Triple

T12492518
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject A Passion for Leadership: Lessons on Change and Reform from Fifty Years of Public Service E298600 entity
Predicate author P4 FINISHED
Object Robert Michael Gates
Robert Michael Gates is an American statesman and scholar who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama and previously directed the Central Intelligence Agency.
E999482 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: Robert Michael Gates | Statement: [A Passion for Leadership: Lessons on Change and Reform from Fifty Years of Public Service, author, Robert Michael Gates]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Michael Gates
Context triple: [A Passion for Leadership: Lessons on Change and Reform from Fifty Years of Public Service, author, Robert Michael Gates]
  • A. William Anthony Perry
    William Anthony Perry is a former American football defensive lineman and fullback, famously nicknamed "The Refrigerator," who played primarily for the Chicago Bears in the NFL.
  • B. Richard Bissell
    Richard Bissell was an American author and playwright best known for his novel "7½ Cents," which he co-adapted into the hit Broadway musical and subsequent film "The Pajama Game."
  • C. Kevin B. Sullivan
    Kevin B. Sullivan is an American Democratic politician who served as the 106th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut and previously as president pro tempore of the Connecticut State Senate.
  • D. James R. Mitchell
    James R. Mitchell is a film editor best known for his work on the comedy classic "The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!"
  • E. Peter McConnell
    Peter McConnell is an American video game composer best known for his work on numerous LucasArts titles and the Psychonauts series.
  • 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: Robert Michael Gates
Triple: [A Passion for Leadership: Lessons on Change and Reform from Fifty Years of Public Service, author, Robert Michael Gates]
Generated description
Robert Michael Gates is an American statesman and scholar who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama and previously directed the Central Intelligence Agency.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Michael Gates
Target entity description: Robert Michael Gates is an American statesman and scholar who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama and previously directed the Central Intelligence Agency.
  • A. William Anthony Perry
    William Anthony Perry is a former American football defensive lineman and fullback, famously nicknamed "The Refrigerator," who played primarily for the Chicago Bears in the NFL.
  • B. Richard Bissell
    Richard Bissell was an American author and playwright best known for his novel "7½ Cents," which he co-adapted into the hit Broadway musical and subsequent film "The Pajama Game."
  • C. Kevin B. Sullivan
    Kevin B. Sullivan is an American Democratic politician who served as the 106th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut and previously as president pro tempore of the Connecticut State Senate.
  • D. James R. Mitchell
    James R. Mitchell is a film editor best known for his work on the comedy classic "The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!"
  • E. Peter McConnell
    Peter McConnell is an American video game composer best known for his work on numerous LucasArts titles and the Psychonauts series.
  • 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_69d6ada377208190a36011199a4d8558 completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d94de3076c81909640c982d520ca6b completed April 10, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f67c6849d88190b33c9f50632811a8 completed May 2, 2026, 10:36 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f67d64ed3481908d434c20796866f9 completed May 2, 2026, 10:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f67e82e35081909c4b5fad7e941610 completed May 2, 2026, 10:45 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:56 p.m.