Triple
T1139366
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cockburn |
E23413
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Pattison Cockburn
James Pattison Cockburn was a 19th-century British army officer and topographical artist known for his detailed landscape drawings and watercolors, particularly of Canada and Europe.
|
E158238
|
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: James Pattison Cockburn | Statement: [Cockburn, hasNotableBearer, James Pattison Cockburn]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Pattison Cockburn Context triple: [Cockburn, hasNotableBearer, James Pattison Cockburn]
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A.
Alexander McDougall
Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
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B.
William Kirkpatrick
William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
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C.
John MacGregor
John MacGregor is a British Conservative politician who held several senior government posts, including serving as a Cabinet minister under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and John Major.
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D.
Thomas Montgomerie
Thomas Montgomerie was a 19th-century British surveyor and officer of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, noted for his early mapping of the Karakoram and Himalaya.
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E.
M. H. Baillie Scott
M. H. Baillie Scott was a British architect and designer renowned for his influential domestic architecture and interiors that helped define the Arts and Crafts aesthetic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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: James Pattison Cockburn Triple: [Cockburn, hasNotableBearer, James Pattison Cockburn]
Generated description
James Pattison Cockburn was a 19th-century British army officer and topographical artist known for his detailed landscape drawings and watercolors, particularly of Canada and Europe.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Pattison Cockburn Target entity description: James Pattison Cockburn was a 19th-century British army officer and topographical artist known for his detailed landscape drawings and watercolors, particularly of Canada and Europe.
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A.
Alexander McDougall
Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
-
B.
William Kirkpatrick
William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
-
C.
John MacGregor
John MacGregor is a British Conservative politician who held several senior government posts, including serving as a Cabinet minister under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and John Major.
-
D.
Thomas Montgomerie
Thomas Montgomerie was a 19th-century British surveyor and officer of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, noted for his early mapping of the Karakoram and Himalaya.
-
E.
M. H. Baillie Scott
M. H. Baillie Scott was a British architect and designer renowned for his influential domestic architecture and interiors that helped define the Arts and Crafts aesthetic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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_69acd46d2f748190997c662f7c29e990 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:44 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acd6a03b70819096bdf7ec3b447756 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:53 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69acd71971448190940136b8a44040be |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:55 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.