Triple

T1509226
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Notes on the State of Virginia E33974 entity
Predicate writtenByPositionHolder P29381 FINISHED
Object Thomas Jefferson as U.S. minister to France
Thomas Jefferson as U.S. minister to France was the American diplomat and future third president who represented the United States in Paris during the 1780s, fostering Franco-American relations and observing European politics and culture in the early years of the republic.
E173170 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Thomas Jefferson as U.S. minister to France | Statement: [Notes on the State of Virginia, writtenByPositionHolder, Thomas Jefferson as U.S. minister to France]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Jefferson as U.S. minister to France
Context triple: [Notes on the State of Virginia, writtenByPositionHolder, Thomas Jefferson as U.S. minister to France]
  • A. Silas Deane
    Silas Deane was an American diplomat and Continental Congress delegate who played a key role in securing French support for the American Revolution.
  • B. United States Ambassador to France
    The United States Ambassador to France is the chief diplomatic representative of the U.S. government in France, responsible for managing bilateral relations, negotiations, and cooperation between the two countries.
  • C. U.S. Minister to Gran Colombia
    The U.S. Minister to Gran Colombia was the chief diplomatic representative of the United States to the short-lived South American republic of Gran Colombia in the early 19th century.
  • D. Presidency of Thomas Jefferson
    The Presidency of Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809) was a formative period in U.S. history marked by the Louisiana Purchase, efforts to reduce federal power and debt, and rising tensions over trade and foreign policy.
  • E. Rufus King
    Rufus King was an American Founding Father, statesman, and diplomat who served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and a longtime U.S. senator from New York.
  • 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: Thomas Jefferson as U.S. minister to France
Triple: [Notes on the State of Virginia, writtenByPositionHolder, Thomas Jefferson as U.S. minister to France]
Generated description
Thomas Jefferson as U.S. minister to France was the American diplomat and future third president who represented the United States in Paris during the 1780s, fostering Franco-American relations and observing European politics and culture in the early years of the republic.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Jefferson as U.S. minister to France
Target entity description: Thomas Jefferson as U.S. minister to France was the American diplomat and future third president who represented the United States in Paris during the 1780s, fostering Franco-American relations and observing European politics and culture in the early years of the republic.
  • A. Silas Deane
    Silas Deane was an American diplomat and Continental Congress delegate who played a key role in securing French support for the American Revolution.
  • B. United States Ambassador to France
    The United States Ambassador to France is the chief diplomatic representative of the U.S. government in France, responsible for managing bilateral relations, negotiations, and cooperation between the two countries.
  • C. U.S. Minister to Gran Colombia
    The U.S. Minister to Gran Colombia was the chief diplomatic representative of the United States to the short-lived South American republic of Gran Colombia in the early 19th century.
  • D. Presidency of Thomas Jefferson
    The Presidency of Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809) was a formative period in U.S. history marked by the Louisiana Purchase, efforts to reduce federal power and debt, and rising tensions over trade and foreign policy.
  • E. Rufus King
    Rufus King was an American Founding Father, statesman, and diplomat who served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and a longtime U.S. senator from New York.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: writtenByPositionHolder
Context triple: [Notes on the State of Virginia, writtenByPositionHolder, Thomas Jefferson as U.S. minister to France]
  • A. writtenAtLocation
    Indicates that an act of writing occurred at a specific physical or geographical location.
  • B. draftPosition
    Indicates the selection order or specific pick at which an entity (such as a player) was chosen in a draft process.
  • C. writtenIn
    Indicates that a work (such as a text, program, or document) is expressed or encoded using a particular language or notation.
  • D. writtenByFutureOffice
    Indicates that a document, plan, or communication has been authored by a future office or administrative body that is not yet in place at the time of reference.
  • E. originalHolder
    Indicates that an entity is the initial possessor or owner of another entity before any transfer, change, or reassignment occurs.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69a885f352a4819099b24ff15489dede completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a8e2dd93dc8190a78443900e8d5564 completed March 5, 2026, 1:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad233c254c8190b52b34526c9cb3cb completed March 8, 2026, 7:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad242d20448190a27ff7414d9cff21 completed March 8, 2026, 7:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad24e6e9688190a20c67c181936e98 completed March 8, 2026, 7:27 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a88728c150819095cdcdbfcabf4249 completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69a8e2dbc848819084eb0d50189fa967 completed March 5, 2026, 1:56 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:24 p.m.