Triple
T1479016
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alan Cottrell |
E30907
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Alan Howard Cottrell |
E30907
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Alan Howard Cottrell | Statement: [Alan Cottrell, birthName, Alan Howard Cottrell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Howard Cottrell Context triple: [Alan Cottrell, birthName, Alan Howard Cottrell]
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A.
Alan Cottrell
chosen
Alan Cottrell was a prominent British metallurgist and materials scientist renowned for his pioneering work on the mechanical properties of metals and their defects.
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B.
Richard Bristow
Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
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C.
Richard Hiscott
Richard Hiscott is an editor known for his work on the television series "Willow."
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D.
Garth Stevenson
Garth Stevenson is a Canadian-born double bassist and composer known for his atmospheric, nature-inspired film scores and solo work.
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E.
Ian Collie
Ian Collie is a film and television producer best known for his work on the biographical drama "Saving Mr. Banks."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a498fe55a88190ab7f9e40ace88e49 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c6739d2481909ea8d8e075f62cf3 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:06 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aeb3a390bc8190891ebd5d8a48d818 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:48 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:11 p.m.