Triple

T17039994

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Award	`E413419`	entity
Predicate	lowerAward	`P1463`	FINISHED
Object	Office of the Secretary of Defense Exceptional Civilian Service Award	`E421513`	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: Office of the Secretary of Defense Exceptional Civilian Service Award | Statement: [Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Award, lowerAward, Office of the Secretary of Defense Exceptional Civilian Service Award]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Office of the Secretary of Defense Exceptional Civilian Service Award
Context triple: [Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Award, lowerAward, Office of the Secretary of Defense Exceptional Civilian Service Award]

A. Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service chosen
The Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service is a high-level U.S. Department of Defense civilian award recognizing significant contributions and outstanding service to the Department by non-career federal employees, private citizens, and foreign nationals.
B. U.S. Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award
The U.S. Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award is the highest honorary award given by the Department of Defense to recognize exceptional civilian contributions to national defense.
C. Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Award
The Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Award is a high-level U.S. Department of Defense honor recognizing notable, non-combat contributions by civilian employees that significantly benefit national defense.
D. Army Superior Civilian Service Award
The Army Superior Civilian Service Award is a high-level U.S. Army decoration recognizing exceptional service or achievements by civilian employees that significantly contribute to the Army’s mission.
E. Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service
The Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service is the highest honorary award presented by the U.S. Secretary of Defense to private citizens, politicians, and other non-career federal employees for exceptionally distinguished service that substantially contributes to the Department of Defense’s mission.
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_69d886cd18288190b006abab23f811b7`	completed	April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e3d8f5844c819097eade4a2b42ab91`	completed	April 18, 2026, 7:18 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_6a012338a95c8190951db96209edb61a`	completed	May 11, 2026, 12:30 a.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:33 a.m.