Triple

T1511632
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas S. Gates Jr. E32025 entity
Predicate succeededByAsSecretaryOfTheNavy P29926 FINISHED
Object William B. Franke
William B. Franke was a United States businessman and public official who served as Secretary of the Navy during the Eisenhower administration.
E372314 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: William B. Franke | Statement: [Thomas S. Gates Jr., succeededByAsSecretaryOfTheNavy, William B. Franke]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William B. Franke
Context triple: [Thomas S. Gates Jr., succeededByAsSecretaryOfTheNavy, William B. Franke]
  • A. Herbert J. Krapp
    Herbert J. Krapp was a prominent early 20th-century American theater architect known for designing many of Broadway’s most famous playhouses.
  • B. Franklin H. Martin
    Franklin H. Martin was an American surgeon and medical leader best known for founding and guiding the development of the American College of Surgeons.
  • C. Samuel J. Gorlitz
    Samuel J. Gorlitz is an American real estate entrepreneur best known as the founder of Federal Realty Investment Trust, a major publicly traded real estate investment trust specializing in retail and mixed-use properties.
  • D. George A. Bermann
    George A. Bermann is a prominent American legal scholar and expert in international and comparative law, particularly known for his work in international arbitration.
  • E. Edwin E. Witte
    Edwin E. Witte was an American economist and civil servant known as the “father of Social Security” for his central role in drafting the U.S. Social Security Act of 1935.
  • 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: William B. Franke
Triple: [Thomas S. Gates Jr., succeededByAsSecretaryOfTheNavy, William B. Franke]
Generated description
William B. Franke was a United States businessman and public official who served as Secretary of the Navy during the Eisenhower administration.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William B. Franke
Target entity description: William B. Franke was a United States businessman and public official who served as Secretary of the Navy during the Eisenhower administration.
  • A. Herbert J. Krapp
    Herbert J. Krapp was a prominent early 20th-century American theater architect known for designing many of Broadway’s most famous playhouses.
  • B. Franklin H. Martin
    Franklin H. Martin was an American surgeon and medical leader best known for founding and guiding the development of the American College of Surgeons.
  • C. Samuel J. Gorlitz
    Samuel J. Gorlitz is an American real estate entrepreneur best known as the founder of Federal Realty Investment Trust, a major publicly traded real estate investment trust specializing in retail and mixed-use properties.
  • D. George A. Bermann
    George A. Bermann is a prominent American legal scholar and expert in international and comparative law, particularly known for his work in international arbitration.
  • E. Edwin E. Witte
    Edwin E. Witte was an American economist and civil servant known as the “father of Social Security” for his central role in drafting the U.S. Social Security Act of 1935.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: succeededByAsSecretaryOfTheNavy
Context triple: [Thomas S. Gates Jr., succeededByAsSecretaryOfTheNavy, William B. Franke]
  • A. succeededByAsWhiteHouseChiefOfStaff
    Indicates that one person was followed in the role of White House Chief of Staff by another person.
  • B. precededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfStateBy
    Indicates that one person assumed the role of Secretary of State after another specific person, who held the office immediately before them.
  • C. succeededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfStateBy
    Indicates that one individual was followed in the role of Secretary of State by another individual, who took over the office after them.
  • D. succeededByAsChiefJustice
    Indicates that one individual directly followed another in the role of Chief Justice.
  • E. succeededBy (Acting White House Chief of Staff)
    Indicates that one individual who served as Acting White House Chief of Staff was followed in that role by another specific individual.
  • 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_69a885e8caf88190a5fbb6159ce87786 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a9396e16408190b5e7b0ac43376d81 completed March 5, 2026, 8:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4029cfa148190baad6968cf6dad3a completed March 13, 2026, 12:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b40da9e4808190a01d7305d4fdb7f3 completed March 13, 2026, 1:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b42d8084c88190a2aae4a883d050a0 completed March 13, 2026, 3:30 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a907aa67cc81909f00135365447399 completed March 5, 2026, 4:33 a.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69a9396d3e1081909aa269b42041c357 completed March 5, 2026, 8:06 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.