Triple

T18669848
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zenger trial E456443 entity
Predicate involvesPerson P1256 FINISHED
Object William Cosby
William Cosby was an 18th-century British colonial governor of New York whose actions against newspaper publisher John Peter Zenger led to a landmark trial for freedom of the press.
E1335637 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: William Cosby | Statement: [Zenger trial, involvesPerson, William Cosby]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Cosby
Context triple: [Zenger trial, involvesPerson, William Cosby]
  • A. Bill Cosby
    Bill Cosby is an American comedian, actor, and producer who rose to fame with stand-up comedy and the groundbreaking television series "The Cosby Show," later becoming a highly controversial figure due to numerous sexual assault allegations and convictions.
  • B. Ennis Cosby
    Ennis Cosby was the son of comedian Bill Cosby and academic Camille Cosby, known publicly for his tragic murder in 1997 while studying to become a special education teacher.
  • C. Arsenio Hall
    Arsenio Hall is an American comedian, actor, and talk show host best known for hosting "The Arsenio Hall Show" and for his roles in films like "Coming to America."
  • D. Redd Foxx
    Redd Foxx was a pioneering American stand-up comedian and actor known for his raw, boundary-pushing comedy and his iconic role as Fred Sanford on the television sitcom "Sanford and Son."
  • E. Allen Ludden
    Allen Ludden was an American television personality and game show host best known for hosting the quiz show "Password."
  • 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: William Cosby
Triple: [Zenger trial, involvesPerson, William Cosby]
Generated description
William Cosby was an 18th-century British colonial governor of New York whose actions against newspaper publisher John Peter Zenger led to a landmark trial for freedom of the press.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Cosby
Target entity description: William Cosby was an 18th-century British colonial governor of New York whose actions against newspaper publisher John Peter Zenger led to a landmark trial for freedom of the press.
  • A. Bill Cosby
    Bill Cosby is an American comedian, actor, and producer who rose to fame with stand-up comedy and the groundbreaking television series "The Cosby Show," later becoming a highly controversial figure due to numerous sexual assault allegations and convictions.
  • B. Ennis Cosby
    Ennis Cosby was the son of comedian Bill Cosby and academic Camille Cosby, known publicly for his tragic murder in 1997 while studying to become a special education teacher.
  • C. Arsenio Hall
    Arsenio Hall is an American comedian, actor, and talk show host best known for hosting "The Arsenio Hall Show" and for his roles in films like "Coming to America."
  • D. Redd Foxx
    Redd Foxx was a pioneering American stand-up comedian and actor known for his raw, boundary-pushing comedy and his iconic role as Fred Sanford on the television sitcom "Sanford and Son."
  • E. Allen Ludden
    Allen Ludden was an American television personality and game show host best known for hosting the quiz show "Password."
  • 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_69d8d38f72b4819090a935175d9ca8af completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e556b1140c81908002c27a33c03ae2 completed April 19, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a05172d70348190a6a0ee667ae4c3ba completed May 14, 2026, 12:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a05186eb5588190abac960d598cbeff completed May 14, 2026, 12:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0518cf33f08190b0c8ef4fdaa8d9e1 completed May 14, 2026, 12:35 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:48 a.m.