Triple

T15218401
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael Froman E363697 entity
Predicate succeededBy P78 FINISHED
Object Robert Lighthizer
Robert Lighthizer is an American lawyer and trade official who served as the United States Trade Representative under President Donald Trump, known for his hardline stance on trade negotiations, particularly with China.
E1143969 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: Robert Lighthizer | Statement: [Michael Froman, succeededBy, Robert Lighthizer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Lighthizer
Context triple: [Michael Froman, succeededBy, Robert Lighthizer]
  • A. Hank Gowdy
    Hank Gowdy was a standout Major League Baseball catcher best known for his star performance in the 1914 World Series and for being the first active MLB player to enlist for military service in World War I.
  • B. Brian Deese
    Brian Deese is an American economic policy advisor who served as a key White House official under President Barack Obama, playing a central role in the administration’s response to the financial crisis and later directing the National Economic Council under President Joe Biden.
  • C. Mark Esper
    Mark Esper is an American defense official and former U.S. Secretary of Defense who served under President Donald Trump.
  • D. William Pelham Barr
    William Pelham Barr is an American lawyer and government official who served as the United States Attorney General under Presidents George H. W. Bush and Donald Trump.
  • E. Merrick Brian Garland
    Merrick Brian Garland is an American lawyer and jurist serving as the Attorney General of the United States and formerly the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
  • 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: Robert Lighthizer
Triple: [Michael Froman, succeededBy, Robert Lighthizer]
Generated description
Robert Lighthizer is an American lawyer and trade official who served as the United States Trade Representative under President Donald Trump, known for his hardline stance on trade negotiations, particularly with China.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Lighthizer
Target entity description: Robert Lighthizer is an American lawyer and trade official who served as the United States Trade Representative under President Donald Trump, known for his hardline stance on trade negotiations, particularly with China.
  • A. Hank Gowdy
    Hank Gowdy was a standout Major League Baseball catcher best known for his star performance in the 1914 World Series and for being the first active MLB player to enlist for military service in World War I.
  • B. Brian Deese
    Brian Deese is an American economic policy advisor who served as a key White House official under President Barack Obama, playing a central role in the administration’s response to the financial crisis and later directing the National Economic Council under President Joe Biden.
  • C. Mark Esper
    Mark Esper is an American defense official and former U.S. Secretary of Defense who served under President Donald Trump.
  • D. William Pelham Barr
    William Pelham Barr is an American lawyer and government official who served as the United States Attorney General under Presidents George H. W. Bush and Donald Trump.
  • E. Merrick Brian Garland
    Merrick Brian Garland is an American lawyer and jurist serving as the Attorney General of the United States and formerly the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
  • 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_69d85a0ce24c81909c4d3b6475548c95 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e0076f90c481909989befe031a2cae completed April 15, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fed345d58c81908a8fd182c0fe7c15 completed May 9, 2026, 6:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fed7620d948190858c3b4acae0cbf5 completed May 9, 2026, 6:42 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fed7d9934c8190bd2d00830e5d33bb completed May 9, 2026, 6:44 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:11 a.m.