Triple
T16453122
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Perry |
E399603
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering |
E423179
|
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: Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering | Statement: [William Perry, positionHeld, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Context triple: [William Perry, positionHeld, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering]
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A.
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
chosen
The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering is the U.S. Department of Defense’s chief technology officer, responsible for driving innovation, advanced research, and modernization of military technologies.
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B.
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment is a senior U.S. Department of Defense official responsible for overseeing military procurement, technology acquisition, logistics, and lifecycle sustainment of defense systems.
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C.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology
The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology is a senior civilian official who oversees and guides the Army’s science, technology, and research programs to support modernization and future capabilities.
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D.
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition
The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition is a senior U.S. Department of Defense official responsible for overseeing and guiding defense acquisition programs, policies, and procurement processes.
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E.
Director, Missile Defense Agency
The Director, Missile Defense Agency is the senior U.S. Department of Defense official responsible for developing, testing, and fielding integrated missile defense systems to protect the United States, its deployed forces, and allies from ballistic missile threats.
- 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_69d87f2c6778819080fcfae53be8f12a |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e32ce259d88190803930051409d72c |
completed | April 18, 2026, 7:04 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a004f4e31a08190b121d0cfe2a406c2 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 9:26 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:10 a.m.