Triple
T12902476
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Merrick Brian Garland |
E308642
|
entity |
| Predicate | precededBy |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Barr as United States Attorney General |
E308644
|
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: William Barr as United States Attorney General | Statement: [Merrick Brian Garland, precededBy, William Barr as United States Attorney General]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Barr as United States Attorney General Context triple: [Merrick Brian Garland, precededBy, William Barr as United States Attorney General]
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A.
William Barr (as Attorney General of the United States)
chosen
William Barr is an American lawyer and government official who served as the 77th and 85th United States Attorney General under Presidents George H. W. Bush and Donald Trump.
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B.
Rod Rosenstein
Rod Rosenstein is an American lawyer and former U.S. Deputy Attorney General known for overseeing the early stages of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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C.
Christopher A. Wray
Christopher A. Wray is an American lawyer and government official who has served as the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since 2017.
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D.
James Comey
James Comey is an American lawyer and former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, known for his prominent and often controversial role in U.S. law enforcement and politics.
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E.
Hank Gowdy
Hank Gowdy was a standout Major League Baseball catcher best known for his star performance in the 1914 World Series and for being the first active MLB player to enlist for military service in World War I.
- 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_69d7bdf7c1f0819098102569a8d8cbf5 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d971820e008190bf8bc7c392c8bcbb |
completed | April 10, 2026, 9:54 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6a563a84c8190a75d830653661518 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 1:31 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:40 p.m.