Triple

T1295134
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Smith Medal E27636 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object John Cosgrove
John Cosgrove is a distinguished geologist recognized for his significant contributions to structural geology, honored with the prestigious William Smith Medal.
E184715 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 Cosgrove | Statement: [William Smith Medal, notableRecipient, John Cosgrove]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Cosgrove
Context triple: [William Smith Medal, notableRecipient, John Cosgrove]
  • A. John Rauch
    John Rauch was an American football coach best known for leading the Oakland Raiders to Super Bowl II and for his successful tenure in the American Football League.
  • B. Donald M. Nelson
    Donald M. Nelson was an American business executive and government official who directed U.S. industrial mobilization for World War II as head of key wartime production agencies.
  • C. Milton Van Dyke
    Milton Van Dyke was an influential American fluid dynamicist and author known for his classic works on aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, including the widely used reference "An Album of Fluid Motion."
  • D. David Drumlin
    David Drumlin is a high-ranking government science advisor and political figure in the science fiction film "Contact," often serving as a skeptical foil to the protagonist Ellie Arroway.
  • E. John Gilroy
    John Gilroy is a film editor known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the science-fiction monster film "Pacific Rim."
  • 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 Cosgrove
Triple: [William Smith Medal, notableRecipient, John Cosgrove]
Generated description
John Cosgrove is a distinguished geologist recognized for his significant contributions to structural geology, honored with the prestigious William Smith Medal.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Cosgrove
Target entity description: John Cosgrove is a distinguished geologist recognized for his significant contributions to structural geology, honored with the prestigious William Smith Medal.
  • A. John Rauch
    John Rauch was an American football coach best known for leading the Oakland Raiders to Super Bowl II and for his successful tenure in the American Football League.
  • B. Donald M. Nelson
    Donald M. Nelson was an American business executive and government official who directed U.S. industrial mobilization for World War II as head of key wartime production agencies.
  • C. Milton Van Dyke
    Milton Van Dyke was an influential American fluid dynamicist and author known for his classic works on aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, including the widely used reference "An Album of Fluid Motion."
  • D. David Drumlin
    David Drumlin is a high-ranking government science advisor and political figure in the science fiction film "Contact," often serving as a skeptical foil to the protagonist Ellie Arroway.
  • E. John Gilroy
    John Gilroy is a film editor known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the science-fiction monster film "Pacific Rim."
  • 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_69a496d6682881909ba658f1c1e0e2b0 completed March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c0f4031481908f5e3a53d8a72929 completed March 1, 2026, 10:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad58a6e0088190b35258a6accb0440 completed March 8, 2026, 11:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad5a2d88648190aa22744e4d9ac9d2 completed March 8, 2026, 11:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad5ad5f50c81908541eb94bb1236b6 completed March 8, 2026, 11:17 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.