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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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]
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A.
succeededByAsWhiteHouseChiefOfStaff
Indicates that one person was followed in the role of White House Chief of Staff by another person.
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B.
precededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfStateBy
Indicates that one person assumed the role of Secretary of State after another specific person, who held the office immediately before them.
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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.
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D.
succeededByAsChiefJustice
Indicates that one individual directly followed another in the role of Chief Justice.
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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.