Triple
T18509114
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | C. J. Cregg |
E452285
|
entity |
| Predicate | predecessorAsPressSecretary |
P131947
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Toby Ziegler (acting, within series backstory) |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: Toby Ziegler (acting, within series backstory) | Statement: [C. J. Cregg, predecessorAsPressSecretary, Toby Ziegler (acting, within series backstory)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Toby Ziegler (acting, within series backstory) Context triple: [C. J. Cregg, predecessorAsPressSecretary, Toby Ziegler (acting, within series backstory)]
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A.
Toby Scott
Toby Scott is an American recording engineer and producer best known for his long-time collaboration with Bruce Springsteen on numerous albums and film soundtrack contributions.
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B.
Toby Scott
Toby Scott is a writer known for his work on the Pet Shop Boys song "Love etc."
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C.
Toby Marks
Toby Marks is an actor known for appearing in the exploitation film "Caged Heat."
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D.
Toby Wick
Toby Wick is a central, mythic antagonist in Patrick Ness’s novel "And the Ocean Was Our Sky," embodying the feared, almost legendary human hunter pursued by the whale protagonists.
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E.
Toby Wright
Toby Wright is an American record producer and engineer best known for his work on influential rock and metal albums, including projects with Alice in Chains.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Toby Ziegler (acting, within series backstory) Target entity description: Toby Ziegler (acting, within series backstory) is a fictional character on the television series "The West Wing," a sharp-tongued, idealistic communications strategist who temporarily assumes the role of White House Press Secretary.
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A.
Toby Scott
Toby Scott is an American recording engineer and producer best known for his long-time collaboration with Bruce Springsteen on numerous albums and film soundtrack contributions.
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B.
Toby Scott
Toby Scott is a writer known for his work on the Pet Shop Boys song "Love etc."
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C.
Toby Marks
Toby Marks is an actor known for appearing in the exploitation film "Caged Heat."
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D.
Toby Wick
Toby Wick is a central, mythic antagonist in Patrick Ness’s novel "And the Ocean Was Our Sky," embodying the feared, almost legendary human hunter pursued by the whale protagonists.
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E.
Toby Wright
Toby Wright is an American record producer and engineer best known for his work on influential rock and metal albums, including projects with Alice in Chains.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: predecessorAsPressSecretary Context triple: [C. J. Cregg, predecessorAsPressSecretary, Toby Ziegler (acting, within series backstory)]
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A.
precededByAsNationalSecurityAdvisor
Indicates that one individual previously held the position of National Security Advisor immediately before another individual.
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B.
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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C.
predecessorInOffice
Indicates that one officeholder directly held a particular position before another officeholder in an official succession.
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D.
precededAsVicePresidentBy
Indicates that one entity served as vice president immediately before another entity in a sequence of officeholders.
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E.
succeededByAsWhiteHouseChiefOfStaff
Indicates that one person was followed in the role of White House Chief of Staff by another person.
- 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_69d8d386df84819092355ebb260d848e |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e53344c6b081908e780ed5c815a766 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 7:55 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e469dbf5208190b6fc49e02a087f54 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 5:36 a.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69e46d2b93bc8190a6070018d7046547 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 5:50 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:36 a.m.