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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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]
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A.
writtenAtLocation
Indicates that an act of writing occurred at a specific physical or geographical location.
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B.
draftPosition
Indicates the selection order or specific pick at which an entity (such as a player) was chosen in a draft process.
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C.
writtenIn
Indicates that a work (such as a text, program, or document) is expressed or encoded using a particular language or notation.
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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.
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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.