Triple

T2923348
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject National Secular Society E78783 entity
Predicate hasFormerPresident P32134 FINISHED
Object Denis Cobell
Denis Cobell is a British secularist and activist known for his leadership role in promoting secularism and separation of religion and state in the UK.
 E309538 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: Denis Cobell | Statement: [National Secular Society, hasFormerPresident, Denis Cobell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Denis Cobell
Context triple: [National Secular Society, hasFormerPresident, Denis Cobell]
  • A. Ray Nicolette
    Ray Nicolette is a fictional ATF agent who appears in Elmore Leonard’s crime novels and their film adaptations, notably portrayed by Michael Keaton in "Jackie Brown" and "Out of Sight."
  • B. Dennis Yost
    Dennis Yost was an American singer best known as the lead vocalist of the 1960s and 1970s soft rock group Classics IV, noted for hits like "Spooky" and "Traces."
  • C. Don Brautigam
    Don Brautigam was an American illustrator best known for his striking, realistic cover art for horror and thriller novels, including works by Stephen King.
  • D. John Bowers
    John Bowers is a prominent American engineer and physicist renowned for his pioneering contributions to photonics and optoelectronics, particularly in the development of high-speed and energy-efficient optical communication technologies.
  • E. Alan Osbiston
    Alan Osbiston was a British film editor known for his work on notable mid-20th-century films, including major war and drama productions.
  • 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: Denis Cobell
Triple: [National Secular Society, hasFormerPresident, Denis Cobell]
Generated description
Denis Cobell is a British secularist and activist known for his leadership role in promoting secularism and separation of religion and state in the UK.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Denis Cobell
Target entity description: Denis Cobell is a British secularist and activist known for his leadership role in promoting secularism and separation of religion and state in the UK.
  • A. Ray Nicolette
    Ray Nicolette is a fictional ATF agent who appears in Elmore Leonard’s crime novels and their film adaptations, notably portrayed by Michael Keaton in "Jackie Brown" and "Out of Sight."
  • B. Dennis Yost
    Dennis Yost was an American singer best known as the lead vocalist of the 1960s and 1970s soft rock group Classics IV, noted for hits like "Spooky" and "Traces."
  • C. Don Brautigam
    Don Brautigam was an American illustrator best known for his striking, realistic cover art for horror and thriller novels, including works by Stephen King.
  • D. John Bowers
    John Bowers is a prominent American engineer and physicist renowned for his pioneering contributions to photonics and optoelectronics, particularly in the development of high-speed and energy-efficient optical communication technologies.
  • E. Alan Osbiston
    Alan Osbiston was a British film editor known for his work on notable mid-20th-century films, including major war and drama productions.
  • 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_69ad8b0c2ad081909ff87050ae542bb9 completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad9e0fec048190bdd70c60ec5c92cd completed March 8, 2026, 4:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b056375b5c819081c7d4fd506cbf25 completed March 10, 2026, 5:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b05f640afc8190bf9b5b90ff7c9b0e completed March 10, 2026, 6:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b06010c1948190a2e13084a79b106b completed March 10, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:55 p.m.