Triple
T20607051
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Beowulf Manuscript |
E506336
|
entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object | British Library Cotton Vitellius A XV (part 2) |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: British Library Cotton Vitellius A XV (part 2) | Statement: [Beowulf Manuscript, alsoKnownAs, British Library Cotton Vitellius A XV (part 2)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Library Cotton Vitellius A XV (part 2) Context triple: [Beowulf Manuscript, alsoKnownAs, British Library Cotton Vitellius A XV (part 2)]
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A.
British Library Cotton Vitellius A. xv
chosen
British Library Cotton Vitellius A. xv is a famous early medieval manuscript best known for preserving the sole surviving copy of the Old English epic Beowulf alongside other important texts.
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B.
Vitellius A XV in Cotton’s bust-and-shelf system
Vitellius A XV in Cotton’s bust-and-shelf system is the shelfmark designation for a specific manuscript volume in Sir Robert Cotton’s historic library, organized by Roman bust names and letter–number positions.
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C.
British Library Cotton Collection
The British Library Cotton Collection is a historically significant assemblage of medieval and early modern manuscripts and documents, many of which were gathered by the antiquarian Sir Robert Cotton and now form a core part of the British Library’s manuscript holdings.
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D.
London, British Library, Cotton MS Claudius B.iv
London, British Library, Cotton MS Claudius B.iv is an illuminated early medieval manuscript containing the Old English prose translation of the first six books of the Bible, notable for its extensive vernacular text and illustrations.
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E.
Cottonian Library manuscripts
The Cottonian Library manuscripts are a historically significant collection of medieval and early modern documents, including key Anglo-Saxon and British historical texts, assembled by Sir Robert Cotton and now held by the British Library.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69e0b4bb2b4081908fa4a72444120f35 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6aad394e8819080185187a8b3de93 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 10:38 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:41 a.m.