Triple
T23167717
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Walter Thirring |
E578756
|
entity |
| Predicate | fieldOfWork |
P3
|
FINISHED |
| Object | quantum field theory |
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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: quantum field theory | Statement: [Walter Thirring, fieldOfWork, quantum field theory]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: quantum field theory Context triple: [Walter Thirring, fieldOfWork, quantum field theory]
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A.
quantum field theory
chosen
Quantum field theory is the theoretical framework in physics that combines quantum mechanics and special relativity to describe particles as excitations of underlying fields and governs their interactions.
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B.
The Quantum Theory of Fields
The Quantum Theory of Fields is Steven Weinberg’s influential multi-volume textbook that systematically develops modern quantum field theory and its applications to particle physics.
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C.
Euclidean quantum field theory
Euclidean quantum field theory is a formulation of quantum field theory in imaginary (Euclidean) time that enables rigorous mathematical treatment and path-integral representations closely connected to statistical mechanics.
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D.
quantum electrodynamics
Quantum electrodynamics is the quantum field theory that describes how light and matter interact through the exchange of photons, forming the foundation of our understanding of electromagnetic forces at the subatomic level.
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E.
Minkowskian quantum field theory
Minkowskian quantum field theory is the formulation of quantum fields on Minkowski spacetime, where relativistic invariance and causal structure are fundamental and scattering processes are typically described via Feynman diagrams and the S-matrix.
- 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_69e245fc75348190a0288401044c8af8 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f18f2d51288190af0d5747090d8e5d |
completed | April 29, 2026, 4:55 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4:03 p.m.