Triple
T21049029
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Wheeler’s "law without law" program |
E518524
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedConcept |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | "it from bit" |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: "it from bit" | Statement: [Wheeler’s "law without law" program, relatedConcept, "it from bit"]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: "it from bit" Context triple: [Wheeler’s "law without law" program, relatedConcept, "it from bit"]
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A.
concept of "it from bit"
chosen
The concept of "it from bit" is a philosophical and theoretical physics idea proposing that physical reality ("it") fundamentally arises from informational processes and binary choices ("bits").
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B.
How the Laws of Physics Lie
"How the Laws of Physics Lie" is a 1983 philosophy of science book by Nancy Cartwright that argues scientific laws are idealized, highly abstract models that often misrepresent the messy complexity of real-world phenomena.
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C.
Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe
Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe is a book by mathematical physicist Roger Penrose that critically examines prevailing ideas in modern physics—such as string theory, cosmology, and quantum mechanics—by questioning their mathematical soundness and empirical grounding.
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D.
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood is a nonfiction book by James Gleick that explores the development of information theory and its profound impact on science, technology, and culture.
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E.
Dreams of a Final Theory
Dreams of a Final Theory is a popular science book by physicist Steven Weinberg that explores the quest for a unified "theory of everything" in fundamental physics and reflects on the nature and philosophy of scientific explanation.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69e0b5053ac48190921529544959e906 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6fd79830881909fdac2f0ea48d28c |
completed | April 21, 2026, 4:30 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:34 p.m.