Triple
T18190864
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Xavier Becerra |
E435527
|
entity |
| Predicate | precededByInOffice: United States Secretary of Health and Human Services |
P130165
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Alex Azar |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Alex Azar | Statement: [Xavier Becerra, precededByInOffice: United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alex Azar Context triple: [Xavier Becerra, precededByInOffice: United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar]
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A.
Alex Azar
chosen
Alex Azar is an American attorney and pharmaceutical executive who served as the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Donald Trump.
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B.
Tom Price
Tom Price is a remote mining town in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, known primarily for its large iron ore operations and surrounding rugged outback landscapes.
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C.
Tom Price
Tom Price is an American physician and Republican politician who served as the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Donald Trump.
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D.
Tom Price
Tom Price is a fictional character portrayed by actor Justin Chatwin, best known from the television series "American Gothic."
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E.
Ryan Zinke
Ryan Zinke is an American politician and former U.S. Navy SEAL who served as the United States Secretary of the Interior under President Donald Trump.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: precededByInOffice: United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Context triple: [Xavier Becerra, precededByInOffice: United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar]
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A.
precededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfStateBy
Indicates that one person assumed the role of Secretary of State after another specific person, who held the office immediately before them.
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B.
precededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfTheTreasury
Indicates that one person previously held the position of Secretary of the Treasury before another person, directly preceding them in that office.
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C.
precededByAsSecretaryOfHEW
Indicates that one individual previously served as Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare before another individual in the same role.
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D.
precededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfDefenseBy
Indicates that one person assumed the role of Secretary of Defense after another specific person, who directly held the office immediately before them.
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E.
succeededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfStateBy
Indicates that one individual was followed in the role of Secretary of State by another individual, who took over the office after them.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (4 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_69d8b90c7ec081909b4694ccecb449c6 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4e0cf0d7c81908ce0386c52ef601d |
completed | April 19, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e4331e92408190ad607ba4956a3897 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:42 a.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69e438f684e48190b38c64b58c518b6a |
completed | April 19, 2026, 2:07 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:31 a.m.