Triple
T10584965
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | G. Mennen Williams |
E249831
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
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FINISHED |
| Object | Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs |
E170607
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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 African Affairs | Statement: [G. Mennen Williams, positionHeld, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Context triple: [G. Mennen Williams, positionHeld, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs]
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A.
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
chosen
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.
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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.
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C.
Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
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.
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D.
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
The Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs is a senior U.S. State Department official who oversees regional and bilateral diplomacy worldwide, serving as the department’s third-ranking leader and principal adviser on political affairs.
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E.
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
The Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs is a senior U.S. State Department official responsible for overseeing American foreign policy and diplomatic relations with countries in Europe and Eurasia.
- 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_69d381c9d3d48190a29ee491e1696a0e |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:50 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d52768da9c8190add1db88bf2e16ea |
completed | April 7, 2026, 3:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d94b820330819090ed70c6ba29b5c2 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:12 p.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:39 p.m.