Triple

T8131921
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere E189871 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Cotton
Cotton is a common English surname with historical associations to several notable British families and figures.
 E713991 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 | Statement: [Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere, familyName, Cotton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Cotton
Context triple: [Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere, familyName, Cotton]
  • A. Cotton
    Cotton is a soft, natural fiber harvested from the seed pods of cotton plants and widely used in textiles and clothing.
  • B. Cotten
    Cotten is a surname most notably associated with American actor Joseph Cotten, a prominent figure in classic Hollywood cinema.
  • C. Cotton Market
    Cotton Market is a historic commercial area traditionally associated with the trade and sale of cotton and related goods.
  • D. Cotton Tufts
    Cotton Tufts was an 18th-century American physician and patriot from Massachusetts who was active in public affairs during the Revolutionary era.
  • E. Gossypium
    Gossypium is a genus of flowering plants best known for producing cotton, one of the world’s most important natural textile fibers.
  • 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
Triple: [Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere, familyName, Cotton]
Generated description
Cotton is a common English surname with historical associations to several notable British families and figures.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Cotton
Target entity description: Cotton is a common English surname with historical associations to several notable British families and figures.
  • A. Cotton
    Cotton is a soft, natural fiber harvested from the seed pods of cotton plants and widely used in textiles and clothing.
  • B. Cotten
    Cotten is a surname most notably associated with American actor Joseph Cotten, a prominent figure in classic Hollywood cinema.
  • C. Cotton Market
    Cotton Market is a historic commercial area traditionally associated with the trade and sale of cotton and related goods.
  • D. Cotton Tufts
    Cotton Tufts was an 18th-century American physician and patriot from Massachusetts who was active in public affairs during the Revolutionary era.
  • E. Gossypium
    Gossypium is a genus of flowering plants best known for producing cotton, one of the world’s most important natural textile fibers.
  • 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_69ca82bcb4848190a9a9d036ad768642 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb43b96cd481908c0679050c35d83f completed March 31, 2026, 3:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cc9482113881909439c9e43fbc933f completed April 1, 2026, 3:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cc95c0b19881908521cce5ac0fe197 completed April 1, 2026, 3:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cc970698f88190a0869515904e50e3 completed April 1, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:34 p.m.