Triple

T5094256
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cotton Vitellius A XV E114827 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Cotton collection of manuscripts
The Cotton collection of manuscripts is a historically significant assemblage of medieval and early modern manuscripts formed by Sir Robert Cotton, now one of the core holdings of the British Library.
E493769 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 collection of manuscripts | Statement: [Cotton Vitellius A XV, partOf, Cotton collection of manuscripts]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cotton collection of manuscripts
Context triple: [Cotton Vitellius A XV, partOf, Cotton collection of manuscripts]
  • A. Cotton collection catalogue
    The Cotton collection catalogue is the scholarly inventory that systematically describes and organizes the manuscripts and documents in Sir Robert Cotton’s renowned Cottonian Library, now part of the British Library.
  • B. Cotton Nero A.x manuscript collection
    The Cotton Nero A.x manuscript collection is a late 14th-century Middle English manuscript best known for preserving the unique texts of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and three other alliterative poems.
  • C. Manuscripts and Archives
    Manuscripts and Archives is a major special collections repository at Yale University that preserves and provides access to the university’s primary source materials, including historical manuscripts, institutional records, and personal papers.
  • D. Manuscripts and Special Collections
    Manuscripts and Special Collections is a division of the New York State Library that preserves and provides access to rare books, archival materials, and other unique historical resources documenting the history and culture of New York and beyond.
  • E. Osborn Collection of English literary and historical manuscripts
    The Osborn Collection of English literary and historical manuscripts is a major research collection of original English documents, letters, and literary works spanning several centuries, housed at Yale University.
  • 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 collection of manuscripts
Triple: [Cotton Vitellius A XV, partOf, Cotton collection of manuscripts]
Generated description
The Cotton collection of manuscripts is a historically significant assemblage of medieval and early modern manuscripts formed by Sir Robert Cotton, now one of the core holdings of the British Library.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cotton collection of manuscripts
Target entity description: The Cotton collection of manuscripts is a historically significant assemblage of medieval and early modern manuscripts formed by Sir Robert Cotton, now one of the core holdings of the British Library.
  • A. Cotton collection catalogue
    The Cotton collection catalogue is the scholarly inventory that systematically describes and organizes the manuscripts and documents in Sir Robert Cotton’s renowned Cottonian Library, now part of the British Library.
  • B. Cotton Nero A.x manuscript collection
    The Cotton Nero A.x manuscript collection is a late 14th-century Middle English manuscript best known for preserving the unique texts of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and three other alliterative poems.
  • C. Manuscripts and Archives
    Manuscripts and Archives is a major special collections repository at Yale University that preserves and provides access to the university’s primary source materials, including historical manuscripts, institutional records, and personal papers.
  • D. Manuscripts and Special Collections
    Manuscripts and Special Collections is a division of the New York State Library that preserves and provides access to rare books, archival materials, and other unique historical resources documenting the history and culture of New York and beyond.
  • E. Osborn Collection of English literary and historical manuscripts
    The Osborn Collection of English literary and historical manuscripts is a major research collection of original English documents, letters, and literary works spanning several centuries, housed at Yale University.
  • 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_69bd443fc49c819089629c00e311310c completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd75454920819086e09d6055087e40 completed March 20, 2026, 4:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69beba76ef188190ab31623d1a44ebb9 completed March 21, 2026, 3:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bebb8e5f1c819082f0b59e9524d6e8 completed March 21, 2026, 3:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bebc30029081909b5c937308fefcf2 completed March 21, 2026, 3:41 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:40 p.m.