Triple

T228921
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Carl Friedrich Gauss E4368 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Gaussian law of error
The Gaussian law of error is a fundamental statistical principle stating that measurement errors tend to follow a normal (bell-shaped) distribution, forming the basis of much of probability theory and statistical inference.
E29362 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: Gaussian law of error | Statement: [Carl Friedrich Gauss, notableWork, Gaussian law of error]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gaussian law of error
Context triple: [Carl Friedrich Gauss, notableWork, Gaussian law of error]
  • A. A Treatise on Probability
    A Treatise on Probability is John Maynard Keynes’s influential 1921 work that develops a logical and philosophical theory of probability, challenging classical and frequency-based interpretations.
  • B. Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases
    Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases is a foundational 1860 scientific paper by James Clerk Maxwell that introduced key ideas of kinetic theory and the statistical behavior of gas molecules.
  • C. History of the Inductive Sciences
    History of the Inductive Sciences is William Whewell’s comprehensive 19th-century survey of the development of scientific knowledge and methods from antiquity to his own time.
  • D. An Investigation of the Laws of Thought
    An Investigation of the Laws of Thought is George Boole’s foundational 1854 treatise that established Boolean algebra and helped lay the groundwork for modern mathematical logic and computer science.
  • E. The Mathematical Analysis of Logic
    The Mathematical Analysis of Logic is George Boole’s pioneering 1847 work that laid the foundations of symbolic logic and helped initiate the algebraic treatment of logical reasoning.
  • 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: Gaussian law of error
Triple: [Carl Friedrich Gauss, notableWork, Gaussian law of error]
Generated description
The Gaussian law of error is a fundamental statistical principle stating that measurement errors tend to follow a normal (bell-shaped) distribution, forming the basis of much of probability theory and statistical inference.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gaussian law of error
Target entity description: The Gaussian law of error is a fundamental statistical principle stating that measurement errors tend to follow a normal (bell-shaped) distribution, forming the basis of much of probability theory and statistical inference.
  • A. A Treatise on Probability
    A Treatise on Probability is John Maynard Keynes’s influential 1921 work that develops a logical and philosophical theory of probability, challenging classical and frequency-based interpretations.
  • B. Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases
    Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases is a foundational 1860 scientific paper by James Clerk Maxwell that introduced key ideas of kinetic theory and the statistical behavior of gas molecules.
  • C. History of the Inductive Sciences
    History of the Inductive Sciences is William Whewell’s comprehensive 19th-century survey of the development of scientific knowledge and methods from antiquity to his own time.
  • D. An Investigation of the Laws of Thought
    An Investigation of the Laws of Thought is George Boole’s foundational 1854 treatise that established Boolean algebra and helped lay the groundwork for modern mathematical logic and computer science.
  • E. The Mathematical Analysis of Logic
    The Mathematical Analysis of Logic is George Boole’s pioneering 1847 work that laid the foundations of symbolic logic and helped initiate the algebraic treatment of logical reasoning.
  • 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_69a257363ffc81909757bde7ab3404da completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25c9140c48190b90647400854b37e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a35b66359481908daf0412badd76bc completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a35d280c8c81909dd05d5c45ffe616 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:24 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a35dc9ad808190a93a4a4c062ce69c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:27 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.