Triple

T1139342
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cockburn E23413 entity
Predicate hasVariantSpelling P457 FINISHED
Object Coburn
Coburn is a surname and given name that serves as an alternative spelling of Cockburn, borne by various notable individuals in politics, entertainment, and other fields.
E129566 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: Coburn | Statement: [Cockburn, hasVariantSpelling, Coburn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coburn
Context triple: [Cockburn, hasVariantSpelling, Coburn]
  • A. Crapo
    Crapo is the middle name of William C. Durant, the American industrialist who co-founded General Motors and Chevrolet.
  • B. Reid
    Reid is a common Scottish and Irish surname that has been borne by numerous notable figures across fields such as science, politics, and the arts.
  • C. Vermont-Slauson
    Vermont-Slauson is a predominantly residential and commercial neighborhood in South Los Angeles known for its diverse community and urban character.
  • D. Harry Bright
    Harry Bright is one of the three possible fathers and central adult characters in the musical and film "Mamma Mia!", known for his reserved, uptight demeanor that contrasts with the story’s exuberant Greek-island setting.
  • E. Christian Chabot
    Christian Chabot is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of the data visualization software company Tableau.
  • 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: Coburn
Triple: [Cockburn, hasVariantSpelling, Coburn]
Generated description
Coburn is a surname and given name that serves as an alternative spelling of Cockburn, borne by various notable individuals in politics, entertainment, and other fields.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coburn
Target entity description: Coburn is a surname and given name that serves as an alternative spelling of Cockburn, borne by various notable individuals in politics, entertainment, and other fields.
  • A. Crapo
    Crapo is the middle name of William C. Durant, the American industrialist who co-founded General Motors and Chevrolet.
  • B. Reid
    Reid is a common Scottish and Irish surname that has been borne by numerous notable figures across fields such as science, politics, and the arts.
  • C. Vermont-Slauson
    Vermont-Slauson is a predominantly residential and commercial neighborhood in South Los Angeles known for its diverse community and urban character.
  • D. Harry Bright
    Harry Bright is one of the three possible fathers and central adult characters in the musical and film "Mamma Mia!", known for his reserved, uptight demeanor that contrasts with the story’s exuberant Greek-island setting.
  • E. Christian Chabot
    Christian Chabot is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of the data visualization software company Tableau.
  • 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_69a493ef399c8190b04b9146d2314f59 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bc27c88881909c64ec30b7f66575 completed March 1, 2026, 10:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac59b020d48190bc6ecbdb720c6779 completed March 7, 2026, 5 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac5a7599048190a46b0d560270ffa4 completed March 7, 2026, 5:03 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac5af24a948190a37c832508149a48 completed March 7, 2026, 5:05 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.