Triple
T673977
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Owl and the Nightingale |
E13038
|
entity |
| Predicate | survivingManuscript |
P16604
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Cotton Caligula A.ix
Cotton Caligula A.ix is a medieval manuscript in the British Library that preserves one of the principal surviving copies of the Middle English poem "The Owl and the Nightingale."
|
E83737
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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 Caligula A.ix | Statement: [The Owl and the Nightingale, survivingManuscript, Cotton Caligula A.ix]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cotton Caligula A.ix Context triple: [The Owl and the Nightingale, survivingManuscript, Cotton Caligula A.ix]
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A.
Cotton
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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B.
Macleaya
Macleaya is a small genus of tall, herbaceous flowering plants known as plume poppies, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and feathery flower plumes.
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C.
Canna
Canna is a small, historically rich island in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, known for its wildlife, archaeological sites, and ownership by the National Trust for Scotland.
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D.
Calamis
Calamis was an ancient Greek sculptor renowned for his elegant and refined bronze works in the early Classical period.
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E.
Aloysia
Aloysia is a feminine given name, historically used in European contexts and closely related to the name Louise.
- 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 Caligula A.ix Triple: [The Owl and the Nightingale, survivingManuscript, Cotton Caligula A.ix]
Generated description
Cotton Caligula A.ix is a medieval manuscript in the British Library that preserves one of the principal surviving copies of the Middle English poem "The Owl and the Nightingale."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cotton Caligula A.ix Target entity description: Cotton Caligula A.ix is a medieval manuscript in the British Library that preserves one of the principal surviving copies of the Middle English poem "The Owl and the Nightingale."
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A.
Cotton
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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B.
Macleaya
Macleaya is a small genus of tall, herbaceous flowering plants known as plume poppies, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and feathery flower plumes.
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C.
Canna
Canna is a small, historically rich island in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, known for its wildlife, archaeological sites, and ownership by the National Trust for Scotland.
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D.
Calamis
Calamis was an ancient Greek sculptor renowned for his elegant and refined bronze works in the early Classical period.
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E.
Aloysia
Aloysia is a feminine given name, historically used in European contexts and closely related to the name Louise.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: survivingManuscript Context triple: [The Owl and the Nightingale, survivingManuscript, Cotton Caligula A.ix]
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A.
manuscript
chosen
Indicates that an entity is a written or typed document, often a draft or original version of a text, associated with another entity (such as its author, subject, or publication process).
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B.
survivingStructure
Indicates that a structure continues to exist or remain intact after a potentially destructive event or over a significant period of time.
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C.
survivedEvent
Indicates that an entity continued to live or exist after experiencing and not being destroyed or killed by a particular event.
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D.
writtenIn
Indicates that a work (such as a text, program, or document) is expressed or encoded using a particular language or notation.
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E.
inspiredDocument
Indicates that one entity (often a work, idea, or person) served as the creative or conceptual inspiration for the creation or content of another document.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69a4933d3bf88190972041cd8cf143b9 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a1b3682c8190a9b9a454480c3446 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:29 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a5c39f3e1481908f395cdb19cfd2fc |
completed | March 2, 2026, 5:06 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a5c42d4a0481908af4a71b4625c130 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 5:09 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a5ce16df088190850a3b851558eba8 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 5:51 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a49d1a16c48190af89e3b078a4957e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:10 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.