Triple

T13597501
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Special Counsel for the United States Department of Justice E324858 entity
Predicate hasNotableOfficeholder P5750 FINISHED
Object John H. Durham
John H. Durham is an American lawyer and former federal prosecutor best known for leading high-profile investigations into government and law enforcement conduct, including as a special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice.
E1049929 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: John H. Durham | Statement: [Special Counsel for the United States Department of Justice, hasNotableOfficeholder, John H. Durham]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John H. Durham
Context triple: [Special Counsel for the United States Department of Justice, hasNotableOfficeholder, John H. Durham]
  • A. Lewis J. Boies
    Lewis J. Boies was the third husband of Hollywood actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr.
  • B. Walter Dellinger
    Walter Dellinger was a prominent American constitutional law scholar and former acting U.S. Solicitor General known for his influential work in Supreme Court advocacy and legal academia.
  • C. Leonard Q. Ross
    Leonard Q. Ross was the pen name of humorist and writer Leo Rosten, known for his witty stories and contributions to American literature and film.
  • D. Carey W. Hayes
    Carey W. Hayes is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing popular horror films, including the hit supernatural franchise "The Conjuring."
  • E. Richard T. Rives
    Richard T. Rives was a U.S. federal appellate judge known for his influential civil rights decisions during the mid-20th century, particularly in cases challenging racial segregation in the American South.
  • 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: John H. Durham
Triple: [Special Counsel for the United States Department of Justice, hasNotableOfficeholder, John H. Durham]
Generated description
John H. Durham is an American lawyer and former federal prosecutor best known for leading high-profile investigations into government and law enforcement conduct, including as a special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John H. Durham
Target entity description: John H. Durham is an American lawyer and former federal prosecutor best known for leading high-profile investigations into government and law enforcement conduct, including as a special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice.
  • A. Lewis J. Boies
    Lewis J. Boies was the third husband of Hollywood actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr.
  • B. Walter Dellinger
    Walter Dellinger was a prominent American constitutional law scholar and former acting U.S. Solicitor General known for his influential work in Supreme Court advocacy and legal academia.
  • C. Leonard Q. Ross
    Leonard Q. Ross was the pen name of humorist and writer Leo Rosten, known for his witty stories and contributions to American literature and film.
  • D. Carey W. Hayes
    Carey W. Hayes is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing popular horror films, including the hit supernatural franchise "The Conjuring."
  • E. Richard T. Rives
    Richard T. Rives was a U.S. federal appellate judge known for his influential civil rights decisions during the mid-20th century, particularly in cases challenging racial segregation in the American South.
  • 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_69d80769eaf081909d82f44e484d6113 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbb0590558819080ccc5874a650b1e completed April 12, 2026, 2:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f76bc99dac8190bc267fdf405e8d58 completed May 3, 2026, 3:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f77643b0348190962bf23a9857edbe completed May 3, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f779178dc48190bb0de790de30d8b0 completed May 3, 2026, 4:34 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:49 p.m.