Triple

T21012063
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics E517572 entity
Predicate relatedWork P37 FINISHED
Object Thermodynamics by Josiah Willard Gibbs
"Thermodynamics" by Josiah Willard Gibbs is a foundational 19th-century treatise that rigorously formulates the principles of thermodynamics and introduces key concepts of chemical thermodynamics and energy transformations.
E1462787 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: Thermodynamics by Josiah Willard Gibbs | Statement: [Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics, relatedWork, Thermodynamics by Josiah Willard Gibbs]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thermodynamics by Josiah Willard Gibbs
Context triple: [Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics, relatedWork, Thermodynamics by Josiah Willard Gibbs]
  • A. Elements of Classical Thermodynamics
    Elements of Classical Thermodynamics is a foundational textbook by A. B. Pippard that systematically presents the principles and mathematical framework of classical thermodynamics for students and researchers in physics and engineering.
  • B. Thermodynamics and the Free Energy of Chemical Substances
    Thermodynamics and the Free Energy of Chemical Substances is a foundational 1923 textbook by Gilbert N. Lewis and Merle Randall that systematically applied thermodynamic principles to chemical equilibria and free energy, helping to establish modern physical chemistry.
  • C. Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics
    "Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics" is a foundational 1902 treatise by Josiah Willard Gibbs that rigorously established the theoretical framework of statistical mechanics and its connection to thermodynamics.
  • D. The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics, 1822–1854
    The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics, 1822–1854 is a scholarly historical study by Clifford Truesdell that critically and often wittily examines the development of thermodynamics and its key figures during the early nineteenth century.
  • E. On the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances
    On the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances is a foundational 1876–1878 treatise in thermodynamics by Josiah Willard Gibbs that introduced key concepts of chemical thermodynamics and phase equilibrium, including the Gibbs free energy.
  • 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: Thermodynamics by Josiah Willard Gibbs
Triple: [Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics, relatedWork, Thermodynamics by Josiah Willard Gibbs]
Generated description
"Thermodynamics" by Josiah Willard Gibbs is a foundational 19th-century treatise that rigorously formulates the principles of thermodynamics and introduces key concepts of chemical thermodynamics and energy transformations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thermodynamics by Josiah Willard Gibbs
Target entity description: "Thermodynamics" by Josiah Willard Gibbs is a foundational 19th-century treatise that rigorously formulates the principles of thermodynamics and introduces key concepts of chemical thermodynamics and energy transformations.
  • A. Elements of Classical Thermodynamics
    Elements of Classical Thermodynamics is a foundational textbook by A. B. Pippard that systematically presents the principles and mathematical framework of classical thermodynamics for students and researchers in physics and engineering.
  • B. Thermodynamics and the Free Energy of Chemical Substances
    Thermodynamics and the Free Energy of Chemical Substances is a foundational 1923 textbook by Gilbert N. Lewis and Merle Randall that systematically applied thermodynamic principles to chemical equilibria and free energy, helping to establish modern physical chemistry.
  • C. Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics
    "Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics" is a foundational 1902 treatise by Josiah Willard Gibbs that rigorously established the theoretical framework of statistical mechanics and its connection to thermodynamics.
  • D. The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics, 1822–1854
    The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics, 1822–1854 is a scholarly historical study by Clifford Truesdell that critically and often wittily examines the development of thermodynamics and its key figures during the early nineteenth century.
  • E. On the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances
    On the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances is a foundational 1876–1878 treatise in thermodynamics by Josiah Willard Gibbs that introduced key concepts of chemical thermodynamics and phase equilibrium, including the Gibbs free energy.
  • 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_69e0b50192308190a284fcc89dd23a49 completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6fc40f91c81908c9b6d99869de7aa completed April 21, 2026, 4:25 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a093b60b94081909bea5b8b0cf81447 completed May 17, 2026, 3:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a093d500adc8190ba08e8a6c1674563 completed May 17, 2026, 4 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a093e445e748190a20721d0718c71bc completed May 17, 2026, 4:04 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 1:53 p.m.