Triple

T12439662
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Operation Family Secrets E297235 entity
Predicate presidingJudge P19462 FINISHED
Object James B. Zagel
James B. Zagel was a United States federal judge known for presiding over major organized crime cases and for his long tenure on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
E1210550 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: James B. Zagel | Statement: [Operation Family Secrets, presidingJudge, James B. Zagel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James B. Zagel
Context triple: [Operation Family Secrets, presidingJudge, James B. Zagel]
  • A. William A. Seiter
    William A. Seiter was an American film director best known for his work on Hollywood comedies and musicals from the silent era through the 1950s.
  • B. John L. Plueger
    John L. Plueger is an American aviation executive and aircraft leasing pioneer best known for leading Air Lease Corporation and previously holding top roles at International Lease Finance Corporation.
  • C. Edward G. Hochuli
    Edward G. Hochuli is a retired American NFL referee and attorney, widely known for his long tenure in the league and his detailed on-field penalty explanations.
  • D. John J. Esch
    John J. Esch was an American Republican congressman from Wisconsin known for his influential work on railroad and transportation legislation in the early 20th century.
  • E. Howard G. Cunningham
    Howard G. Cunningham, better known as Ward Cunningham, is an American computer programmer best known for creating the first wiki and contributing to agile software development practices.
  • 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: James B. Zagel
Triple: [Operation Family Secrets, presidingJudge, James B. Zagel]
Generated description
James B. Zagel was a United States federal judge known for presiding over major organized crime cases and for his long tenure on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James B. Zagel
Target entity description: James B. Zagel was a United States federal judge known for presiding over major organized crime cases and for his long tenure on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
  • A. William A. Seiter
    William A. Seiter was an American film director best known for his work on Hollywood comedies and musicals from the silent era through the 1950s.
  • B. John L. Plueger
    John L. Plueger is an American aviation executive and aircraft leasing pioneer best known for leading Air Lease Corporation and previously holding top roles at International Lease Finance Corporation.
  • C. Edward G. Hochuli
    Edward G. Hochuli is a retired American NFL referee and attorney, widely known for his long tenure in the league and his detailed on-field penalty explanations.
  • D. John J. Esch
    John J. Esch was an American Republican congressman from Wisconsin known for his influential work on railroad and transportation legislation in the early 20th century.
  • E. Howard G. Cunningham
    Howard G. Cunningham, better known as Ward Cunningham, is an American computer programmer best known for creating the first wiki and contributing to agile software development practices.
  • 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_69d6ada166c48190b902972cd2408fa3 completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d94d8dc0f881908a3da736d8947ce1 completed April 10, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0035428e608190b8bb41dabda044d1 completed May 10, 2026, 7:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00377305bc8190a566c4ed4aed70c9 completed May 10, 2026, 7:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0037e43a2c8190993447ade595f6e6 completed May 10, 2026, 7:46 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:55 p.m.