Triple
T6233029
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cockcroft–Walton experiment |
E139400
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedTo |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Cockcroft–Walton generator |
E139401
|
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: Cockcroft–Walton generator | Statement: [Cockcroft–Walton experiment, relatedTo, Cockcroft–Walton generator]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cockcroft–Walton generator Context triple: [Cockcroft–Walton experiment, relatedTo, Cockcroft–Walton generator]
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A.
Cockcroft–Walton generator
chosen
The Cockcroft–Walton generator is a high-voltage power supply circuit that uses a cascade of capacitors and diodes to multiply an input AC voltage, historically important for early particle acceleration experiments.
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B.
Van de Graaff generators
Van de Graaff generators are electrostatic machines that use a moving belt to accumulate very high voltages on a hollow metal sphere, commonly used for physics research and educational demonstrations of electricity.
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C.
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.
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D.
Brookhaven Linac Isotope Producer
The Brookhaven Linac Isotope Producer is a particle-accelerator-based facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory that generates medical and research isotopes for nuclear medicine and scientific applications.
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E.
Fermilab Linac
Fermilab Linac is a linear accelerator at Fermilab that provides high-energy proton beams for subsequent acceleration stages in the laboratory’s particle physics experiments.
- 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_69c008b0e7ac8190808a59573ee646f3 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c062efa25c8190a54f5a6f5b5ad24f |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c243f785dc819084d2a11151d84227 |
completed | March 24, 2026, 7:57 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:22 p.m.