Triple

T10100918
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Benjamin Sumner Welles E216195 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs E356326 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs | Statement: [Benjamin Sumner Welles, positionHeld, Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs
Context triple: [Benjamin Sumner Welles, positionHeld, Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs]
  • A. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs chosen
    The Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs is the senior U.S. State Department official responsible for overseeing and directing American foreign policy and diplomatic relations throughout Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada.
  • B. Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
    The Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs is a senior U.S. State Department official responsible for overseeing U.S. policy and engagement with international organizations, particularly the United Nations and its affiliated bodies.
  • C. Assistant Secretary of State
    The Assistant Secretary of State is a senior U.S. Department of State official who heads a major bureau and advises on and implements foreign policy within a specific regional or functional area.
  • D. United States Deputy Secretary of State
    The United States Deputy Secretary of State is the second-highest-ranking official in the U.S. Department of State, responsible for assisting the Secretary of State in overseeing American foreign policy and managing the department’s operations.
  • E. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
    The Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs is the senior U.S. diplomat responsible for directing and coordinating American foreign policy and diplomatic relations with countries across the African continent.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69ca83d039f08190b9d10363221c69fb completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdd09878f88190bcfa2c81fb10e821 completed April 2, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d2b6cb50b08190a0ff42c60d338c79 completed April 5, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:02 p.m.