Triple
T49004
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cotton Mather |
E963
|
entity |
| Predicate | givenName |
P17
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, natural fiber harvested from the seed pods of cotton plants and widely used in textiles and clothing.
|
E3906
|
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 | Statement: [Cotton Mather, givenName, Cotton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cotton Context triple: [Cotton Mather, givenName, Cotton]
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A.
Cottonopolis
Cottonopolis is a historical nickname for Manchester, England, reflecting its prominence as a major center of the cotton and textile industry during the Industrial Revolution.
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B.
Bluebonnet
Bluebonnet is a vibrant blue wildflower, especially known for carpeting Texas fields each spring and serving as a symbol of the state's natural beauty.
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C.
Ulmus
Ulmus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as elms, widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere and valued for their distinctive vase-shaped form and use in landscaping and timber.
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D.
Rosales
Rosales is an order of flowering plants that includes many familiar trees, shrubs, and herbs such as elms, roses, and nettles.
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E.
The Bean
The Bean is a famous stainless steel public sculpture by artist Anish Kapoor located in Chicago’s Millennium Park, renowned for its highly polished, reflective surface and iconic, bean-like shape.
- 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 Triple: [Cotton Mather, givenName, Cotton]
Generated description
Cotton is a soft, natural fiber harvested from the seed pods of cotton plants and widely used in textiles and clothing.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cotton Target entity description: Cotton is a soft, natural fiber harvested from the seed pods of cotton plants and widely used in textiles and clothing.
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A.
Cottonopolis
Cottonopolis is a historical nickname for Manchester, England, reflecting its prominence as a major center of the cotton and textile industry during the Industrial Revolution.
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B.
Bluebonnet
Bluebonnet is a vibrant blue wildflower, especially known for carpeting Texas fields each spring and serving as a symbol of the state's natural beauty.
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C.
Flagg
Flagg is a surname most notably associated with American artist and illustrator James Montgomery Flagg, famed for creating the iconic "I Want YOU for U.S. Army" Uncle Sam poster.
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D.
Shannon
Shannon is a common Irish surname that originates from the River Shannon and is borne by numerous notable individuals, including mathematician and information theorist Claude Shannon.
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E.
Ulmus
Ulmus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as elms, widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere and valued for their distinctive vase-shaped form and use in landscaping and timber.
- 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_69a2480baefc81909951b14058479aa2 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:42 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a24af3e4a88190abe2f0c5a0e83ff3 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:55 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a24e659ac48190a11b70a85867d784 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:09 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a24eff3f0881909b46502175682d99 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:12 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a2542d9b388190bcc4581c3b79aa51 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:34 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:47 a.m.