Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject E. T. Whittaker E534858 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity
A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity is a scholarly historical survey tracing the development of physical theories about the luminiferous aether and electromagnetism from the 17th century through the early 20th century.
E1495919 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: A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity | Statement: [E. T. Whittaker, notableWork, A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity
Context triple: [E. T. Whittaker, notableWork, A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity]
  • A. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism
    A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism is James Clerk Maxwell’s foundational 19th-century work that systematically formulated the classical theory of electromagnetism, including the famous Maxwell’s equations.
  • B. A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field
    A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field is James Clerk Maxwell’s landmark 1865 paper that mathematically formulated the classical theory of electromagnetism and introduced what are now known as Maxwell’s equations.
  • C. The Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism
    The Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism is a classic early 20th-century textbook by James Jeans that systematically develops the theoretical foundations of electromagnetism using advanced mathematical methods.
  • D. An Essay on the Application of Mathematical Analysis to the Theories of Electricity and Magnetism
    An Essay on the Application of Mathematical Analysis to the Theories of Electricity and Magnetism is George Green’s foundational 1828 work that introduced key concepts such as Green’s functions and Green’s theorem, profoundly influencing mathematical physics and electromagnetic theory.
  • E. The Progress of Physics in the Nineteenth Century
    "The Progress of Physics in the Nineteenth Century" is a historical and analytical survey of major advances in physics during the 1800s, written by physicist Arthur Schuster.
  • 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: A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity
Triple: [E. T. Whittaker, notableWork, A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity]
Generated description
A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity is a scholarly historical survey tracing the development of physical theories about the luminiferous aether and electromagnetism from the 17th century through the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity
Target entity description: A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity is a scholarly historical survey tracing the development of physical theories about the luminiferous aether and electromagnetism from the 17th century through the early 20th century.
  • A. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism
    A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism is James Clerk Maxwell’s foundational 19th-century work that systematically formulated the classical theory of electromagnetism, including the famous Maxwell’s equations.
  • B. A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field
    A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field is James Clerk Maxwell’s landmark 1865 paper that mathematically formulated the classical theory of electromagnetism and introduced what are now known as Maxwell’s equations.
  • C. The Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism
    The Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism is a classic early 20th-century textbook by James Jeans that systematically develops the theoretical foundations of electromagnetism using advanced mathematical methods.
  • D. An Essay on the Application of Mathematical Analysis to the Theories of Electricity and Magnetism
    An Essay on the Application of Mathematical Analysis to the Theories of Electricity and Magnetism is George Green’s foundational 1828 work that introduced key concepts such as Green’s functions and Green’s theorem, profoundly influencing mathematical physics and electromagnetic theory.
  • E. The Progress of Physics in the Nineteenth Century
    "The Progress of Physics in the Nineteenth Century" is a historical and analytical survey of major advances in physics during the 1800s, written by physicist Arthur Schuster.
  • 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_69e0c46898008190aa618a4af55bd1ee completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ef8a0badd08190ad2ec2b8e46be379 completed April 27, 2026, 4:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a15a7a19c8190a38ef90422f7feeb completed May 17, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a16ac5ee881909ede61c149be61fa completed May 17, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a17d9a48881908d9858e40d41674c completed May 17, 2026, 7:32 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:37 p.m.