Triple
T5568719
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ceratotherium simum cottoni |
E145942
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
British officer Cotton (epithet cottoni)
British officer Cotton (epithet cottoni) was a colonial-era British military figure after whom the northern white rhinoceros subspecies Ceratotherium simum cottoni was named.
|
E534358
|
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: British officer Cotton (epithet cottoni) | Statement: [Ceratotherium simum cottoni, namedAfter, British officer Cotton (epithet cottoni)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British officer Cotton (epithet cottoni) Context triple: [Ceratotherium simum cottoni, namedAfter, British officer Cotton (epithet cottoni)]
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A.
British military governor
A British military governor was the senior officer appointed by the United Kingdom to exercise executive authority and oversee civil and military affairs in a territory under British military occupation or administration.
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B.
Colonel Broadwood
Colonel Broadwood was a British Army officer best known for leading mounted troops during the Second Boer War, including at the Battle of Sanna's Post.
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C.
British General Ronald Scobie
British General Ronald Scobie was a senior British Army officer best known for commanding Allied and British forces in Greece during World War II, particularly in the turbulent period of the Greek Civil War.
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D.
British Commissioner
The British Commissioner was the chief colonial official responsible for administering the leased territory of Weihaiwei on behalf of the United Kingdom.
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E.
Sergeant-Major Hewson
Sergeant-Major Hewson was a British military non-commissioned officer noted for his prominent role in the events surrounding the Barrackpore incident of 1857 during the lead-up to the Indian Rebellion.
- 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: British officer Cotton (epithet cottoni) Triple: [Ceratotherium simum cottoni, namedAfter, British officer Cotton (epithet cottoni)]
Generated description
British officer Cotton (epithet cottoni) was a colonial-era British military figure after whom the northern white rhinoceros subspecies Ceratotherium simum cottoni was named.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British officer Cotton (epithet cottoni) Target entity description: British officer Cotton (epithet cottoni) was a colonial-era British military figure after whom the northern white rhinoceros subspecies Ceratotherium simum cottoni was named.
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A.
British military governor
A British military governor was the senior officer appointed by the United Kingdom to exercise executive authority and oversee civil and military affairs in a territory under British military occupation or administration.
-
B.
Colonel Broadwood
Colonel Broadwood was a British Army officer best known for leading mounted troops during the Second Boer War, including at the Battle of Sanna's Post.
-
C.
British General Ronald Scobie
British General Ronald Scobie was a senior British Army officer best known for commanding Allied and British forces in Greece during World War II, particularly in the turbulent period of the Greek Civil War.
-
D.
British Commissioner
The British Commissioner was the chief colonial official responsible for administering the leased territory of Weihaiwei on behalf of the United Kingdom.
-
E.
Sergeant-Major Hewson
Sergeant-Major Hewson was a British military non-commissioned officer noted for his prominent role in the events surrounding the Barrackpore incident of 1857 during the lead-up to the Indian Rebellion.
- 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_69c008fdae24819081aa002ad99cd966 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c0203789688190a0bab723186214ad |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c04d177d18819090018371d22c66a3 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:12 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c04e868cc48190bdb245ba52b9b938 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:18 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c04f0de68c8190817b525f2d8ef327 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:20 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:36 p.m.