Triple

T11152012
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rosie Cotton E263808 entity
Predicate sibling P363 FINISHED
Object Nick Cotton
Nick Cotton is a minor hobbit character from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, known primarily as a member of the Cotton family of the Shire.
 E906969 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: Nick Cotton | Statement: [Rosie Cotton, sibling, Nick Cotton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nick Cotton
Context triple: [Rosie Cotton, sibling, Nick Cotton]
  • A. Ben Cotton
    Ben Cotton is a Canadian actor known for his roles in science fiction and genre television series and films.
  • B. Paul Kershaw
    Paul Kershaw is a Canadian policy scholar and founder of the Generation Squeeze campaign, known for his research and advocacy on generational inequality and housing affordability.
  • C. Ian Roberts
    Ian Roberts is a South African actor best known for his roles in film, television, and stage productions, often portraying rugged or authoritative characters.
  • D. Ian Roberts
    Ian Roberts is an American comedian, writer, and actor best known as a founding member of the Upright Citizens Brigade and a producer and writer on various sketch comedy projects.
  • E. Michael Carroll
    Michael Carroll is a science fiction fan and writer best known for his work as a co-editor of the fanzine Journey Planet.
  • 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: Nick Cotton
Triple: [Rosie Cotton, sibling, Nick Cotton]
Generated description
Nick Cotton is a minor hobbit character from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, known primarily as a member of the Cotton family of the Shire.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nick Cotton
Target entity description: Nick Cotton is a minor hobbit character from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, known primarily as a member of the Cotton family of the Shire.
  • A. Ben Cotton
    Ben Cotton is a Canadian actor known for his roles in science fiction and genre television series and films.
  • B. Paul Kershaw
    Paul Kershaw is a Canadian policy scholar and founder of the Generation Squeeze campaign, known for his research and advocacy on generational inequality and housing affordability.
  • C. Ian Roberts
    Ian Roberts is a South African actor best known for his roles in film, television, and stage productions, often portraying rugged or authoritative characters.
  • D. Ian Roberts
    Ian Roberts is an American comedian, writer, and actor best known as a founding member of the Upright Citizens Brigade and a producer and writer on various sketch comedy projects.
  • E. Michael Carroll
    Michael Carroll is a science fiction fan and writer best known for his work as a co-editor of the fanzine Journey Planet.
  • 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_69d6aa9ccddc8190868998c8b7beb060 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e8719e74819095413abc6c79296c completed April 9, 2026, 5:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e4422ea8748190856d461e741193b9 completed April 19, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e44c0a9edc8190a184244ba63f1c8f completed April 19, 2026, 3:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e4513731fc8190be0bae62d1e16e6f completed April 19, 2026, 3:51 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:28 p.m.