Triple

T2003201

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Slade Gorton	`E43516`	entity
Predicate	succeededBy	`P78`	FINISHED
Object	Brock Adams (as U.S. Senator from Washington, 1987) Brock Adams was an American Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Washington and previously as a U.S. Representative and Secretary of Transportation.	`E223216`	NE FINISHED

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: Brock Adams (as U.S. Senator from Washington, 1987) | Statement: [Slade Gorton, succeededBy, Brock Adams (as U.S. Senator from Washington, 1987)]

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

Target entity: Brock Adams (as U.S. Senator from Washington, 1987)
Context triple: [Slade Gorton, succeededBy, Brock Adams (as U.S. Senator from Washington, 1987)]

A. Henry M. Jackson
Henry M. Jackson was a long-serving U.S. Senator from Washington known for his influential roles in defense policy, strong anti-communist stance, and advocacy for environmental protection.
B. Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio is an American politician who served for over three decades as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Oregon, becoming one of the longest-serving members of the state's congressional delegation.
C. Warren G. Magnuson
Warren G. Magnuson was a long-serving U.S. Senator from Washington known for his influential role in shaping American maritime, fisheries, and consumer protection legislation.
D. Crapo
Crapo is the middle name of William C. Durant, the American industrialist who co-founded General Motors and Chevrolet.
E. Representative Don Fuqua
Representative Don Fuqua was a Democratic congressman from Florida who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1963 to 1987 and was known for his leadership on science, technology, and space policy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1

Instruction

Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"

Input

Entity: Brock Adams (as U.S. Senator from Washington, 1987)
Triple: [Slade Gorton, succeededBy, Brock Adams (as U.S. Senator from Washington, 1987)]

Generated description

Brock Adams was an American Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Washington and previously as a U.S. Representative and Secretary of Transportation.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Brock Adams (as U.S. Senator from Washington, 1987)
Target entity description: Brock Adams was an American Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Washington and previously as a U.S. Representative and Secretary of Transportation.

A. Henry M. Jackson
Henry M. Jackson was a long-serving U.S. Senator from Washington known for his influential roles in defense policy, strong anti-communist stance, and advocacy for environmental protection.
B. Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio is an American politician who served for over three decades as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Oregon, becoming one of the longest-serving members of the state's congressional delegation.
C. Warren G. Magnuson
Warren G. Magnuson was a long-serving U.S. Senator from Washington known for his influential role in shaping American maritime, fisheries, and consumer protection legislation.
D. Crapo
Crapo is the middle name of William C. Durant, the American industrialist who co-founded General Motors and Chevrolet.
E. Representative Don Fuqua
Representative Don Fuqua was a Democratic congressman from Florida who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1963 to 1987 and was known for his leadership on science, technology, and space policy.
F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69a88715dbbc8190b2299e29e955d997`	completed	March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69abb8833a54819096301f3ea29ff3a1`	completed	March 7, 2026, 5:32 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69ae034498a48190aeda213040636f14`	completed	March 8, 2026, 11:16 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69ae053984cc8190a7409de7aaa896d3`	completed	March 8, 2026, 11:24 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69ae05b552848190a79786c51ac0eea0`	completed	March 8, 2026, 11:26 p.m.

Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.