Triple
T11116807
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Vernon A. Walters |
E262906
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | United States Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany |
E50237
|
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: United States Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany | Statement: [Vernon A. Walters, positionHeld, United States Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany Context triple: [Vernon A. Walters, positionHeld, United States Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany]
-
A.
United States Ambassador to West Germany
chosen
The United States Ambassador to West Germany was the chief American diplomatic representative to the Federal Republic of Germany during the period when Germany was divided after World War II.
-
B.
United States High Commissioner for Germany
The United States High Commissioner for Germany was a post–World War II American diplomatic and administrative office responsible for overseeing and guiding the political reconstruction and governance of occupied West Germany before full sovereignty was restored.
-
C.
United States Ambassador to the European Union
The United States Ambassador to the European Union is the chief diplomatic representative of the U.S. government to the EU institutions, responsible for managing political, economic, and security relations between the United States and the European Union.
-
D.
European Union Ambassador to the United States
The European Union Ambassador to the United States is the EU’s chief diplomatic representative in Washington, D.C., responsible for managing political, economic, and diplomatic relations between the European Union and the U.S.
-
E.
United States Ambassador
The United States Ambassador is the chief diplomatic representative of the U.S. government to a foreign country or international organization, responsible for managing bilateral relations and representing American interests abroad.
- 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_69d6aa9b46cc8190b19f9f0cc45bf322 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d79aa81d8c81908a387b56cbcc9128 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:25 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e42d8084a88190918f1f94ca0119ed |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:18 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:27 p.m.