Triple
T3203209
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cotton Nero A.x |
E67098
|
entity |
| Predicate | formerOwner |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sir Robert Cotton
Sir Robert Cotton was an English antiquarian and politician best known for founding the Cotton Library, one of the most important collections of medieval manuscripts in Britain.
|
E335136
|
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: Sir Robert Cotton | Statement: [Cotton Nero A.x, formerOwner, Sir Robert Cotton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Robert Cotton Context triple: [Cotton Nero A.x, formerOwner, Sir Robert Cotton]
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A.
Thomas Bodley
Thomas Bodley was an English diplomat and scholar best known for refounding and endowing the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford in the early 17th century.
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B.
Sir William Holburne
Sir William Holburne was a 19th-century British art collector and aristocrat whose extensive collection of fine and decorative arts formed the foundation of the Holburne Museum in Bath.
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C.
Sir John Woodward
Sir John Woodward is a distinguished British geologist and academic leader known for his contributions to Earth sciences and higher education.
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D.
Theodore de Mayerne
Theodore de Mayerne was a prominent 17th-century Swiss-born physician and chemist who served as royal doctor in England and helped advance early modern medical and chemical practice.
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E.
Henry Savile
Henry Savile was an English scholar and classical translator best known for his role in the King James Bible translation and his work as Warden of Merton College, Oxford.
- 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: Sir Robert Cotton Triple: [Cotton Nero A.x, formerOwner, Sir Robert Cotton]
Generated description
Sir Robert Cotton was an English antiquarian and politician best known for founding the Cotton Library, one of the most important collections of medieval manuscripts in Britain.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Robert Cotton Target entity description: Sir Robert Cotton was an English antiquarian and politician best known for founding the Cotton Library, one of the most important collections of medieval manuscripts in Britain.
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A.
Thomas Bodley
Thomas Bodley was an English diplomat and scholar best known for refounding and endowing the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford in the early 17th century.
-
B.
Sir William Holburne
Sir William Holburne was a 19th-century British art collector and aristocrat whose extensive collection of fine and decorative arts formed the foundation of the Holburne Museum in Bath.
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C.
Sir John Woodward
Sir John Woodward is a distinguished British geologist and academic leader known for his contributions to Earth sciences and higher education.
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D.
Theodore de Mayerne
Theodore de Mayerne was a prominent 17th-century Swiss-born physician and chemist who served as royal doctor in England and helped advance early modern medical and chemical practice.
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E.
Henry Savile
Henry Savile was an English scholar and classical translator best known for his role in the King James Bible translation and his work as Warden of Merton College, Oxford.
- 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_69ad8589bd988190afa7ed2bdffb7b33 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ada9b188a88190b7b5e9b3be9410db |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:54 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b24bc7772c8190b286141dac5ea778 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:14 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b24ca05434819080ee515b1e7bdcb4 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:18 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b24d19250c81908a9c3ac95b83a473 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:20 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:07 p.m.