Triple

T16885171
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Warren Cowgill E421520 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Cowgill
Cowgill is a surname most notably associated with Warren Cowgill, an influential American linguist and Indo-Europeanist.
 E1238499 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: Cowgill | Statement: [Warren Cowgill, familyName, Cowgill]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Cowgill
Context triple: [Warren Cowgill, familyName, Cowgill]
  • A. Cowgill
    Cowgill is a small rural settlement in the Yorkshire Dales, known for its scenic landscape and traditional stone-built houses.
  • B. Scoggins
    Scoggins is a minor supporting character in the 1999 science fiction horror film "Deep Blue Sea," which centers on genetically enhanced sharks in an underwater research facility.
  • C. Cleghorn
    Cleghorn is a residential neighborhood within the city of Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
  • D. Bowning
    Bowning is a small rural village in New South Wales, Australia, known for its historic buildings and location near the Hume Highway west of Yass.
  • E. McCauley
    McCauley is the maiden surname of Rosa Parks, the prominent American civil rights activist known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
  • 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: Cowgill
Triple: [Warren Cowgill, familyName, Cowgill]
Generated description
Cowgill is a surname most notably associated with Warren Cowgill, an influential American linguist and Indo-Europeanist.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Cowgill
Target entity description: Cowgill is a surname most notably associated with Warren Cowgill, an influential American linguist and Indo-Europeanist.
  • A. Cowgill
    Cowgill is a small rural settlement in the Yorkshire Dales, known for its scenic landscape and traditional stone-built houses.
  • B. Scoggins
    Scoggins is a minor supporting character in the 1999 science fiction horror film "Deep Blue Sea," which centers on genetically enhanced sharks in an underwater research facility.
  • C. Cleghorn
    Cleghorn is a residential neighborhood within the city of Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
  • D. Bowning
    Bowning is a small rural village in New South Wales, Australia, known for its historic buildings and location near the Hume Highway west of Yass.
  • E. McCauley
    McCauley is the maiden surname of Rosa Parks, the prominent American civil rights activist known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
  • 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_69d889d470fc8190b4aec199636c0c56 completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3bbc00cf8819088a08ddb00cd3c96 completed April 18, 2026, 5:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00c2bcf290819098be9def471e02b8 completed May 10, 2026, 5:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00c3c25e9481908327bb6646212368 completed May 10, 2026, 5:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00c44e37b48190a62b315ddbbd4ec4 completed May 10, 2026, 5:45 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:29 a.m.