Triple

T5094244
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cotton Vitellius A XV E114827 entity
Predicate shelfmark P19913 FINISHED
Object Cotton MS Vitellius A XV
Cotton MS Vitellius A XV is the famous medieval manuscript in the British Library that contains the only surviving copy of the Old English epic poem Beowulf, along with other important texts.
E493768 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: Cotton MS Vitellius A XV | Statement: [Cotton Vitellius A XV, shelfmark, Cotton MS Vitellius A XV]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cotton MS Vitellius A XV
Context triple: [Cotton Vitellius A XV, shelfmark, Cotton MS Vitellius A XV]
  • A. Cotton Caligula A.ix
    Cotton Caligula A.ix is a medieval manuscript in the British Library that preserves one of the principal surviving copies of the Middle English poem "The Owl and the Nightingale."
  • B. Cotton MS Nero D IV
    Cotton MS Nero D IV is the British Library manuscript shelfmark for the Lindisfarne Gospels, an illuminated early medieval Gospel book famed for its intricate Insular art and Old English gloss.
  • C. Cotton
    Cotton is a soft, natural fiber harvested from the seed pods of cotton plants and widely used in textiles and clothing.
  • D. Cotten
    Cotten is a surname most notably associated with American actor Joseph Cotten, a prominent figure in classic Hollywood cinema.
  • E. Cotton Tufts
    Cotton Tufts was an 18th-century American physician and patriot from Massachusetts who was active in public affairs during the Revolutionary era.
  • 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: Cotton MS Vitellius A XV
Triple: [Cotton Vitellius A XV, shelfmark, Cotton MS Vitellius A XV]
Generated description
Cotton MS Vitellius A XV is the famous medieval manuscript in the British Library that contains the only surviving copy of the Old English epic poem Beowulf, along with other important texts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cotton MS Vitellius A XV
Target entity description: Cotton MS Vitellius A XV is the famous medieval manuscript in the British Library that contains the only surviving copy of the Old English epic poem Beowulf, along with other important texts.
  • A. Cotton Caligula A.ix
    Cotton Caligula A.ix is a medieval manuscript in the British Library that preserves one of the principal surviving copies of the Middle English poem "The Owl and the Nightingale."
  • B. Cotton MS Nero D IV
    Cotton MS Nero D IV is the British Library manuscript shelfmark for the Lindisfarne Gospels, an illuminated early medieval Gospel book famed for its intricate Insular art and Old English gloss.
  • C. Cotton
    Cotton is a soft, natural fiber harvested from the seed pods of cotton plants and widely used in textiles and clothing.
  • D. Cotten
    Cotten is a surname most notably associated with American actor Joseph Cotten, a prominent figure in classic Hollywood cinema.
  • E. Cotton Tufts
    Cotton Tufts was an 18th-century American physician and patriot from Massachusetts who was active in public affairs during the Revolutionary era.
  • 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_69bd443fc49c819089629c00e311310c completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd75454920819086e09d6055087e40 completed March 20, 2026, 4:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69beba76ef188190ab31623d1a44ebb9 completed March 21, 2026, 3:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bebb8e5f1c819082f0b59e9524d6e8 completed March 21, 2026, 3:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bebc30029081909b5c937308fefcf2 completed March 21, 2026, 3:41 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:40 p.m.