Triple

T22630311
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cottrell E558529 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object William Cottrell
William Cottrell is an American former Caltech graduate student best known for his controversial conviction related to a series of environmentally motivated arson attacks in the early 2000s.
 E1563328 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 Cottrell | Statement: [Cottrell, hasNotableBearer, William Cottrell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Cottrell
Context triple: [Cottrell, hasNotableBearer, William Cottrell]
  • A. William Cottrell
    William Cottrell was an American screenwriter and director best known for his work on classic Disney animated films in the mid-20th century.
  • B. George Cottrell
    George Cottrell is a British political fundraiser and former UKIP adviser who gained notoriety following his 2016 arrest and conviction in the United States for financial crimes.
  • C. Frederick Etchells
    Frederick Etchells was a British artist, architect, and translator best known for his involvement in the early 20th-century avant-garde, particularly the Vorticist movement.
  • D. George H. Jessop
    George H. Jessop was an Irish-born playwright and author active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his contributions to drama and literature.
  • E. J. Austin Cottrell
    J. Austin Cottrell is a researcher and co-author known for his contributions to isogeometric analysis and the integration of computer-aided design with finite element analysis.
  • 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 Cottrell
Triple: [Cottrell, hasNotableBearer, William Cottrell]
Generated description
William Cottrell is an American former Caltech graduate student best known for his controversial conviction related to a series of environmentally motivated arson attacks in the early 2000s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Cottrell
Target entity description: William Cottrell is an American former Caltech graduate student best known for his controversial conviction related to a series of environmentally motivated arson attacks in the early 2000s.
  • A. William Cottrell
    William Cottrell was an American screenwriter and director best known for his work on classic Disney animated films in the mid-20th century.
  • B. George Cottrell
    George Cottrell is a British political fundraiser and former UKIP adviser who gained notoriety following his 2016 arrest and conviction in the United States for financial crimes.
  • C. Frederick Etchells
    Frederick Etchells was a British artist, architect, and translator best known for his involvement in the early 20th-century avant-garde, particularly the Vorticist movement.
  • D. George H. Jessop
    George H. Jessop was an Irish-born playwright and author active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his contributions to drama and literature.
  • E. J. Austin Cottrell
    J. Austin Cottrell is a researcher and co-author known for his contributions to isogeometric analysis and the integration of computer-aided design with finite element analysis.
  • 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_69e245467d9881908d6985bd0db7a1f1 completed April 17, 2026, 2:35 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f17008e7648190b243c18067b4efb9 completed April 29, 2026, 2:42 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0bc9ff91a48190b7624101a8bcba09 completed May 19, 2026, 2:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0bcba2bcac8190a730b46d7f6ca04a completed May 19, 2026, 2:32 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0bcc033e7481908a5447dcb888828a completed May 19, 2026, 2:33 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:02 p.m.