Triple
T9700446
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sommerfeld expansion in statistical mechanics |
E234761
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedTo |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Fermi energy |
E31548
|
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: Fermi energy | Statement: [Sommerfeld expansion in statistical mechanics, relatedTo, Fermi energy]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fermi energy Context triple: [Sommerfeld expansion in statistical mechanics, relatedTo, Fermi energy]
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A.
Fermi energy
chosen
Fermi energy is the highest occupied energy level of a system of fermions at absolute zero temperature, playing a central role in determining the electronic and thermal properties of metals and semiconductors.
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B.
Fermi gas
A Fermi gas is a quantum many-particle system composed of fermions that obey Fermi–Dirac statistics, often used to model electrons in metals, neutrons in neutron stars, and ultracold atomic gases.
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C.
Fermi surface
The Fermi surface is the boundary in momentum space separating occupied from unoccupied electron states at zero temperature, crucial for determining a metal’s electronic and superconducting properties.
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D.
Fermi–Dirac statistics
Fermi–Dirac statistics is the quantum statistical framework that describes the distribution and behavior of indistinguishable fermions, such as electrons, which obey the Pauli exclusion principle.
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E.
Fermi liquid theory
Fermi liquid theory is a framework in condensed matter physics that describes how interacting fermions in a metal behave like long-lived quasiparticles with properties similar to those of a non-interacting Fermi gas.
- 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_69ca84cb580c8190a7e5f4b3bcdaf2a4 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd9d6eab0c8190abac1b009d625975 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:34 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1912e645881908d223a93f3ee61da |
completed | April 4, 2026, 10:31 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:18 p.m.