Triple

T19879627
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cosby E477732 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Thomas Cosby
Thomas Cosby is a relatively obscure individual known primarily for sharing the Cosby surname rather than for widely recognized independent achievements.
E1401829 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: Thomas Cosby | Statement: [Cosby, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Cosby]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Cosby
Context triple: [Cosby, hasNotableBearer, Thomas 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. 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.
  • C. Morton Downey
    Morton Downey was an American singer and entertainer active in the early 20th century, known for his popular recordings and radio performances.
  • D. John Cosby
    John Cosby is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Cosby, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
  • E. Joseph Clerico
    Joseph Clerico was a French impresario best known for co-founding and developing the famed Lido de Paris cabaret into one of Paris’s most iconic nightlife institutions.
  • 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: Thomas Cosby
Triple: [Cosby, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Cosby]
Generated description
Thomas Cosby is a relatively obscure individual known primarily for sharing the Cosby surname rather than for widely recognized independent achievements.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Cosby
Target entity description: Thomas Cosby is a relatively obscure individual known primarily for sharing the Cosby surname rather than for widely recognized independent achievements.
  • 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. 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.
  • C. Morton Downey
    Morton Downey was an American singer and entertainer active in the early 20th century, known for his popular recordings and radio performances.
  • D. John Cosby chosen
    John Cosby is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Cosby, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
  • E. Joseph Clerico
    Joseph Clerico was a French impresario best known for co-founding and developing the famed Lido de Paris cabaret into one of Paris’s most iconic nightlife institutions.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d8e51f32b08190b3687f4f60353250 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e658dd869c81908aed91ee767f5f3d completed April 20, 2026, 4:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07f6d7d89081909e9d177eb1041f41 completed May 16, 2026, 4:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07f7d235688190971c9c0063669470 completed May 16, 2026, 4:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07f891e5c081909e30e9ce7c271359 completed May 16, 2026, 4:54 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:52 p.m.