Triple
T10822769
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James Shields |
E255416
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Illinois State Auditor
The Illinois State Auditor was a former statewide elected official responsible for overseeing and reporting on the financial accounts and expenditures of the state government of Illinois.
|
E902649
|
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: Illinois State Auditor | Statement: [James Shields, positionHeld, Illinois State Auditor]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Illinois State Auditor Context triple: [James Shields, positionHeld, Illinois State Auditor]
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A.
Comptroller of Illinois
The Comptroller of Illinois is a statewide elected official responsible for maintaining the state’s fiscal accounts and ordering payments into and out of the state treasury.
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B.
Treasurer of Illinois
The Treasurer of Illinois is a statewide elected official responsible for safeguarding and investing the state’s funds and managing various financial programs for residents and public institutions.
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C.
Illinois Secretary of State
The Illinois Secretary of State is a statewide elected official who oversees driver services, vehicle registration, state record-keeping, and various administrative functions in Illinois government.
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D.
Missouri State Auditor
The Missouri State Auditor is the elected official responsible for overseeing and evaluating the financial operations and performance of state agencies and local governments in Missouri.
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E.
Illinois Attorney General
The Illinois Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of Illinois, responsible for representing the state in legal matters, enforcing state laws, and protecting the public interest.
- 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: Illinois State Auditor Triple: [James Shields, positionHeld, Illinois State Auditor]
Generated description
The Illinois State Auditor was a former statewide elected official responsible for overseeing and reporting on the financial accounts and expenditures of the state government of Illinois.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Illinois State Auditor Target entity description: The Illinois State Auditor was a former statewide elected official responsible for overseeing and reporting on the financial accounts and expenditures of the state government of Illinois.
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A.
Comptroller of Illinois
The Comptroller of Illinois is a statewide elected official responsible for maintaining the state’s fiscal accounts and ordering payments into and out of the state treasury.
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B.
Treasurer of Illinois
The Treasurer of Illinois is a statewide elected official responsible for safeguarding and investing the state’s funds and managing various financial programs for residents and public institutions.
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C.
Illinois Secretary of State
The Illinois Secretary of State is a statewide elected official who oversees driver services, vehicle registration, state record-keeping, and various administrative functions in Illinois government.
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D.
Missouri State Auditor
The Missouri State Auditor is the elected official responsible for overseeing and evaluating the financial operations and performance of state agencies and local governments in Missouri.
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E.
Illinois Attorney General
The Illinois Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of Illinois, responsible for representing the state in legal matters, enforcing state laws, and protecting the public interest.
- 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_69d6aa8081448190a9324184f2bd1c26 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7344c551c8190a7491d468b8a4a04 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 5:08 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e3c7d11cf081908f714686f582c081 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 6:05 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e3cefc00148190a1850dc6e31523c3 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 6:35 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e3d014a644819092c76aa02b573ca9 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 6:40 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:18 p.m.