129173e4 completed March 8, 2026, 6:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adc0a3fdd88190b0ffa98db1b5cf80 completed March 8, 2026, 6:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adc1304a808190a999e71dfa39162a completed March 8, 2026, 6:34 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.