Triple

T3150733
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert A. Millikan E65870 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object oil-drop experiment
The oil-drop experiment was a landmark early 20th-century physics experiment that measured the elementary electric charge of the electron by observing tiny charged oil droplets suspended in an electric field.
E331182 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: oil-drop experiment | Statement: [Robert A. Millikan, knownFor, oil-drop experiment]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: oil-drop experiment
Context triple: [Robert A. Millikan, knownFor, oil-drop experiment]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Franck–Hertz experiment
    The Franck–Hertz experiment is a landmark early-20th-century physics experiment that provided direct evidence for the quantization of atomic energy levels, supporting the Bohr model of the atom.
  • C. Cavendish experiment
    The Cavendish experiment was an 18th-century physics experiment by Henry Cavendish that measured the tiny gravitational attraction between lead spheres, allowing the first calculation of the gravitational constant and the mass of the Earth.
  • D. Cockcroft–Walton experiment
    The Cockcroft–Walton experiment was a pioneering 1932 nuclear physics experiment that achieved the first artificial disintegration of atomic nuclei using accelerated protons, confirming Einstein’s mass–energy equivalence.
  • E. Eötvös experiment
    The Eötvös experiment is a classic physics test of the equivalence principle that measures whether different materials fall with the same acceleration in a gravitational field.
  • 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: oil-drop experiment
Triple: [Robert A. Millikan, knownFor, oil-drop experiment]
Generated description
The oil-drop experiment was a landmark early 20th-century physics experiment that measured the elementary electric charge of the electron by observing tiny charged oil droplets suspended in an electric field.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: oil-drop experiment
Target entity description: The oil-drop experiment was a landmark early 20th-century physics experiment that measured the elementary electric charge of the electron by observing tiny charged oil droplets suspended in an electric field.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Franck–Hertz experiment
    The Franck–Hertz experiment is a landmark early-20th-century physics experiment that provided direct evidence for the quantization of atomic energy levels, supporting the Bohr model of the atom.
  • C. Cavendish experiment
    The Cavendish experiment was an 18th-century physics experiment by Henry Cavendish that measured the tiny gravitational attraction between lead spheres, allowing the first calculation of the gravitational constant and the mass of the Earth.
  • D. Cockcroft–Walton experiment
    The Cockcroft–Walton experiment was a pioneering 1932 nuclear physics experiment that achieved the first artificial disintegration of atomic nuclei using accelerated protons, confirming Einstein’s mass–energy equivalence.
  • E. Eötvös experiment
    The Eötvös experiment is a classic physics test of the equivalence principle that measures whether different materials fall with the same acceleration in a gravitational field.
  • 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_69ad8584485081909ed529e890cadc4a completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada5c145248190843ff3b1701074a1 completed March 8, 2026, 4:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b224fd22ac81909867d0cc150986a5 completed March 12, 2026, 2:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b225896c4c81909e875a2d357e7bc5 completed March 12, 2026, 2:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b225fef06081908dcd8201def1ad95 completed March 12, 2026, 2:33 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:05 p.m.