Triple

T23148361
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Werner Cahn E578254 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object “Spinodal Decomposition”
“Spinodal Decomposition” is a seminal work in materials science that introduced and developed the theory describing how certain mixtures spontaneously separate into distinct phases through continuous composition fluctuations rather than nucleation.
E574814 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: “Spinodal Decomposition” | Statement: [John Werner Cahn, notableWork, “Spinodal Decomposition”]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Spinodal Decomposition”
Context triple: [John Werner Cahn, notableWork, “Spinodal Decomposition”]
  • A. Ostwald ripening
    Ostwald ripening is a process in materials science where larger particles grow at the expense of smaller ones due to differences in solubility or chemical potential, leading to coarsening of the system over time.
  • B. Mullins–Sekerka instability
    The Mullins–Sekerka instability is a morphological instability that occurs during diffusion-limited solidification or crystal growth, leading to pattern formation such as dendrites at moving phase boundaries.
  • C. Becker–Döring theory of nucleation
    The Becker–Döring theory of nucleation is a classical kinetic model in statistical physics that describes how clusters of particles grow or shrink through the successive addition or loss of single monomers, providing a fundamental framework for understanding phase transitions and nucleation rates.
  • D. Cahn–Hilliard equation
    The Cahn–Hilliard equation is a nonlinear partial differential equation that models phase separation and coarsening in binary mixtures and other systems undergoing spinodal decomposition.
  • E. Landau–Peierls instability
    Landau–Peierls instability is a theoretical prediction in condensed matter physics that shows how long-wavelength thermal fluctuations destroy true long-range positional order in low-dimensional crystalline systems.
  • 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: “Spinodal Decomposition”
Triple: [John Werner Cahn, notableWork, “Spinodal Decomposition”]
Generated description
“Spinodal Decomposition” is a seminal work in materials science that introduced and developed the theory describing how certain mixtures spontaneously separate into distinct phases through continuous composition fluctuations rather than nucleation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Spinodal Decomposition”
Target entity description: “Spinodal Decomposition” is a seminal work in materials science that introduced and developed the theory describing how certain mixtures spontaneously separate into distinct phases through continuous composition fluctuations rather than nucleation.
  • A. Ostwald ripening
    Ostwald ripening is a process in materials science where larger particles grow at the expense of smaller ones due to differences in solubility or chemical potential, leading to coarsening of the system over time.
  • B. Mullins–Sekerka instability
    The Mullins–Sekerka instability is a morphological instability that occurs during diffusion-limited solidification or crystal growth, leading to pattern formation such as dendrites at moving phase boundaries.
  • C. Becker–Döring theory of nucleation
    The Becker–Döring theory of nucleation is a classical kinetic model in statistical physics that describes how clusters of particles grow or shrink through the successive addition or loss of single monomers, providing a fundamental framework for understanding phase transitions and nucleation rates.
  • D. Cahn–Hilliard equation chosen
    The Cahn–Hilliard equation is a nonlinear partial differential equation that models phase separation and coarsening in binary mixtures and other systems undergoing spinodal decomposition.
  • E. Landau–Peierls instability
    Landau–Peierls instability is a theoretical prediction in condensed matter physics that shows how long-wavelength thermal fluctuations destroy true long-range positional order in low-dimensional crystalline systems.
  • 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_69e245fb8de081908f0eba7b5fd75bc4 completed April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f18ecf9e9881908991ede784158f1e completed April 29, 2026, 4:53 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c30963b3c8190a4ffb48b03fbf77a completed May 19, 2026, 9:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c332f5ef08190ab7f6536eb719e04 completed May 19, 2026, 9:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c374ded1c8190b1d5c7a3ab521cf9 completed May 19, 2026, 10:11 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4:01 p.m.