Triple

T5426975
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject delayed-choice experiment E121386 entity
Predicate involves P1256 FINISHED
Object Mach–Zehnder interferometer
The Mach–Zehnder interferometer is an optical device that splits and recombines light beams to produce interference patterns, widely used to demonstrate and study fundamental principles of quantum mechanics and wave interference.
E518522 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–Zehnder interferometer | Statement: [delayed-choice experiment, involves, Mach–Zehnder interferometer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mach–Zehnder interferometer
Context triple: [delayed-choice experiment, involves, Mach–Zehnder interferometer]
  • A. Michelson interferometer
    The Michelson interferometer is a precision optical instrument that splits and recombines light beams to measure extremely small differences in path length, widely used in fundamental physics experiments and metrology.
  • B. Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect
    The Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect is a quantum optical phenomenon in which correlations in the arrival times of identical particles, such as photons, reveal their underlying statistical and coherence properties.
  • C. Cambridge interferometer arrays
    The Cambridge interferometer arrays were pioneering radio astronomy instruments developed at the University of Cambridge that revolutionized the mapping of radio sources in the sky and contributed significantly to the development of aperture synthesis techniques.
  • D. Narrabri Stellar Intensity Interferometer
    The Narrabri Stellar Intensity Interferometer was a pioneering astronomical instrument in Australia that used intensity interferometry to measure the angular diameters of hot stars with unprecedented precision.
  • E. Moiré deflectometer
    A Moiré deflectometer is a precision optical instrument that measures tiny angular deviations or deflections in particle or light beams by analyzing interference-like moiré fringe patterns formed by multiple gratings.
  • 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–Zehnder interferometer
Triple: [delayed-choice experiment, involves, Mach–Zehnder interferometer]
Generated description
The Mach–Zehnder interferometer is an optical device that splits and recombines light beams to produce interference patterns, widely used to demonstrate and study fundamental principles of quantum mechanics and wave interference.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mach–Zehnder interferometer
Target entity description: The Mach–Zehnder interferometer is an optical device that splits and recombines light beams to produce interference patterns, widely used to demonstrate and study fundamental principles of quantum mechanics and wave interference.
  • A. Michelson interferometer
    The Michelson interferometer is a precision optical instrument that splits and recombines light beams to measure extremely small differences in path length, widely used in fundamental physics experiments and metrology.
  • B. Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect
    The Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect is a quantum optical phenomenon in which correlations in the arrival times of identical particles, such as photons, reveal their underlying statistical and coherence properties.
  • C. Cambridge interferometer arrays
    The Cambridge interferometer arrays were pioneering radio astronomy instruments developed at the University of Cambridge that revolutionized the mapping of radio sources in the sky and contributed significantly to the development of aperture synthesis techniques.
  • D. Narrabri Stellar Intensity Interferometer
    The Narrabri Stellar Intensity Interferometer was a pioneering astronomical instrument in Australia that used intensity interferometry to measure the angular diameters of hot stars with unprecedented precision.
  • E. Moiré deflectometer
    A Moiré deflectometer is a precision optical instrument that measures tiny angular deviations or deflections in particle or light beams by analyzing interference-like moiré fringe patterns formed by multiple gratings.
  • 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_69bd463c65f0819082ee6483ab4b466a completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd8817a2048190a76805da03cfa09b completed March 20, 2026, 5:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf3abfc7e88190b8f0a31b61c33973 completed March 22, 2026, 12:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf3b592a08819090e2873bcf4e797f completed March 22, 2026, 12:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf3c0b9e5481909101eccbd55f24b2 completed March 22, 2026, 12:47 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:06 p.m.