Triple
T8803812
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Léon Foucault |
E209473
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasInstrument |
P35
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Foucault knife-edge tester |
E758295
|
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: Foucault knife-edge tester | Statement: [Léon Foucault, hasInstrument, Foucault knife-edge tester]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Foucault knife-edge tester Context triple: [Léon Foucault, hasInstrument, Foucault knife-edge tester]
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A.
Foucault knife-edge test
chosen
The Foucault knife-edge test is an optical testing method used to evaluate the shape and quality of telescope mirrors by analyzing how light is blocked by a moving knife edge at the mirror’s focus.
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B.
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.
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C.
Schmidt corrector plate
A Schmidt corrector plate is a specially shaped aspheric lens used at the entrance of Schmidt-type telescopes to correct spherical aberration and produce a wide, well-corrected field of view.
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D.
Dall–Kirkham telescope design
The Dall–Kirkham telescope design is a type of reflecting telescope that uses an elliptical primary mirror and a spherical secondary mirror to provide good on-axis image quality with relatively simple, easy-to-manufacture optics.
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E.
Maksutov–Cassegrain telescope design
The Maksutov–Cassegrain telescope design is a compact catadioptric optical system that uses a spherical primary mirror and a meniscus corrector lens to provide long focal lengths with well-corrected, high-contrast images in a relatively short tube.
- 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_69ca836320e48190b5cf585b90a322c4 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc5fbe15b081909e87dab6b5029d04 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:58 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cf8921a13081909346b97c024110b6 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 9:32 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:44 p.m.