Triple

T304944
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Augustin-Jean Fresnel E6275 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Mémoire sur la diffraction de la lumière
Mémoire sur la diffraction de la lumière is Augustin-Jean Fresnel’s landmark scientific paper that founded the wave theory of light by explaining and mathematically describing the phenomenon of diffraction.
E3970 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: Mémoire sur la diffraction de la lumière | Statement: [Augustin-Jean Fresnel, notableWork, Mémoire sur la diffraction de la lumière]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mémoire sur la diffraction de la lumière
Context triple: [Augustin-Jean Fresnel, notableWork, Mémoire sur la diffraction de la lumière]
  • A. Traité de la lumière
    Traité de la lumière is a seminal 1690 scientific treatise that presents Christiaan Huygens’ wave theory of light, including the principle now known as Huygens’ principle.
  • B. Poisson spot
    Poisson spot is a bright point of light that appears at the center of the shadow of a circular object due to wave diffraction, providing striking evidence for the wave nature of light.
  • C. Théorie analytique de la chaleur
    Théorie analytique de la chaleur is Joseph Fourier’s foundational 1822 treatise that introduced Fourier series and laid the mathematical groundwork for the modern theory of heat conduction and harmonic analysis.
  • D. Huygens–Fresnel principle
    The Huygens–Fresnel principle is a fundamental concept in wave optics that explains how every point on a wavefront acts as a source of secondary wavelets whose interference determines the wave’s subsequent propagation and diffraction.
  • E. On a Heuristic Point of View Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light
    "On a Heuristic Point of View Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light" is Albert Einstein’s 1905 paper that introduced the concept of light quanta (photons), laying the foundation for quantum theory and explaining the photoelectric effect.
  • 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: Mémoire sur la diffraction de la lumière
Triple: [Augustin-Jean Fresnel, notableWork, Mémoire sur la diffraction de la lumière]
Generated description
Mémoire sur la diffraction de la lumière is Augustin-Jean Fresnel’s landmark scientific paper that founded the wave theory of light by explaining and mathematically describing the phenomenon of diffraction.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mémoire sur la diffraction de la lumière
Target entity description: Mémoire sur la diffraction de la lumière is Augustin-Jean Fresnel’s landmark scientific paper that founded the wave theory of light by explaining and mathematically describing the phenomenon of diffraction.
  • A. Traité de la lumière
    Traité de la lumière is a seminal 1690 scientific treatise that presents Christiaan Huygens’ wave theory of light, including the principle now known as Huygens’ principle.
  • B. Poisson spot
    Poisson spot is a bright point of light that appears at the center of the shadow of a circular object due to wave diffraction, providing striking evidence for the wave nature of light.
  • C. Théorie analytique de la chaleur
    Théorie analytique de la chaleur is Joseph Fourier’s foundational 1822 treatise that introduced Fourier series and laid the mathematical groundwork for the modern theory of heat conduction and harmonic analysis.
  • D. Huygens–Fresnel principle chosen
    The Huygens–Fresnel principle is a fundamental concept in wave optics that explains how every point on a wavefront acts as a source of secondary wavelets whose interference determines the wave’s subsequent propagation and diffraction.
  • E. On a Heuristic Point of View Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light
    "On a Heuristic Point of View Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light" is Albert Einstein’s 1905 paper that introduced the concept of light quanta (photons), laying the foundation for quantum theory and explaining the photoelectric effect.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a2e79230508190b912ecb555aae17e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ea11c4908190a8723033bdf6f479 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3b077a6808190aedb6e347cb749f2 completed March 1, 2026, 3:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3b14ff54481909d37f03ea2d6b455 completed March 1, 2026, 3:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3b1b81ad88190ad65622d7a664002 completed March 1, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.