Triple
T6231143
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cunningham's Law |
E139354
|
entity |
| Predicate | oftenMentionedWith |
P3100
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Betteridge's law of headlines
Betteridge's law of headlines is a humorous adage in journalism and media criticism stating that any headline ending in a question mark can generally be answered with the word “no.”
|
E578397
|
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: Betteridge's law of headlines | Statement: [Cunningham's Law, oftenMentionedWith, Betteridge's law of headlines]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Betteridge's law of headlines Context triple: [Cunningham's Law, oftenMentionedWith, Betteridge's law of headlines]
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A.
Aitken’s Law
Aitken’s Law is a phonological rule in Scots and Scottish English that governs when vowels are pronounced long or short depending on their phonetic and morphological environment.
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B.
Winter's law
Winter's law is a sound law in Balto-Slavic historical linguistics that explains the lengthening of short vowels before voiced stops in Proto-Balto-Slavic.
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C.
Headlines!
"Headlines!" is a 2010 mini-album by British-Irish girl group The Saturdays that features a collection of their pop singles and new tracks.
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D.
Read All About It!
"Read All About It!" is a children's book co-authored by former U.S. First Lady Laura Bush that celebrates the joy of reading and the power of books to inspire imagination and learning.
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E.
Kluge's law
Kluge's law is a proposed sound law in Proto-Germanic historical linguistics that explains the development of certain geminate consonants from earlier consonant clusters.
- 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: Betteridge's law of headlines Triple: [Cunningham's Law, oftenMentionedWith, Betteridge's law of headlines]
Generated description
Betteridge's law of headlines is a humorous adage in journalism and media criticism stating that any headline ending in a question mark can generally be answered with the word “no.”
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Betteridge's law of headlines Target entity description: Betteridge's law of headlines is a humorous adage in journalism and media criticism stating that any headline ending in a question mark can generally be answered with the word “no.”
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A.
Aitken’s Law
Aitken’s Law is a phonological rule in Scots and Scottish English that governs when vowels are pronounced long or short depending on their phonetic and morphological environment.
-
B.
Winter's law
Winter's law is a sound law in Balto-Slavic historical linguistics that explains the lengthening of short vowels before voiced stops in Proto-Balto-Slavic.
-
C.
Headlines!
"Headlines!" is a 2010 mini-album by British-Irish girl group The Saturdays that features a collection of their pop singles and new tracks.
-
D.
Read All About It!
"Read All About It!" is a children's book co-authored by former U.S. First Lady Laura Bush that celebrates the joy of reading and the power of books to inspire imagination and learning.
-
E.
Kluge's law
Kluge's law is a proposed sound law in Proto-Germanic historical linguistics that explains the development of certain geminate consonants from earlier consonant clusters.
- 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_69c008afd3148190b71e9eaa60420dd1 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c062ec5be4819084d6df2e8dd2a542 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c20defd338819099a23d00107c4edd |
completed | March 24, 2026, 4:07 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c211c3c60c8190bd5e4f002c1569e0 |
completed | March 24, 2026, 4:23 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c214b9b83881909da9fedc7ce60f39 |
completed | March 24, 2026, 4:36 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:22 p.m.