Triple
T1556000
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office in China |
E33205
|
entity |
| Predicate | officeHolder |
P537
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thomas S. Gates Jr. |
E32025
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Thomas S. Gates Jr. | Statement: [Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office in China, officeHolder, Thomas S. Gates Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas S. Gates Jr. Context triple: [Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office in China, officeHolder, Thomas S. Gates Jr.]
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A.
Thomas S. Gates Jr.
chosen
Thomas S. Gates Jr. was an American government official and businessman who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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B.
James G. Blight
James G. Blight is an American historian and scholar of international relations known for his work on U.S. foreign policy, the Cold War, and the prevention of catastrophic conflict.
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C.
Franklin Haven Sargent
Franklin Haven Sargent was an American educator and theatrical innovator best known for establishing one of the first professional acting schools in the United States.
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D.
John B. Cobb Jr.
John B. Cobb Jr. is an American theologian and philosopher best known as a leading figure in process theology and for integrating Alfred North Whitehead’s process thought with Christian theology and ecological concerns.
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E.
Daniel P. Higgins
Daniel P. Higgins was an architect associated with the design work on the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a885ef9cf48190b0af0f5ce3d02231 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa620eed9081908921530fd60656b7 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad370e10248190b060a0209b979ef9 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:45 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.