Triple
T544369
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bill Cosby |
E12699
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Henry Cosby Jr. |
E12699
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: William Henry Cosby Jr. | Statement: [Bill Cosby, birthName, William Henry Cosby Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Henry Cosby Jr. Context triple: [Bill Cosby, birthName, William Henry Cosby Jr.]
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A.
Bill Cosby
chosen
Bill Cosby is an American comedian, actor, and producer who rose to fame with stand-up comedy and the groundbreaking television series "The Cosby Show," later becoming a highly controversial figure due to numerous sexual assault allegations and convictions.
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B.
Joseph Clerico
Joseph Clerico was a French impresario best known for co-founding and developing the famed Lido de Paris cabaret into one of Paris’s most iconic nightlife institutions.
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C.
Redd Foxx
Redd Foxx was a pioneering American stand-up comedian and actor known for his raw, boundary-pushing comedy and his iconic role as Fred Sanford on the television sitcom "Sanford and Son."
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D.
Dwight Frye
Dwight Frye was an American character actor best known for his intense, often deranged roles in early horror films such as "Dracula" and "Frankenstein."
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E.
Clifton Daniel
Clifton Daniel was an American newspaper editor and managing editor of The New York Times, known also as the son-in-law of U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a49334226c81908b0ea1689ef6aa3f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a498dea88881908a938fe8f2313bec |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a4d042a590819096ed622dc6bcf8e4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:48 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.