Triple

T1139389
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cockburn E23413 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object John Cockburn (theologian)
John Cockburn was a Scottish Presbyterian minister and theologian of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, known for his controversial views and involvement in church disputes.
E129567 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: John Cockburn (theologian) | Statement: [Cockburn, hasNotableBearer, John Cockburn (theologian)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Cockburn (theologian)
Context triple: [Cockburn, hasNotableBearer, John Cockburn (theologian)]
  • A. David Willcocks
    David Willcocks was a renowned British choral conductor, organist, and composer, celebrated especially for his influential work with English cathedral and collegiate choirs and his widely used Christmas carol arrangements.
  • B. Henry Wardlaw
    Henry Wardlaw was a 15th-century Scottish bishop and royal advisor best known for establishing the University of St Andrews, Scotland’s oldest university.
  • C. Ninian Edwards
    Ninian Edwards was an early American politician who served as the territorial governor of Illinois and later as a U.S. Senator and the third governor of the state.
  • D. William White
    William White was an influential early American Episcopal bishop and church leader who helped shape the post-Revolutionary Anglican tradition in the United States.
  • E. John Owen
    John Owen was a prominent 17th-century English Puritan theologian and pastor known for his influential writings on Reformed doctrine and Christian spirituality.
  • 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: John Cockburn (theologian)
Triple: [Cockburn, hasNotableBearer, John Cockburn (theologian)]
Generated description
John Cockburn was a Scottish Presbyterian minister and theologian of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, known for his controversial views and involvement in church disputes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Cockburn (theologian)
Target entity description: John Cockburn was a Scottish Presbyterian minister and theologian of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, known for his controversial views and involvement in church disputes.
  • A. David Willcocks
    David Willcocks was a renowned British choral conductor, organist, and composer, celebrated especially for his influential work with English cathedral and collegiate choirs and his widely used Christmas carol arrangements.
  • B. Henry Wardlaw
    Henry Wardlaw was a 15th-century Scottish bishop and royal advisor best known for establishing the University of St Andrews, Scotland’s oldest university.
  • C. Ninian Edwards
    Ninian Edwards was an early American politician who served as the territorial governor of Illinois and later as a U.S. Senator and the third governor of the state.
  • D. William White
    William White was an influential early American Episcopal bishop and church leader who helped shape the post-Revolutionary Anglican tradition in the United States.
  • E. John Owen
    John Owen was a prominent 17th-century English Puritan theologian and pastor known for his influential writings on Reformed doctrine and Christian spirituality.
  • 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_69a493ef399c8190b04b9146d2314f59 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bc27c88881909c64ec30b7f66575 completed March 1, 2026, 10:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac59b020d48190bc6ecbdb720c6779 completed March 7, 2026, 5 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac5a7599048190a46b0d560270ffa4 completed March 7, 2026, 5:03 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac5af24a948190a37c832508149a48 completed March 7, 2026, 5:05 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.