Triple

T1543178
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Secretary of the Smithsonian E32915 entity
Predicate isPositionHeldBy P537 FINISHED
Object Lonnie G. Bunch III
Lonnie G. Bunch III is an American historian and museum administrator who became the first African American to lead the Smithsonian Institution as its secretary.
E177897 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: Lonnie G. Bunch III | Statement: [Secretary of the Smithsonian, isPositionHeldBy, Lonnie G. Bunch III]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lonnie G. Bunch III
Context triple: [Secretary of the Smithsonian, isPositionHeldBy, Lonnie G. Bunch III]
  • A. Glenn D. Lowry
    Glenn D. Lowry is an American art historian and museum director best known for leading New York’s Museum of Modern Art through major expansions and modernization initiatives.
  • B. Nicholas Cords
    Nicholas Cords is an American violist known for his chamber music work and for performing with innovative ensembles that blend classical and world music traditions.
  • C. Michael V. Drake
    Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
  • D. Patrick J. McGovern
    Patrick J. McGovern was an American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as the founder of International Data Group (IDG) and a major benefactor of neuroscience research.
  • E. Michael P. Brenner
    Michael P. Brenner is an American applied mathematician and physicist known for his influential work in fluid dynamics and complex systems.
  • 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: Lonnie G. Bunch III
Triple: [Secretary of the Smithsonian, isPositionHeldBy, Lonnie G. Bunch III]
Generated description
Lonnie G. Bunch III is an American historian and museum administrator who became the first African American to lead the Smithsonian Institution as its secretary.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lonnie G. Bunch III
Target entity description: Lonnie G. Bunch III is an American historian and museum administrator who became the first African American to lead the Smithsonian Institution as its secretary.
  • A. Glenn D. Lowry
    Glenn D. Lowry is an American art historian and museum director best known for leading New York’s Museum of Modern Art through major expansions and modernization initiatives.
  • B. Nicholas Cords
    Nicholas Cords is an American violist known for his chamber music work and for performing with innovative ensembles that blend classical and world music traditions.
  • C. Michael V. Drake
    Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
  • D. Patrick J. McGovern
    Patrick J. McGovern was an American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as the founder of International Data Group (IDG) and a major benefactor of neuroscience research.
  • E. Michael P. Brenner
    Michael P. Brenner is an American applied mathematician and physicist known for his influential work in fluid dynamics and complex systems.
  • 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_69a885ed29088190a3c2d5a3d100c16e completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a9084140f0819098c81d295d08d480 completed March 5, 2026, 4:36 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad37092b648190a339114ffc37d1db completed March 8, 2026, 8:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad378e297c8190b5566e7989c3c5cd completed March 8, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad38536434819090f0bc0e3199fe08 completed March 8, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.