Triple
T13895916
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | George Edward Lynch Cotton |
E334086
|
entity |
| Predicate | father |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Captain Thomas George D’Avenant Cotton
Captain Thomas George D’Avenant Cotton was a British Army officer of the 19th century and the son of Anglican bishop and educational reformer George Edward Lynch Cotton.
|
E1068730
|
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: Captain Thomas George D’Avenant Cotton | Statement: [George Edward Lynch Cotton, father, Captain Thomas George D’Avenant Cotton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Captain Thomas George D’Avenant Cotton Context triple: [George Edward Lynch Cotton, father, Captain Thomas George D’Avenant Cotton]
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A.
Captain Christopher Wreford-Brown
Captain Christopher Wreford-Brown is a Royal Navy officer best known for commanding the submarine HMS Conqueror during the Falklands War, when it torpedoed and sank the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano.
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B.
Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley
Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley was a British Army officer and colonial commander best known for his leadership and death during the First Boer War.
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C.
Ralph Abercromby
Ralph Abercromby was a British Army general and politician renowned for his leadership in the French Revolutionary Wars, particularly in campaigns in the Caribbean, Egypt, and the Low Countries.
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D.
Captain John Fane Charles Hamilton
Captain John Fane Charles Hamilton was a 19th-century British naval officer who served in the Royal Navy and was killed during the New Zealand Wars.
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E.
Sir Andrew Humphrey
Sir Andrew Humphrey was a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to the highest ranks of British military aviation, including serving as Chief of the Air Staff and later Chief of the Defence Staff in the 1970s.
- 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: Captain Thomas George D’Avenant Cotton Triple: [George Edward Lynch Cotton, father, Captain Thomas George D’Avenant Cotton]
Generated description
Captain Thomas George D’Avenant Cotton was a British Army officer of the 19th century and the son of Anglican bishop and educational reformer George Edward Lynch Cotton.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Captain Thomas George D’Avenant Cotton Target entity description: Captain Thomas George D’Avenant Cotton was a British Army officer of the 19th century and the son of Anglican bishop and educational reformer George Edward Lynch Cotton.
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A.
Captain Christopher Wreford-Brown
Captain Christopher Wreford-Brown is a Royal Navy officer best known for commanding the submarine HMS Conqueror during the Falklands War, when it torpedoed and sank the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano.
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B.
Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley
Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley was a British Army officer and colonial commander best known for his leadership and death during the First Boer War.
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C.
Ralph Abercromby
Ralph Abercromby was a British Army general and politician renowned for his leadership in the French Revolutionary Wars, particularly in campaigns in the Caribbean, Egypt, and the Low Countries.
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D.
Captain John Fane Charles Hamilton
Captain John Fane Charles Hamilton was a 19th-century British naval officer who served in the Royal Navy and was killed during the New Zealand Wars.
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E.
Sir Andrew Humphrey
Sir Andrew Humphrey was a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to the highest ranks of British military aviation, including serving as Chief of the Air Staff and later Chief of the Defence Staff in the 1970s.
- 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_69d81c5dd2d48190b7a5fc1e009de936 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de25d72c6c819093bf9c43136839d4 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 11:32 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f7c71eb1808190b0a3a28a8011e9c7 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 10:07 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f7c868bdfc8190a13379363d01568d |
completed | May 3, 2026, 10:12 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f7c9732d188190a8a7151d21e0a310 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 10:17 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:15 p.m.