Triple
T5543738
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | principle of least action |
E145354
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWithScientist |
P2830
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Rowan Hamilton |
E101954
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: William Rowan Hamilton | Statement: [principle of least action, associatedWithScientist, William Rowan Hamilton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Rowan Hamilton Context triple: [principle of least action, associatedWithScientist, William Rowan Hamilton]
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A.
William Rowan Hamilton
chosen
William Rowan Hamilton was a 19th-century Irish mathematician and physicist best known for developing quaternions and reformulating classical mechanics in what is now called Hamiltonian mechanics.
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B.
William Cayley
William Cayley was a notable figure after whom Mount Cayley in British Columbia, Canada, was named, likely reflecting his prominence in regional or national history.
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C.
Arthur Cayley
Arthur Cayley was a 19th-century British mathematician renowned for his foundational work in matrix theory and abstract algebra.
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D.
James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk Maxwell was a 19th-century Scottish physicist best known for formulating the classical theory of electromagnetism, unifying electricity, magnetism, and light into a single framework.
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E.
Augustus De Morgan
Augustus De Morgan was a 19th-century British mathematician and logician known for formulating De Morgan's laws and contributing foundational work to symbolic logic.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c008fa64888190adae56c8f9ea4031 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c01fc947bc81908d1f7b709392ec20 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 4:58 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c02822fb80819087474c37d6dc4d2b |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:34 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:35 p.m.