Triple

T19319148
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ludwig Prandtl E483173 entity
Predicate notableFor P22 FINISHED
Object Prandtl number
The Prandtl number is a dimensionless quantity in fluid mechanics and heat transfer that compares momentum diffusivity (viscosity) to thermal diffusivity, characterizing the relative thickness of velocity and thermal boundary layers.
E1369939 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: Prandtl number | Statement: [Ludwig Prandtl, notableFor, Prandtl number]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Prandtl number
Context triple: [Ludwig Prandtl, notableFor, Prandtl number]
  • A. Nusselt number
    The Nusselt number is a dimensionless quantity in heat transfer that measures the enhancement of heat transport by convection relative to pure conduction.
  • B. Knudsen number
    The Knudsen number is a dimensionless quantity in fluid dynamics that compares a gas’s molecular mean free path to a characteristic physical length scale, indicating whether continuum or rarefied flow models are appropriate.
  • C. Reynolds number
    The Reynolds number is a dimensionless quantity in fluid mechanics that characterizes the flow regime of a fluid, indicating whether it is laminar or turbulent based on the ratio of inertial to viscous forces.
  • D. Chandrasekhar number
    The Chandrasekhar number is a dimensionless quantity in magnetohydrodynamics that measures the relative importance of magnetic forces compared to viscous forces in a conducting fluid.
  • E. Froude number
    The Froude number is a dimensionless quantity in fluid dynamics that compares inertial forces to gravitational forces, commonly used to characterize flow regimes in open channels and around ships.
  • 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: Prandtl number
Triple: [Ludwig Prandtl, notableFor, Prandtl number]
Generated description
The Prandtl number is a dimensionless quantity in fluid mechanics and heat transfer that compares momentum diffusivity (viscosity) to thermal diffusivity, characterizing the relative thickness of velocity and thermal boundary layers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Prandtl number
Target entity description: The Prandtl number is a dimensionless quantity in fluid mechanics and heat transfer that compares momentum diffusivity (viscosity) to thermal diffusivity, characterizing the relative thickness of velocity and thermal boundary layers.
  • A. Nusselt number
    The Nusselt number is a dimensionless quantity in heat transfer that measures the enhancement of heat transport by convection relative to pure conduction.
  • B. Knudsen number
    The Knudsen number is a dimensionless quantity in fluid dynamics that compares a gas’s molecular mean free path to a characteristic physical length scale, indicating whether continuum or rarefied flow models are appropriate.
  • C. Reynolds number
    The Reynolds number is a dimensionless quantity in fluid mechanics that characterizes the flow regime of a fluid, indicating whether it is laminar or turbulent based on the ratio of inertial to viscous forces.
  • D. Chandrasekhar number
    The Chandrasekhar number is a dimensionless quantity in magnetohydrodynamics that measures the relative importance of magnetic forces compared to viscous forces in a conducting fluid.
  • E. Froude number
    The Froude number is a dimensionless quantity in fluid dynamics that compares inertial forces to gravitational forces, commonly used to characterize flow regimes in open channels and around ships.
  • F. None of above. chosen

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_69d8e8d13e3c81909d91d1d5ec37c095 completed April 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e60d868dd48190b1439a5f4ff58c48 completed April 20, 2026, 11:27 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0714640aa481909bd6b1ca617f35a7 completed May 15, 2026, 12:41 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0714eb6a0c8190bec7ae8ef785a4ab completed May 15, 2026, 12:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0718ee8adc8190a74685f9783ba5d5 completed May 15, 2026, 1 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:32 p.m.