Triple

T6233089
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cockcroft–Walton generator E139401 entity
Predicate relatedTo P37 FINISHED
Object Van de Graaff generator E369717 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: Van de Graaff generator | Statement: [Cockcroft–Walton generator, relatedTo, Van de Graaff generator]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Van de Graaff generator
Context triple: [Cockcroft–Walton generator, relatedTo, Van de Graaff generator]
  • A. Van de Graaff generators chosen
    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.
  • B. Cockcroft–Walton generator
    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.
  • C. Leyden jar
    The Leyden jar is an early form of capacitor that stores static electric charge on metal foil layers separated by an insulating glass container.
  • D. Bunsen cell
    The Bunsen cell is a 19th-century zinc–carbon electrochemical cell that provided a relatively powerful and inexpensive source of direct current for early laboratory and industrial applications.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69c20defd338819099a23d00107c4edd completed March 24, 2026, 4:07 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:22 p.m.