Triple
T1656431
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tim Kaine |
E35808
|
entity |
| Predicate | precededBy (U.S. senator from Virginia) |
P21017
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Jim Webb
Jim Webb is an American politician, author, and former U.S. Senator from Virginia who also served as Secretary of the Navy and is known for his military service in the Vietnam War.
|
E207368
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Jim Webb | Statement: [Tim Kaine, precededBy (U.S. senator from Virginia), Jim Webb]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jim Webb Context triple: [Tim Kaine, precededBy (U.S. senator from Virginia), Jim Webb]
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A.
John Warner
John Warner was a long-serving U.S. Senator from Virginia and former Secretary of the Navy known for his influential role in national defense and bipartisan politics.
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B.
George Herbert Allen
George Herbert Allen is an American politician and attorney who served as Governor of Virginia and later as a United States Senator.
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C.
Jim Wright
Jim Wright was an American Democratic politician from Texas who served as a powerful congressional leader and later Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 1980s.
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D.
Tom Davis
Tom Davis is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI), a pioneering company in high-performance 3D graphics and computing.
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E.
Howard A. Smith
Howard A. Smith was a film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood movies, including the 1961 romantic comedy "Breakfast at Tiffany's."
- 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: Jim Webb Triple: [Tim Kaine, precededBy (U.S. senator from Virginia), Jim Webb]
Generated description
Jim Webb is an American politician, author, and former U.S. Senator from Virginia who also served as Secretary of the Navy and is known for his military service in the Vietnam War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jim Webb Target entity description: Jim Webb is an American politician, author, and former U.S. Senator from Virginia who also served as Secretary of the Navy and is known for his military service in the Vietnam War.
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A.
John Warner
John Warner was a long-serving U.S. Senator from Virginia and former Secretary of the Navy known for his influential role in national defense and bipartisan politics.
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B.
George Herbert Allen
George Herbert Allen is an American politician and attorney who served as Governor of Virginia and later as a United States Senator.
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C.
Jim Wright
Jim Wright was an American Democratic politician from Texas who served as a powerful congressional leader and later Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 1980s.
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D.
Tom Davis
Tom Davis is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI), a pioneering company in high-performance 3D graphics and computing.
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E.
Howard A. Smith
Howard A. Smith was a film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood movies, including the 1961 romantic comedy "Breakfast at Tiffany's."
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: precededBy (U.S. senator from Virginia) Context triple: [Tim Kaine, precededBy (U.S. senator from Virginia), Jim Webb]
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A.
precededInSenateBy
Indicates that one officeholder directly held a given Senate seat before another officeholder, in terms of succession to that seat.
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B.
precededInOfficeAsSenatorFromNewYorkBy
Indicates that one individual assumed the role of U.S. Senator from New York after another, who directly held the office immediately before them.
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C.
precededAsVicePresidentBy
Indicates that one entity served as vice president immediately before another entity in a sequence of officeholders.
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D.
precededByOfficeHolder
chosen
Indicates that one office holder directly held a position before another office holder in a sequence of occupants of the same office.
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E.
wasPrecededBy
Indicates that one event, state, or entity occurred or existed earlier in time than another.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69a88606aa808190aa0b421b4271f220 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aaf3359ce48190803b322db8ad6027 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 3:31 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69add1ac4b9c8190a7d0fa610a77f9c3 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:44 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69add2729498819082f6595c57f545a8 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:48 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69add32803a48190b8ff08c605790f22 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:51 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a907cff53c8190b424f088478d3e2c |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:34 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.