Triple
T1511627
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas S. Gates Jr. |
E32025
|
entity |
| Predicate | precededBy |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Neil H. McElroy
Neil H. McElroy was a U.S. businessman and politician who served as Secretary of Defense under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, playing a key role in shaping early Cold War defense policy.
|
E179051
|
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: Neil H. McElroy | Statement: [Thomas S. Gates Jr., precededBy, Neil H. McElroy]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Neil H. McElroy Context triple: [Thomas S. Gates Jr., precededBy, Neil H. McElroy]
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A.
Robert T. Stafford
Robert T. Stafford was a U.S. politician from Vermont who served as both governor and long-time member of Congress, known for his work on education, environmental protection, and disaster relief legislation.
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B.
Frank Carlucci
Frank Carlucci was an American politician and diplomat who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan before later becoming a prominent business executive.
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C.
Alan G. Kirk
Alan G. Kirk was a U.S. Navy admiral and diplomat best known for commanding American naval forces during the Normandy landings in World War II.
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D.
Harold Brown
Harold Brown was an American physicist and statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981.
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E.
Hugh S. Johnson
Hugh S. Johnson was an American soldier, lawyer, and government official best known for directing President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal National Recovery Administration in the early 1930s.
- 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: Neil H. McElroy Triple: [Thomas S. Gates Jr., precededBy, Neil H. McElroy]
Generated description
Neil H. McElroy was a U.S. businessman and politician who served as Secretary of Defense under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, playing a key role in shaping early Cold War defense policy.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Neil H. McElroy Target entity description: Neil H. McElroy was a U.S. businessman and politician who served as Secretary of Defense under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, playing a key role in shaping early Cold War defense policy.
-
A.
Robert T. Stafford
Robert T. Stafford was a U.S. politician from Vermont who served as both governor and long-time member of Congress, known for his work on education, environmental protection, and disaster relief legislation.
-
B.
Frank Carlucci
Frank Carlucci was an American politician and diplomat who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan before later becoming a prominent business executive.
-
C.
Alan G. Kirk
Alan G. Kirk was a U.S. Navy admiral and diplomat best known for commanding American naval forces during the Normandy landings in World War II.
-
D.
Harold Brown
Harold Brown was an American physicist and statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981.
-
E.
Hugh S. Johnson
Hugh S. Johnson was an American soldier, lawyer, and government official best known for directing President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal National Recovery Administration in the early 1930s.
- 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_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_69ad401616ec81908edd9dcb9f4a0184 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 9:23 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad4130bf30819092be42a4e9225220 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 9:28 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad41968e4c8190b843b97e18ac9968 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 9:29 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.