Triple

T3685331
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Christopher Cockerell E78210 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Cockerell
Cockerell is an English surname notably borne by Sir Christopher Cockerell, the engineer and inventor of the hovercraft.
 E379169 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: Cockerell | Statement: [Christopher Cockerell, familyName, Cockerell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Cockerell
Context triple: [Christopher Cockerell, familyName, Cockerell]
  • A. Oberholtzer
    Oberholtzer is a German-origin surname, often associated with Mennonite and Amish families, that serves as a variant of the Overholt family name.
  • B. Maurus
    Maurus is a masculine given name of Latin origin, historically associated with early Christian saints and used as a variant of names like Maurice.
  • C. Bridgman
    Bridgman is a surname most notably associated with American physicist and Nobel laureate Percy Williams Bridgman, a pioneer in high-pressure physics.
  • D. Tizard
    Tizard is an English surname most notably associated with Sir Henry Tizard, a British chemist and key scientific adviser in the development of radar before and during World War II.
  • E. Heckel
    Heckel is a German surname most notably borne by Expressionist painter and printmaker Erich Heckel, a founding member of the Die Brücke art movement.
  • 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: Cockerell
Triple: [Christopher Cockerell, familyName, Cockerell]
Generated description
Cockerell is an English surname notably borne by Sir Christopher Cockerell, the engineer and inventor of the hovercraft.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Cockerell
Target entity description: Cockerell is an English surname notably borne by Sir Christopher Cockerell, the engineer and inventor of the hovercraft.
  • A. Oberholtzer
    Oberholtzer is a German-origin surname, often associated with Mennonite and Amish families, that serves as a variant of the Overholt family name.
  • B. Maurus
    Maurus is a masculine given name of Latin origin, historically associated with early Christian saints and used as a variant of names like Maurice.
  • C. Bridgman
    Bridgman is a surname most notably associated with American physicist and Nobel laureate Percy Williams Bridgman, a pioneer in high-pressure physics.
  • D. Tizard
    Tizard is an English surname most notably associated with Sir Henry Tizard, a British chemist and key scientific adviser in the development of radar before and during World War II.
  • E. Heckel
    Heckel is a German surname most notably borne by Expressionist painter and printmaker Erich Heckel, a founding member of the Die Brücke art movement.
  • 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_69ad85e285a081908f8cbfa9e2ed9b75 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc4c49b408190bc800bcf9745fe4f completed March 8, 2026, 6:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4c3bd473c8190b814689f3c76cada completed March 14, 2026, 2:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4c463b53c8190b3333fda95862545 completed March 14, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4c4ee4db88190810a1d49d757b2b6 completed March 14, 2026, 2:16 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:26 p.m.