Triple
T9486384
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cochran |
E228771
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Gemmell Cochran
William Gemmell Cochran was a prominent Scottish statistician known for his foundational contributions to experimental design, sampling techniques, and the development of modern statistical theory.
|
E838227
|
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: William Gemmell Cochran | Statement: [Cochran, hasNotableBearer, William Gemmell Cochran]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Gemmell Cochran Context triple: [Cochran, hasNotableBearer, William Gemmell Cochran]
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A.
Robert Alexander Cochran
Robert Alexander Cochran is the birth name of American film and television actor Steve Cochran, known for his tough-guy roles in mid-20th-century Hollywood crime dramas and Westerns.
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B.
John Ernest Dunn
John Ernest Dunn was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of JE Dunn Construction, one of the largest construction companies in the United States.
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C.
Walter Francis Brown
Walter Francis Brown was an American illustrator and artist best known for his work on 19th-century books and periodicals, including providing illustrations for Mark Twain’s travel writings.
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D.
C. Donald Cook
C. Donald Cook was an American businessman and philanthropist known for his leadership in the financial industry and civic contributions, and is interred at Putnam Cemetery in Greenwich, Connecticut.
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E.
Oswald T. Campbell
Oswald T. Campbell is the lonely, ailing man who finds unexpected community, healing, and hope in a small Alabama town in Fannie Flagg’s novel "A Redbird Christmas."
- 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: William Gemmell Cochran Triple: [Cochran, hasNotableBearer, William Gemmell Cochran]
Generated description
William Gemmell Cochran was a prominent Scottish statistician known for his foundational contributions to experimental design, sampling techniques, and the development of modern statistical theory.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Gemmell Cochran Target entity description: William Gemmell Cochran was a prominent Scottish statistician known for his foundational contributions to experimental design, sampling techniques, and the development of modern statistical theory.
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A.
Robert Alexander Cochran
Robert Alexander Cochran is the birth name of American film and television actor Steve Cochran, known for his tough-guy roles in mid-20th-century Hollywood crime dramas and Westerns.
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B.
John Ernest Dunn
John Ernest Dunn was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of JE Dunn Construction, one of the largest construction companies in the United States.
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C.
Walter Francis Brown
Walter Francis Brown was an American illustrator and artist best known for his work on 19th-century books and periodicals, including providing illustrations for Mark Twain’s travel writings.
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D.
C. Donald Cook
C. Donald Cook was an American businessman and philanthropist known for his leadership in the financial industry and civic contributions, and is interred at Putnam Cemetery in Greenwich, Connecticut.
-
E.
Oswald T. Campbell
Oswald T. Campbell is the lonely, ailing man who finds unexpected community, healing, and hope in a small Alabama town in Fannie Flagg’s novel "A Redbird Christmas."
- 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_69ca84730a5081908de282651019bf2f |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:10 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd8051303881909566126a2688e41c |
completed | April 1, 2026, 8:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d29999e9248190b2f1900fa7ad3da5 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 5:19 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d29b28f48081909f7e0487800ebe52 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 5:26 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d29be3713c819089843c4ec2be93f1 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 5:29 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:55 p.m.