Triple

T16118904
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Charles H. Mason E391080 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Secretary of Washington Territory
The Secretary of Washington Territory was a key 19th-century U.S. territorial official responsible for administrative records, governance support, and often acting as governor in the governor’s absence.
E1196550 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: Secretary of Washington Territory | Statement: [Charles H. Mason, positionHeld, Secretary of Washington Territory]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Secretary of Washington Territory
Context triple: [Charles H. Mason, positionHeld, Secretary of Washington Territory]
  • A. Secretary of the Oregon Territory
    The Secretary of the Oregon Territory was a key U.S. territorial official responsible for maintaining government records, handling official correspondence, and often serving as acting governor in the mid-19th century Pacific Northwest territory.
  • B. Secretary of State of Washington
    The Secretary of State of Washington is a statewide elected official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining public records and business registrations, and performing various administrative and archival duties for the state.
  • C. Lieutenant Governor of Washington
    The Lieutenant Governor of Washington is the state's second-highest executive official, who presides over the Washington State Senate and serves as acting governor when the governor is absent or unable to serve.
  • D. Governor of Washington
    The Governor of Washington is the elected chief executive of the U.S. state of Washington, responsible for overseeing the state’s executive branch and implementing state laws and policies.
  • E. Attorney General of Washington
    The Attorney General of Washington is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Washington in legal matters and providing legal advice to state agencies and officials.
  • 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: Secretary of Washington Territory
Triple: [Charles H. Mason, positionHeld, Secretary of Washington Territory]
Generated description
The Secretary of Washington Territory was a key 19th-century U.S. territorial official responsible for administrative records, governance support, and often acting as governor in the governor’s absence.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Secretary of Washington Territory
Target entity description: The Secretary of Washington Territory was a key 19th-century U.S. territorial official responsible for administrative records, governance support, and often acting as governor in the governor’s absence.
  • A. Secretary of the Oregon Territory
    The Secretary of the Oregon Territory was a key U.S. territorial official responsible for maintaining government records, handling official correspondence, and often serving as acting governor in the mid-19th century Pacific Northwest territory.
  • B. Secretary of State of Washington
    The Secretary of State of Washington is a statewide elected official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining public records and business registrations, and performing various administrative and archival duties for the state.
  • C. Lieutenant Governor of Washington
    The Lieutenant Governor of Washington is the state's second-highest executive official, who presides over the Washington State Senate and serves as acting governor when the governor is absent or unable to serve.
  • D. Governor of Washington
    The Governor of Washington is the elected chief executive of the U.S. state of Washington, responsible for overseeing the state’s executive branch and implementing state laws and policies.
  • E. Attorney General of Washington
    The Attorney General of Washington is the state's chief legal officer, responsible for representing Washington in legal matters and providing legal advice to state agencies and officials.
  • 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_69d87f1a8dd881909f1de6ef78849874 completed April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e2016d527c8190928e73661b18a914 completed April 17, 2026, 9:46 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fff2a44cb48190abe3b1ea27349734 completed May 10, 2026, 2:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fff3b25ba081909c396431ace865ac completed May 10, 2026, 2:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fff4a2964c8190bfa8c2fa0f934abe completed May 10, 2026, 2:59 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5 a.m.