Triple

T19758213

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Terrel H. Bell	`E474556`	entity
Predicate	successor	`P78`	FINISHED
Object	William J. Bennett	`—`	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: William J. Bennett | Statement: [Terrel H. Bell, successor, William J. Bennett]

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

Target entity: William J. Bennett
Context triple: [Terrel H. Bell, successor, William J. Bennett]

A. William C. Bennett
William C. Bennett was a notable individual significant enough in his community or field to have Bennett Field named in his honor.
B. Michael H. Armacost
Michael H. Armacost is an American diplomat and foreign policy expert who served as U.S. Ambassador to Japan and later as president of the Brookings Institution.
C. Robert F. Blumofe
Robert F. Blumofe was an American film producer best known for his work on acclaimed mid-20th-century movies, including the Woody Guthrie biopic "Bound for Glory."
D. John Farson
John Farson was a prominent Oak Park, Illinois businessman and civic leader best known as the original owner and namesake of the architecturally significant Pleasant Home mansion.
E. Brad Whitaker
Brad Whitaker is a fictional American arms dealer and self-styled military strategist who serves as one of the main antagonists in the James Bond film "The Living Daylights."
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: William J. Bennett
Target entity description: William J. Bennett is an American conservative politician, commentator, and author who served as U.S. Secretary of Education under President Ronald Reagan and later as the nation's first "drug czar."

A. William C. Bennett
William C. Bennett was a notable individual significant enough in his community or field to have Bennett Field named in his honor.
B. Michael H. Armacost
Michael H. Armacost is an American diplomat and foreign policy expert who served as U.S. Ambassador to Japan and later as president of the Brookings Institution.
C. Robert F. Blumofe
Robert F. Blumofe was an American film producer best known for his work on acclaimed mid-20th-century movies, including the Woody Guthrie biopic "Bound for Glory."
D. John Farson
John Farson was a prominent Oak Park, Illinois businessman and civic leader best known as the original owner and namesake of the architecturally significant Pleasant Home mansion.
E. Brad Whitaker
Brad Whitaker is a fictional American arms dealer and self-styled military strategist who serves as one of the main antagonists in the James Bond film "The Living Daylights."
F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 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_69d8e51940a0819087bd2996f98da668`	completed	April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e6531d711c8190996fcf967c39c523`	completed	April 20, 2026, 4:23 p.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:48 p.m.