Triple
T6327927
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Fermat’s principle of least time |
E141903
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedTo |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Huygens’ principle |
E3970
|
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: Huygens’ principle | Statement: [Fermat’s principle of least time, relatedTo, Huygens’ principle]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Huygens’ principle Context triple: [Fermat’s principle of least time, relatedTo, Huygens’ principle]
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A.
Huygens–Fresnel principle
chosen
The Huygens–Fresnel principle is a fundamental concept in wave optics that explains how every point on a wavefront acts as a source of secondary wavelets whose interference determines the wave’s subsequent propagation and diffraction.
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B.
Fermat’s principle of least time
Fermat’s principle of least time is a fundamental variational principle in optics stating that light follows the path that takes the least time, from which many laws of geometrical optics can be derived.
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C.
Kirchhoff diffraction theory
Kirchhoff diffraction theory is a classical wave optics framework that models light propagation and diffraction by treating wavefronts as superpositions of secondary spherical waves emitted from an aperture.
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D.
Fresnel diffraction theory
Fresnel diffraction theory is a wave-optics framework that describes how light diffracts when source or observation distances are finite, using near-field approximations derived from the Huygens–Fresnel principle.
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E.
Babinet's principle
Babinet's principle is a fundamental concept in wave optics stating that the diffraction pattern from an opaque object is identical to that from a complementary aperture of the same shape, apart from the overall intensity.
- 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_69c008d201748190917e69c41ba3f978 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c064e9532081908277f10ec380a486 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c60410223081908c1cf3663d4b14c0 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:14 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:29 p.m.