Triple
T16126065
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Leon E. Panetta |
E391273
|
entity |
| Predicate | appointedBy |
P257
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
United States Secretary of Defense, Barack Obama
Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States, who served from 2009 to 2017 as the nation’s first African American commander-in-chief.
|
E1196322
|
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: United States Secretary of Defense, Barack Obama | Statement: [Leon E. Panetta, appointedBy, United States Secretary of Defense, Barack Obama]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Secretary of Defense, Barack Obama Context triple: [Leon E. Panetta, appointedBy, United States Secretary of Defense, Barack Obama]
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A.
Robert M. Gates
Robert M. Gates is an American statesman and intelligence expert who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama and previously as Director of Central Intelligence.
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B.
Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld was an American politician and businessman best known for serving twice as U.S. Secretary of Defense, including during the George W. Bush administration and the Iraq War.
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C.
Ashton Carter
Ashton Carter was an American physicist and public servant who served as the 25th U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Barack Obama.
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D.
Colin Powell (U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff)
Colin Powell was a four-star U.S. Army general and statesman who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and later as Secretary of State, playing a central leadership role in U.S. military and foreign policy at the end of the 20th century.
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E.
Michael Mullen
Michael Mullen is a retired United States Navy admiral who served as the 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest-ranking officer in the U.S. Armed Forces.
- 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: United States Secretary of Defense, Barack Obama Triple: [Leon E. Panetta, appointedBy, United States Secretary of Defense, Barack Obama]
Generated description
Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States, who served from 2009 to 2017 as the nation’s first African American commander-in-chief.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Secretary of Defense, Barack Obama Target entity description: Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States, who served from 2009 to 2017 as the nation’s first African American commander-in-chief.
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A.
Robert M. Gates
Robert M. Gates is an American statesman and intelligence expert who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama and previously as Director of Central Intelligence.
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B.
Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld was an American politician and businessman best known for serving twice as U.S. Secretary of Defense, including during the George W. Bush administration and the Iraq War.
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C.
Ashton Carter
Ashton Carter was an American physicist and public servant who served as the 25th U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Barack Obama.
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D.
Colin Powell (U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff)
Colin Powell was a four-star U.S. Army general and statesman who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and later as Secretary of State, playing a central leadership role in U.S. military and foreign policy at the end of the 20th century.
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E.
Michael Mullen
Michael Mullen is a retired United States Navy admiral who served as the 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest-ranking officer in the U.S. Armed Forces.
- 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_69d87f1bb0988190b490d273dbf3fd03 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e20204fb408190b58d49d0d64bb740 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 9:48 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fff2abf9b08190a375abc842a0e7d0 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 2:51 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fff35ded288190b4d261358f1661cb |
completed | May 10, 2026, 2:54 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fff3f2760c8190a58fedc2798614ae |
completed | May 10, 2026, 2:56 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5 a.m.