Triple

T14964053

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Heinrich von Stephan	`E373140`	entity
Predicate	positionHeld	`P8`	FINISHED
Object	Secretary of State of the Imperial Post Office The Secretary of State of the Imperial Post Office was the top governmental official overseeing and modernizing the postal and telecommunication services of the German Empire.	`E1130585`	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 State of the Imperial Post Office | Statement: [Heinrich von Stephan, positionHeld, Secretary of State of the Imperial Post Office]

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

Target entity: Secretary of State of the Imperial Post Office
Context triple: [Heinrich von Stephan, positionHeld, Secretary of State of the Imperial Post Office]

A. Deputy Postmaster General of the United States
The Deputy Postmaster General of the United States is the second-highest executive officer of the U.S. Postal Service, responsible for assisting in overall leadership, operations, and strategic direction of the agency.
B. Postmaster General of the United States
The Postmaster General of the United States is the chief executive officer of the U.S. Postal Service, responsible for overseeing the nation’s mail system and postal operations.
C. Secretary of the Council of State
The Secretary of the Council of State is a senior Cuban official responsible for organizing and recording the work of the Council of State and supporting its decision-making processes.
D. Postmaster General of Great Britain
The Postmaster General of Great Britain was the senior government official historically responsible for overseeing the national postal system and related communications services in Great Britain.
E. Joint Postmaster General
The Joint Postmaster General was a senior British government office responsible for overseeing the national postal system, often held jointly by two political appointees.
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 State of the Imperial Post Office
Triple: [Heinrich von Stephan, positionHeld, Secretary of State of the Imperial Post Office]

Generated description

The Secretary of State of the Imperial Post Office was the top governmental official overseeing and modernizing the postal and telecommunication services of the German Empire.

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

Target entity: Secretary of State of the Imperial Post Office
Target entity description: The Secretary of State of the Imperial Post Office was the top governmental official overseeing and modernizing the postal and telecommunication services of the German Empire.

A. Deputy Postmaster General of the United States
The Deputy Postmaster General of the United States is the second-highest executive officer of the U.S. Postal Service, responsible for assisting in overall leadership, operations, and strategic direction of the agency.
B. Postmaster General of the United States
The Postmaster General of the United States is the chief executive officer of the U.S. Postal Service, responsible for overseeing the nation’s mail system and postal operations.
C. Secretary of the Council of State
The Secretary of the Council of State is a senior Cuban official responsible for organizing and recording the work of the Council of State and supporting its decision-making processes.
D. Postmaster General of Great Britain
The Postmaster General of Great Britain was the senior government official historically responsible for overseeing the national postal system and related communications services in Great Britain.
E. Joint Postmaster General
The Joint Postmaster General was a senior British government office responsible for overseeing the national postal system, often held jointly by two political appointees.
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_69d85cca979481908747d2a81eba1cea`	completed	April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69ded6d0487c8190b7754af8c5014b37`	completed	April 15, 2026, 12:07 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69fe8bdeec408190893d1db9254da24e`	completed	May 9, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69fe90383bd081908bc754655c203695`	completed	May 9, 2026, 1:39 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69fe90ec50e081909ab267fee2b069bc`	completed	May 9, 2026, 1:42 a.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:40 a.m.