Triple

T20210473
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cressida Cowell E493474 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Cowell
Cowell is a surname most prominently associated with British figures in entertainment and literature, including talent show judge Simon Cowell and children's author Cressida Cowell.
E304129 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: Cowell | Statement: [Cressida Cowell, familyName, Cowell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cowell
Context triple: [Cressida Cowell, familyName, Cowell]
  • A. Cowell
    Cowell is a small coastal town in South Australia known as a service and fishing hub on the eastern side of the Eyre Peninsula.
  • B. Simon Cowell
    Simon Cowell is a British television producer and music executive best known as a sharp-tongued judge on talent shows such as American Idol, The X Factor, and Britain’s Got Talent.
  • C. Danny Cox
    Danny Cox is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher best known for his years with the St. Louis Cardinals during the 1980s.
  • D. Simon Cornwell
    Simon Cornwell is a British film and television producer, known for co-founding the production company Ink Factory and adapting works by his father, author John le Carré.
  • E. Mike Coward
    Mike Coward is a distinguished figure in his field, recognized for his significant contributions that earned him the prestigious William Smith Medal.
  • 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: Cowell
Triple: [Cressida Cowell, familyName, Cowell]
Generated description
Cowell is a surname most prominently associated with British figures in entertainment and literature, including talent show judge Simon Cowell and children's author Cressida Cowell.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cowell
Target entity description: Cowell is a surname most prominently associated with British figures in entertainment and literature, including talent show judge Simon Cowell and children's author Cressida Cowell.
  • A. Cowell chosen
    Cowell is a small coastal town in South Australia known as a service and fishing hub on the eastern side of the Eyre Peninsula.
  • B. Simon Cowell
    Simon Cowell is a British television producer and music executive best known as a sharp-tongued judge on talent shows such as American Idol, The X Factor, and Britain’s Got Talent.
  • C. Danny Cox
    Danny Cox is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher best known for his years with the St. Louis Cardinals during the 1980s.
  • D. Simon Cornwell
    Simon Cornwell is a British film and television producer, known for co-founding the production company Ink Factory and adapting works by his father, author John le Carré.
  • E. Mike Coward
    Mike Coward is a distinguished figure in his field, recognized for his significant contributions that earned him the prestigious William Smith Medal.
  • 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_69da6269614c8190bb40475d9d477358 completed April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e66ed5691c8190bf253b1d4ee6e88f completed April 20, 2026, 6:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0843f09dc08190a9a6abc8075e1865 completed May 16, 2026, 10:16 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0844e1d3048190a7fc63b16a5978e8 completed May 16, 2026, 10:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0845ae60208190a0c4a2f5eeecc346 completed May 16, 2026, 10:23 a.m.
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:38 p.m.