Triple

T8598566
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject George Cowan E203614 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Cowan
Cowan is a Scottish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, science, and the arts.
 E744763 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: Cowan | Statement: [George Cowan, familyName, Cowan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Cowan
Context triple: [George Cowan, familyName, Cowan]
  • A. Cowens
    Cowens is the surname of Dave Cowens, a Hall of Fame American basketball player best known for his career with the Boston Celtics.
  • B. Cowgill
    Cowgill is a small rural settlement in the Yorkshire Dales, known for its scenic landscape and traditional stone-built houses.
  • C. Crouse
    Crouse is a surname most notably associated with American actress Lindsay Crouse and her family.
  • D. Wylie
    Wylie is a suburban city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area in northeastern Texas.
  • E. Stowell
    Stowell is an English surname notably borne by Baroness Stowell of Beeston, a British Conservative politician and life peer.
  • 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: Cowan
Triple: [George Cowan, familyName, Cowan]
Generated description
Cowan is a Scottish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, science, and the arts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Cowan
Target entity description: Cowan is a Scottish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, science, and the arts.
  • A. Cowens
    Cowens is the surname of Dave Cowens, a Hall of Fame American basketball player best known for his career with the Boston Celtics.
  • B. Cowgill
    Cowgill is a small rural settlement in the Yorkshire Dales, known for its scenic landscape and traditional stone-built houses.
  • C. Crouse
    Crouse is a surname most notably associated with American actress Lindsay Crouse and her family.
  • D. Wylie
    Wylie is a suburban city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area in northeastern Texas.
  • E. Stowell
    Stowell is an English surname notably borne by Baroness Stowell of Beeston, a British Conservative politician and life peer.
  • 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_69ca832b56948190ba751cec255308f1 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc46cc8b2081909c6aa45f8656f2ad completed March 31, 2026, 10:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cea8dd86d08190a7f8e674e16dd8b6 completed April 2, 2026, 5:35 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cea9d0dad0819095134f6f8cafb4c0 completed April 2, 2026, 5:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ceaa7025388190a3f17aca46d4858e completed April 2, 2026, 5:42 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:24 p.m.