Triple
T1139394
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cockburn |
E23413
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Patrick Cockburn
Patrick Cockburn is a British journalist and author renowned for his in-depth reporting on Middle Eastern conflicts, particularly the Iraq War.
|
E129568
|
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: Patrick Cockburn | Statement: [Cockburn, hasNotableBearer, Patrick Cockburn]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patrick Cockburn Context triple: [Cockburn, hasNotableBearer, Patrick Cockburn]
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A.
Edward Luce
Edward Luce is a British journalist and author best known as a senior columnist and commentator on U.S. politics and global affairs for the Financial Times.
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B.
Peter Osnos
Peter Osnos is an American journalist, editor, and publisher best known as the founder of the PublicAffairs publishing house and for his influential role in political and current-affairs nonfiction.
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C.
Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens was a British-American author, journalist, and polemicist known for his sharp wit, contrarian views, and influential writings on religion, politics, and culture.
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D.
Juan Cole
Juan Cole is an American historian and commentator best known for his expertise on the modern Middle East and U.S. foreign policy.
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E.
Tom Engelhardt
Tom Engelhardt is an American editor, essayist, and critic best known for founding and running the political commentary site TomDispatch, where he writes extensively on U.S. foreign policy, militarism, and empire.
- 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: Patrick Cockburn Triple: [Cockburn, hasNotableBearer, Patrick Cockburn]
Generated description
Patrick Cockburn is a British journalist and author renowned for his in-depth reporting on Middle Eastern conflicts, particularly the Iraq War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patrick Cockburn Target entity description: Patrick Cockburn is a British journalist and author renowned for his in-depth reporting on Middle Eastern conflicts, particularly the Iraq War.
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A.
Edward Luce
Edward Luce is a British journalist and author best known as a senior columnist and commentator on U.S. politics and global affairs for the Financial Times.
-
B.
Peter Osnos
Peter Osnos is an American journalist, editor, and publisher best known as the founder of the PublicAffairs publishing house and for his influential role in political and current-affairs nonfiction.
-
C.
Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens was a British-American author, journalist, and polemicist known for his sharp wit, contrarian views, and influential writings on religion, politics, and culture.
-
D.
Juan Cole
Juan Cole is an American historian and commentator best known for his expertise on the modern Middle East and U.S. foreign policy.
-
E.
Tom Engelhardt
Tom Engelhardt is an American editor, essayist, and critic best known for founding and running the political commentary site TomDispatch, where he writes extensively on U.S. foreign policy, militarism, and empire.
- 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.