Triple

T13936643
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sir Robert Cotton E335136 entity
Predicate nobleFamily P914 FINISHED
Object Cotton family
The Cotton family is an English noble lineage best known for producing Sir Robert Cotton, the antiquarian and founder of the Cottonian Library, one of the most important collections of medieval manuscripts.
E1069554 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: Cotton family | Statement: [Sir Robert Cotton, nobleFamily, Cotton family]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cotton family
Context triple: [Sir Robert Cotton, nobleFamily, Cotton family]
  • A. Lee family
    The Lee family is a prominent American dynasty from Virginia, historically influential in politics and the military and best known for producing figures such as Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
  • B. Lee family
    The Lee family is an English noble lineage historically associated with the title of Earl of Lichfield in its second creation.
  • C. Lee family
    The Lee family is a prominent Taiwanese-American show business family that includes acclaimed filmmaker Ang Lee and his actor son Mason Lee.
  • D. Cunningham family
    The Cunningham family is a historic Scottish noble lineage associated with various titles and estates, including the barony of Cunningham of Hyndhope.
  • E. Cunningham family
    The Cunningham family is the central, wholesome Midwestern household featured in the classic American sitcom "Happy Days."
  • 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: Cotton family
Triple: [Sir Robert Cotton, nobleFamily, Cotton family]
Generated description
The Cotton family is an English noble lineage best known for producing Sir Robert Cotton, the antiquarian and founder of the Cottonian Library, one of the most important collections of medieval manuscripts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cotton family
Target entity description: The Cotton family is an English noble lineage best known for producing Sir Robert Cotton, the antiquarian and founder of the Cottonian Library, one of the most important collections of medieval manuscripts.
  • A. Lee family
    The Lee family is a prominent American dynasty from Virginia, historically influential in politics and the military and best known for producing figures such as Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
  • B. Lee family
    The Lee family is an English noble lineage historically associated with the title of Earl of Lichfield in its second creation.
  • C. Lee family
    The Lee family is a prominent Taiwanese-American show business family that includes acclaimed filmmaker Ang Lee and his actor son Mason Lee.
  • D. Cunningham family
    The Cunningham family is a historic Scottish noble lineage associated with various titles and estates, including the barony of Cunningham of Hyndhope.
  • E. Cunningham family
    The Cunningham family is the central, wholesome Midwestern household featured in the classic American sitcom "Happy Days."
  • 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_69d81c5f739081908bc05b2461f54828 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de2cf42878819085146670d7b92605 completed April 14, 2026, 12:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7ce880a98819086ae25d3408bc723 completed May 3, 2026, 10:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7cf24c9d88190b6e93859cb3659ef completed May 3, 2026, 10:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7cfa34a448190affb5b86efc37cf4 completed May 3, 2026, 10:43 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:17 p.m.