Triple

T4118894
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ernst Mach E90361 entity
Predicate hasConceptNamedAfter P3325 FINISHED
Object Mach bands
Mach bands are an optical illusion in which the human visual system exaggerates the contrast between adjacent areas of slightly differing luminance, creating illusory light and dark bands at their boundaries.
E415497 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: Mach bands | Statement: [Ernst Mach, hasConceptNamedAfter, Mach bands]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mach bands
Context triple: [Ernst Mach, hasConceptNamedAfter, Mach bands]
  • A. law of simultaneous contrast of colors
    The law of simultaneous contrast of colors is a principle in color theory stating that the perception of a color is strongly influenced by adjacent colors, often causing shifts in hue, brightness, or intensity.
  • B. Ehrenstein
    Ehrenstein is a locality or district that forms part of the municipality of Blaustein in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
  • C. Rubin–Ford effect
    The Rubin–Ford effect is an observed large-scale motion of galaxies relative to the cosmic microwave background that provided early evidence for peculiar velocities and inhomogeneities in the universe’s expansion.
  • D. Black and White in Color
    Black and White in Color is a 1976 French-Côte d'Ivoire war comedy film satirizing French colonial attitudes during World War I in Africa and winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
  • E. The Structure of Appearance
    The Structure of Appearance is a 1951 philosophical work by Nelson Goodman that develops a rigorous nominalist system for analyzing the structure of experience and phenomenal qualities.
  • 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: Mach bands
Triple: [Ernst Mach, hasConceptNamedAfter, Mach bands]
Generated description
Mach bands are an optical illusion in which the human visual system exaggerates the contrast between adjacent areas of slightly differing luminance, creating illusory light and dark bands at their boundaries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mach bands
Target entity description: Mach bands are an optical illusion in which the human visual system exaggerates the contrast between adjacent areas of slightly differing luminance, creating illusory light and dark bands at their boundaries.
  • A. law of simultaneous contrast of colors
    The law of simultaneous contrast of colors is a principle in color theory stating that the perception of a color is strongly influenced by adjacent colors, often causing shifts in hue, brightness, or intensity.
  • B. Ehrenstein
    Ehrenstein is a locality or district that forms part of the municipality of Blaustein in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
  • C. Rubin–Ford effect
    The Rubin–Ford effect is an observed large-scale motion of galaxies relative to the cosmic microwave background that provided early evidence for peculiar velocities and inhomogeneities in the universe’s expansion.
  • D. Black and White in Color
    Black and White in Color is a 1976 French-Côte d'Ivoire war comedy film satirizing French colonial attitudes during World War I in Africa and winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
  • E. The Structure of Appearance
    The Structure of Appearance is a 1951 philosophical work by Nelson Goodman that develops a rigorous nominalist system for analyzing the structure of experience and phenomenal qualities.
  • 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_69aed95c080881908125e30c5dcdc6f8 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69af01f48c1c8190aacde6cdf70d7775 completed March 9, 2026, 5:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b576abe02081908a1b0322758089bd completed March 14, 2026, 2:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b577180e2881908e3bf4bfce7c9edd completed March 14, 2026, 2:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5778dcdc08190aee087f6d54992dc completed March 14, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:41 p.m.