Triple
T1511617
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas S. Gates Jr. |
E32025
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | United States Secretary of the Navy |
E1252
|
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: United States Secretary of the Navy | Statement: [Thomas S. Gates Jr., positionHeld, United States Secretary of the Navy]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Secretary of the Navy Context triple: [Thomas S. Gates Jr., positionHeld, United States Secretary of the Navy]
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A.
Secretary of the Navy
chosen
The Secretary of the Navy is the U.S. civilian government official responsible for overseeing the Department of the Navy, including the Navy and Marine Corps, and managing their policies, resources, and operations.
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B.
Navy Commissioner of the United States Navy
The Navy Commissioner of the United States Navy was a senior 19th-century administrative post responsible for overseeing the management, logistics, and material readiness of the U.S. Navy.
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C.
Chief of Naval Operations
The Chief of Naval Operations is the highest-ranking officer in the U.S. Navy, responsible for overseeing naval operations, readiness, and strategic planning.
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D.
Vice Chief of Naval Operations
The Vice Chief of Naval Operations is the second-highest-ranking officer in the United States Navy, serving as the principal deputy and advisor to the Chief of Naval Operations.
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E.
President of the General Board of the United States Navy
The President of the General Board of the United States Navy was the senior naval officer who chaired the Navy’s principal advisory body on strategy, planning, and ship design in the early 20th century.
- 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_69a885e8caf88190a5fbb6159ce87786 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa61db41c88190a2d97cc9cbbc3f06 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad294805308190ada3ed69ec71ce43 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:46 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.