Triple

T15478908
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Science and Civilisation in China E376860 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object Christopher Cullen NE ONDG

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: Christopher Cullen | Statement: [Science and Civilisation in China, coAuthor, Christopher Cullen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Christopher Cullen
Context triple: [Science and Civilisation in China, coAuthor, Christopher Cullen]
  • A. Glenn Cullen
    Glenn Cullen is a beleaguered political adviser in the British satirical television series "The Thick of It," known for his earnestness, anxiety, and frequent misfortune within the brutal world of government spin.
  • B. Andy Cullen
    Andy Cullen is a fictional character from the classic 1950 film noir "The Man Who Cheated Himself."
  • C. Christopher Murney
    Christopher Murney is an American character actor and voice actor known for his work in film, television, and animation, including a prominent role on the series "Remember WENN."
  • D. Jim Creeggan
    Jim Creeggan is a Canadian musician best known as the longtime bassist and backing vocalist for the rock band Barenaked Ladies.
  • E. Paul McCollough
    Paul McCollough is a film composer best known for scoring the 1990 remake of "Night of the Living Dead."
  • 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: Christopher Cullen
Triple: [Science and Civilisation in China, coAuthor, Christopher Cullen]
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Christopher Cullen
Target entity description: Christopher Cullen is a British sinologist and historian of science known for his scholarship on ancient Chinese astronomy and mathematics, including major contributions to the multi-volume series "Science and Civilisation in China."
  • A. Glenn Cullen
    Glenn Cullen is a beleaguered political adviser in the British satirical television series "The Thick of It," known for his earnestness, anxiety, and frequent misfortune within the brutal world of government spin.
  • B. Andy Cullen
    Andy Cullen is a fictional character from the classic 1950 film noir "The Man Who Cheated Himself."
  • C. Christopher Murney
    Christopher Murney is an American character actor and voice actor known for his work in film, television, and animation, including a prominent role on the series "Remember WENN."
  • D. Jim Creeggan
    Jim Creeggan is a Canadian musician best known as the longtime bassist and backing vocalist for the rock band Barenaked Ladies.
  • E. Paul McCollough
    Paul McCollough is a film composer best known for scoring the 1990 remake of "Night of the Living Dead."
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (4 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_69d85cd21dcc81908646251b1c26ea00 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e03f8a77a081909f12f13660452f4a completed April 16, 2026, 1:46 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01953c493c819084850ab8e7f0d261 completed May 11, 2026, 8:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a01963971248190b5e2b0b77eb7cbfe in_progress May 11, 2026, 8:41 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:34 a.m.