Triple

T14275085
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dot Cotton E353893 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object Nick Cotton
Nick Cotton is a notorious fictional villain from the British soap opera "EastEnders," known as the criminal and troublemaking son of Dot Cotton.
E1090542 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: Nick Cotton | Statement: [Dot Cotton, child, Nick Cotton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nick Cotton
Context triple: [Dot Cotton, child, Nick Cotton]
  • A. Nick Cotton
    Nick Cotton is a minor hobbit character from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, known primarily as a member of the Cotton family of the Shire.
  • B. Neil Cotton
    Neil Cotton is a character in the 2003 film adaptation of "I Capture the Castle," serving as one of the wealthy American brothers whose arrival disrupts and reshapes the lives of the eccentric Mortmain family.
  • C. Ben Cotton
    Ben Cotton is a Canadian actor known for his roles in science fiction and genre television series and films.
  • D. Paul Kershaw
    Paul Kershaw is a Canadian policy scholar and founder of the Generation Squeeze campaign, known for his research and advocacy on generational inequality and housing affordability.
  • E. Ian Roberts
    Ian Roberts is a South African actor best known for his roles in film, television, and stage productions, often portraying rugged or authoritative characters.
  • 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: Nick Cotton
Triple: [Dot Cotton, child, Nick Cotton]
Generated description
Nick Cotton is a notorious fictional villain from the British soap opera "EastEnders," known as the criminal and troublemaking son of Dot Cotton.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nick Cotton
Target entity description: Nick Cotton is a notorious fictional villain from the British soap opera "EastEnders," known as the criminal and troublemaking son of Dot Cotton.
  • A. Nick Cotton
    Nick Cotton is a minor hobbit character from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, known primarily as a member of the Cotton family of the Shire.
  • B. Neil Cotton
    Neil Cotton is a character in the 2003 film adaptation of "I Capture the Castle," serving as one of the wealthy American brothers whose arrival disrupts and reshapes the lives of the eccentric Mortmain family.
  • C. Ben Cotton
    Ben Cotton is a Canadian actor known for his roles in science fiction and genre television series and films.
  • D. Paul Kershaw
    Paul Kershaw is a Canadian policy scholar and founder of the Generation Squeeze campaign, known for his research and advocacy on generational inequality and housing affordability.
  • E. Ian Roberts
    Ian Roberts is a South African actor best known for his roles in film, television, and stage productions, often portraying rugged or authoritative characters.
  • 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_69d8278d25148190abf1a8c8f5f533ad completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de6582f5308190969f4cfd724d9139 completed April 14, 2026, 4:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd326d35808190bbf3f6bbc50554f4 completed May 8, 2026, 12:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd372c49d88190ad76477d24e48d59 completed May 8, 2026, 1:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd379feff081908a74d12782bedbee completed May 8, 2026, 1:08 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:10 a.m.