Triple

T11913137

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	William Gordon Cooke	`E283443`	entity
Predicate	officeHeld	`P8`	FINISHED
Object	Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas The Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas was the cabinet official responsible for overseeing the young republic’s military affairs, including defense, army organization, and war policy during its existence from 1836 to 1846.	`E953128`	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: Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas | Statement: [William Gordon Cooke, officeHeld, Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas
Context triple: [William Gordon Cooke, officeHeld, Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas]

A. Confederate States Secretary of War
The Confederate States Secretary of War was the cabinet official responsible for overseeing the Confederate Army and military affairs during the American Civil War.
B. Secretary of War and Navy of Mexico
The Secretary of War and Navy of Mexico was a cabinet-level post responsible for overseeing the country’s military and naval forces before the modern defense ministry structure was established.
C. Secretary of War
The Secretary of War was a former U.S. Cabinet-level official responsible for overseeing the Army and managing the nation’s military affairs before the creation of the Department of Defense.
D. Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas
The Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas was the chief diplomatic and administrative officer of the short-lived independent Texan government in the 1830s and 1840s.
E. Vice President of the Republic of Texas
The Vice President of the Republic of Texas was the second-highest executive officer of the short-lived independent Texan nation, serving as the constitutional successor and deputy to the President.
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: Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas
Triple: [William Gordon Cooke, officeHeld, Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas]

Generated description

The Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas was the cabinet official responsible for overseeing the young republic’s military affairs, including defense, army organization, and war policy during its existence from 1836 to 1846.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas
Target entity description: The Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas was the cabinet official responsible for overseeing the young republic’s military affairs, including defense, army organization, and war policy during its existence from 1836 to 1846.

A. Confederate States Secretary of War
The Confederate States Secretary of War was the cabinet official responsible for overseeing the Confederate Army and military affairs during the American Civil War.
B. Secretary of War and Navy of Mexico
The Secretary of War and Navy of Mexico was a cabinet-level post responsible for overseeing the country’s military and naval forces before the modern defense ministry structure was established.
C. Secretary of War
The Secretary of War was a former U.S. Cabinet-level official responsible for overseeing the Army and managing the nation’s military affairs before the creation of the Department of Defense.
D. Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas
The Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas was the chief diplomatic and administrative officer of the short-lived independent Texan government in the 1830s and 1840s.
E. Vice President of the Republic of Texas
The Vice President of the Republic of Texas was the second-highest executive officer of the short-lived independent Texan nation, serving as the constitutional successor and deputy to the President.
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_69d6ab2c07e88190ba13b0d21fd6cf33`	completed	April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69d8e528f6748190ac873a040a61fa93`	completed	April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69f4185fd3588190807cc2906c4ce3fd`	completed	May 1, 2026, 3:05 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69f41f1e746c81909f78f0e0bf173c7b`	completed	May 1, 2026, 3:33 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69f42291f3608190ab079f939d34cf15`	completed	May 1, 2026, 3:48 a.m.

Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:44 p.m.