Triple
T5050079
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Clifford Truesdell |
E113762
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics, 1822–1854
The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics, 1822–1854 is a scholarly historical study by Clifford Truesdell that critically and often wittily examines the development of thermodynamics and its key figures during the early nineteenth century.
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E490986
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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: The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics, 1822–1854 | Statement: [Clifford Truesdell, notableWork, The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics, 1822–1854]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics, 1822–1854 Context triple: [Clifford Truesdell, notableWork, The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics, 1822–1854]
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A.
On the Moving Force of Heat
"On the Moving Force of Heat" is Rudolf Clausius’s foundational 1850 paper that helped establish the second law of thermodynamics and introduced key concepts leading to the modern understanding of entropy.
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B.
Carathéodory’s formulation of the second law of thermodynamics
Carathéodory’s formulation of the second law of thermodynamics is a mathematically rigorous restatement of the second law based on the inaccessibility of certain thermodynamic states, providing a foundation for the concept of entropy without relying on cyclic processes or heat engines.
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C.
Clausius statement of the second law of thermodynamics
The Clausius statement of the second law of thermodynamics asserts that heat cannot spontaneously flow from a colder body to a hotter body without external work being performed.
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D.
The Entropy Law and the Economic Process
The Entropy Law and the Economic Process is a foundational work in ecological economics that applies the concept of entropy from thermodynamics to critique conventional economic theory and highlight the physical limits to economic growth.
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E.
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.
- 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: The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics, 1822–1854 Triple: [Clifford Truesdell, notableWork, The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics, 1822–1854]
Generated description
The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics, 1822–1854 is a scholarly historical study by Clifford Truesdell that critically and often wittily examines the development of thermodynamics and its key figures during the early nineteenth century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics, 1822–1854 Target entity description: The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics, 1822–1854 is a scholarly historical study by Clifford Truesdell that critically and often wittily examines the development of thermodynamics and its key figures during the early nineteenth century.
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A.
On the Moving Force of Heat
"On the Moving Force of Heat" is Rudolf Clausius’s foundational 1850 paper that helped establish the second law of thermodynamics and introduced key concepts leading to the modern understanding of entropy.
-
B.
Carathéodory’s formulation of the second law of thermodynamics
Carathéodory’s formulation of the second law of thermodynamics is a mathematically rigorous restatement of the second law based on the inaccessibility of certain thermodynamic states, providing a foundation for the concept of entropy without relying on cyclic processes or heat engines.
-
C.
Clausius statement of the second law of thermodynamics
The Clausius statement of the second law of thermodynamics asserts that heat cannot spontaneously flow from a colder body to a hotter body without external work being performed.
-
D.
The Entropy Law and the Economic Process
The Entropy Law and the Economic Process is a foundational work in ecological economics that applies the concept of entropy from thermodynamics to critique conventional economic theory and highlight the physical limits to economic growth.
-
E.
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.
- 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_69bd44391fc48190a311ce9c826c209b |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd7425df74819091cfde348dd16a68 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bea480fee88190a4302301259f29ba |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bea5e902a88190a96a0dea88d3952e |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bea9961f8c8190b7ac93e199aa76d7 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:37 p.m.