Triple
T9700523
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sommerfeld–Brillouin precursor theory |
E234763
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entity |
| Predicate | describes |
P264
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Brillouin precursors
Brillouin precursors are early-arriving transient wave components that appear when electromagnetic signals propagate through dispersive media, revealing how information and energy travel under strong dispersion.
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E234763
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NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: Brillouin precursors | Statement: [Sommerfeld–Brillouin precursor theory, describes, Brillouin precursors]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brillouin precursors Context triple: [Sommerfeld–Brillouin precursor theory, describes, Brillouin precursors]
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A.
Sommerfeld–Brillouin precursor theory
Sommerfeld–Brillouin precursor theory is a classical electromagnetic wave theory that explains how transient signal fronts (precursors) propagate through dispersive media before the main wave arrives.
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B.
Brillouin scattering
Brillouin scattering is a light-scattering phenomenon in which photons interact with acoustic phonons or other excitations in a medium, causing small shifts in the light’s frequency that reveal information about the material’s elastic and dynamic properties.
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C.
Brillouin
Brillouin is a French surname most notably associated with physicist Léon Brillouin, known for his contributions to quantum mechanics and solid-state physics.
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D.
Bloch oscillations
Bloch oscillations are periodic oscillations of electrons in a crystal lattice subjected to a constant electric field, arising from the band structure and leading to oscillatory motion in momentum space.
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E.
Brillouin theorem
Brillouin theorem is a fundamental result in quantum chemistry and Hartree–Fock theory stating that single excitations from a Hartree–Fock ground state do not mix with the ground state and therefore do not lower its energy to first order.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Brillouin precursors Triple: [Sommerfeld–Brillouin precursor theory, describes, Brillouin precursors]
Generated description
Brillouin precursors are early-arriving transient wave components that appear when electromagnetic signals propagate through dispersive media, revealing how information and energy travel under strong dispersion.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brillouin precursors Target entity description: Brillouin precursors are early-arriving transient wave components that appear when electromagnetic signals propagate through dispersive media, revealing how information and energy travel under strong dispersion.
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A.
Sommerfeld–Brillouin precursor theory
chosen
Sommerfeld–Brillouin precursor theory is a classical electromagnetic wave theory that explains how transient signal fronts (precursors) propagate through dispersive media before the main wave arrives.
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B.
Brillouin scattering
Brillouin scattering is a light-scattering phenomenon in which photons interact with acoustic phonons or other excitations in a medium, causing small shifts in the light’s frequency that reveal information about the material’s elastic and dynamic properties.
-
C.
Brillouin
Brillouin is a French surname most notably associated with physicist Léon Brillouin, known for his contributions to quantum mechanics and solid-state physics.
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D.
Bloch oscillations
Bloch oscillations are periodic oscillations of electrons in a crystal lattice subjected to a constant electric field, arising from the band structure and leading to oscillatory motion in momentum space.
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E.
Brillouin theorem
Brillouin theorem is a fundamental result in quantum chemistry and Hartree–Fock theory stating that single excitations from a Hartree–Fock ground state do not mix with the ground state and therefore do not lower its energy to first order.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (5 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. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d191ea02e8819097e5a4247a8084f6 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 10:34 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d19251095881909272c53c026b2ad1 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 10:36 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:18 p.m.