Triple

T5753918
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hi-Tek E126919 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Tony Cottrell
Tony Cottrell, better known by his stage name Hi-Tek, is an American hip hop producer and DJ recognized for his soulful, sample-based beats and collaborations with artists like Talib Kweli and Mos Def.
 E566834 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: Tony Cottrell | Statement: [Hi-Tek, birthName, Tony Cottrell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tony Cottrell
Context triple: [Hi-Tek, birthName, Tony Cottrell]
  • A. Alan Cottrell
    Alan Cottrell was a prominent British metallurgist and materials scientist renowned for his pioneering work on the mechanical properties of metals and their defects.
  • B. Stan Cullimore
    Stan Cullimore is an English guitarist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the 1980s indie pop band The Housemartins.
  • C. Ben Durrant
    Ben Durrant is a musician best known as a member of the indie supergroup Gayngs.
  • D. Glen Taylor
    Glen Taylor is an American billionaire businessman and politician best known as the longtime owner of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves and WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx.
  • E. Phil Judd
    Phil Judd is a New Zealand musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of Split Enz and later the new wave band The Swingers.
  • 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: Tony Cottrell
Triple: [Hi-Tek, birthName, Tony Cottrell]
Generated description
Tony Cottrell, better known by his stage name Hi-Tek, is an American hip hop producer and DJ recognized for his soulful, sample-based beats and collaborations with artists like Talib Kweli and Mos Def.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tony Cottrell
Target entity description: Tony Cottrell, better known by his stage name Hi-Tek, is an American hip hop producer and DJ recognized for his soulful, sample-based beats and collaborations with artists like Talib Kweli and Mos Def.
  • A. Alan Cottrell
    Alan Cottrell was a prominent British metallurgist and materials scientist renowned for his pioneering work on the mechanical properties of metals and their defects.
  • B. Stan Cullimore
    Stan Cullimore is an English guitarist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the 1980s indie pop band The Housemartins.
  • C. Ben Durrant
    Ben Durrant is a musician best known as a member of the indie supergroup Gayngs.
  • D. Glen Taylor
    Glen Taylor is an American billionaire businessman and politician best known as the longtime owner of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves and WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx.
  • E. Phil Judd
    Phil Judd is a New Zealand musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of Split Enz and later the new wave band The Swingers.
  • 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_69c00832aedc81909899801b141fa3b4 completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c029032ba08190ae4062d74ab271ee completed March 22, 2026, 5:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c11ca111188190932a17a2fab097c7 completed March 23, 2026, 10:57 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c11d9102648190a61e9a85ead0fff4 completed March 23, 2026, 11:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c11e76f5c48190adabb10472729cb2 completed March 23, 2026, 11:05 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:49 p.m.