Triple
T17040036
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ashton Carter |
E413420
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics |
E86918
|
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 Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics | Statement: [Ashton Carter, positionHeld, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Context triple: [Ashton Carter, positionHeld, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics]
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A.
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
chosen
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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B.
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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C.
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment
The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment is a senior U.S. Department of Defense official responsible for policies and oversight related to logistics, materiel readiness, maintenance, and supply chain support for military forces.
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D.
Under Secretary of Defense
The Under Secretary of Defense is a senior civilian official in the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for overseeing major defense policies, programs, or support functions under the Secretary of Defense.
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E.
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness is the senior civilian official in the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for overseeing military and civilian personnel policy, readiness, health affairs, and quality-of-life programs.
- 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_6a01413cc6f08190ae83a0c98fb96b90 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 2:38 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:33 a.m.