Triple
T17432052
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Edith Cowan |
E423895
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Cowan
James Cowan was the husband of Australian social reformer and politician Edith Cowan, supporting her pioneering public and political work in Western Australia.
|
E1292896
|
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: James Cowan | Statement: [Edith Cowan, spouse, James Cowan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Cowan Context triple: [Edith Cowan, spouse, James Cowan]
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A.
Rob Cowan
Rob Cowan is a film producer known for working on major studio projects, including DC Comics adaptations.
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B.
Gordon Cowans
Gordon Cowans is a former English midfielder best known for his influential role in Aston Villa’s successful early-1980s side, including their 1980–81 league title and 1982 European Cup triumph.
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C.
Gordon McIlwham
Gordon McIlwham is a former Scottish rugby union player, best known for his role as a prop and for representing Scotland at international level.
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D.
Bruce McCulloch
Bruce McCulloch is a Canadian actor, writer, and comedian best known as one of the core members of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall.
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E.
Colin Cowan
Colin Cowan is a musician best known as a member of the experimental music collective Black Mountain.
- 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: James Cowan Triple: [Edith Cowan, spouse, James Cowan]
Generated description
James Cowan was the husband of Australian social reformer and politician Edith Cowan, supporting her pioneering public and political work in Western Australia.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Cowan Target entity description: James Cowan was the husband of Australian social reformer and politician Edith Cowan, supporting her pioneering public and political work in Western Australia.
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A.
Rob Cowan
Rob Cowan is a film producer known for working on major studio projects, including DC Comics adaptations.
-
B.
Gordon Cowans
Gordon Cowans is a former English midfielder best known for his influential role in Aston Villa’s successful early-1980s side, including their 1980–81 league title and 1982 European Cup triumph.
-
C.
Gordon McIlwham
Gordon McIlwham is a former Scottish rugby union player, best known for his role as a prop and for representing Scotland at international level.
-
D.
Bruce McCulloch
Bruce McCulloch is a Canadian actor, writer, and comedian best known as one of the core members of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall.
-
E.
Colin Cowan
Colin Cowan is a musician best known as a member of the experimental music collective Black Mountain.
- 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_69d889d88b6081908bada047f5b3ba51 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4490072b48190a39b1ac7bb5eb035 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 3:16 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0313acae5c819095555194162f4b4f |
completed | May 12, 2026, 11:49 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a03140cbe248190bcccafcbeec8856e |
completed | May 12, 2026, 11:50 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a03146359f08190b5c5aec33dcc05d6 |
completed | May 12, 2026, 11:52 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:46 a.m.