Triple

T13936685
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cotton collection catalogue E335137 entity
Predicate relatedTo P37 FINISHED
Object Cottonian Library fire of 1731
The Cottonian Library fire of 1731 was a disastrous blaze at Ashburnham House in London that severely damaged or destroyed many priceless medieval and early modern manuscripts from Sir Robert Cotton’s renowned collection.
E1069558 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: Cottonian Library fire of 1731 | Statement: [Cotton collection catalogue, relatedTo, Cottonian Library fire of 1731]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cottonian Library fire of 1731
Context triple: [Cotton collection catalogue, relatedTo, Cottonian Library fire of 1731]
  • A. Great Fire of 1698 at Whitehall
    The Great Fire of 1698 at Whitehall was a devastating blaze that destroyed much of England’s principal royal residence, effectively ending the Palace of Whitehall’s role as the main seat of the monarchy.
  • B. Great Fire of 1834
    The Great Fire of 1834 was a devastating blaze that destroyed much of the Palace of Westminster in London, leading to its extensive 19th-century reconstruction.
  • C. 1992 Windsor Castle fire
    The 1992 Windsor Castle fire was a major blaze that severely damaged parts of Windsor Castle, prompting one of the largest restoration projects in British royal history.
  • D. Richmond Theatre fire
    The Richmond Theatre fire was a devastating 1811 blaze in Richmond, Virginia, that killed dozens of theatergoers and became one of the deadliest urban fires in early American history.
  • E. Great Fire of Wem
    The Great Fire of Wem was a devastating blaze that destroyed much of the small Shropshire market town of Wem in 1677.
  • 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: Cottonian Library fire of 1731
Triple: [Cotton collection catalogue, relatedTo, Cottonian Library fire of 1731]
Generated description
The Cottonian Library fire of 1731 was a disastrous blaze at Ashburnham House in London that severely damaged or destroyed many priceless medieval and early modern manuscripts from Sir Robert Cotton’s renowned collection.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cottonian Library fire of 1731
Target entity description: The Cottonian Library fire of 1731 was a disastrous blaze at Ashburnham House in London that severely damaged or destroyed many priceless medieval and early modern manuscripts from Sir Robert Cotton’s renowned collection.
  • A. Great Fire of 1698 at Whitehall
    The Great Fire of 1698 at Whitehall was a devastating blaze that destroyed much of England’s principal royal residence, effectively ending the Palace of Whitehall’s role as the main seat of the monarchy.
  • B. Great Fire of 1834
    The Great Fire of 1834 was a devastating blaze that destroyed much of the Palace of Westminster in London, leading to its extensive 19th-century reconstruction.
  • C. 1992 Windsor Castle fire
    The 1992 Windsor Castle fire was a major blaze that severely damaged parts of Windsor Castle, prompting one of the largest restoration projects in British royal history.
  • D. Richmond Theatre fire
    The Richmond Theatre fire was a devastating 1811 blaze in Richmond, Virginia, that killed dozens of theatergoers and became one of the deadliest urban fires in early American history.
  • E. Great Fire of Wem
    The Great Fire of Wem was a devastating blaze that destroyed much of the small Shropshire market town of Wem in 1677.
  • 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_69d81c5f739081908bc05b2461f54828 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de2cf42878819085146670d7b92605 completed April 14, 2026, 12:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7ce880a98819086ae25d3408bc723 completed May 3, 2026, 10:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7cf24c9d88190b6e93859cb3659ef completed May 3, 2026, 10:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7cfa34a448190affb5b86efc37cf4 completed May 3, 2026, 10:43 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:17 p.m.