Triple
T2097318
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lamar Alexander |
E37010
|
entity |
| Predicate | succeededBy (Governor of Tennessee) |
P35935
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ned McWherter
Ned McWherter was an American Democratic politician who served as the 46th governor of Tennessee and previously as Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives.
|
E233536
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Ned McWherter | Statement: [Lamar Alexander, succeededBy (Governor of Tennessee), Ned McWherter]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ned McWherter Context triple: [Lamar Alexander, succeededBy (Governor of Tennessee), Ned McWherter]
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A.
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander is an American politician and educator who served as governor of Tennessee, U.S. Secretary of Education, and a long-time U.S. senator.
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B.
Alan K. Simpson
Alan K. Simpson is a former U.S. Senator from Wyoming known for his work on fiscal policy and bipartisan budget reform.
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C.
James Moore
James Moore was a colonial governor of Carolina known for leading military expeditions against Spanish Florida in the early 18th century.
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D.
John Tower
John Tower was a prominent Republican U.S. Senator from Texas known for his influential roles in defense policy and intelligence oversight during the Cold War era.
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E.
Trent Lott
Trent Lott is an American Republican politician who served as a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator from Mississippi, and Senate Majority Leader in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
- 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: Ned McWherter Triple: [Lamar Alexander, succeededBy (Governor of Tennessee), Ned McWherter]
Generated description
Ned McWherter was an American Democratic politician who served as the 46th governor of Tennessee and previously as Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ned McWherter Target entity description: Ned McWherter was an American Democratic politician who served as the 46th governor of Tennessee and previously as Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives.
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A.
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander is an American politician and educator who served as governor of Tennessee, U.S. Secretary of Education, and a long-time U.S. senator.
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B.
Alan K. Simpson
Alan K. Simpson is a former U.S. Senator from Wyoming known for his work on fiscal policy and bipartisan budget reform.
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C.
James Moore
James Moore was a colonial governor of Carolina known for leading military expeditions against Spanish Florida in the early 18th century.
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D.
John Tower
John Tower was a prominent Republican U.S. Senator from Texas known for his influential roles in defense policy and intelligence oversight during the Cold War era.
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E.
Trent Lott
Trent Lott is an American Republican politician who served as a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator from Mississippi, and Senate Majority Leader in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: succeededBy (Governor of Tennessee) Context triple: [Lamar Alexander, succeededBy (Governor of Tennessee), Ned McWherter]
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A.
succeededBy (Governor of Virginia)
Indicates that one individual directly followed another in holding the office of Governor of Virginia.
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B.
succeededBy (Governor of Pennsylvania)
Indicates that one individual directly follows another in holding the office of Governor of Pennsylvania.
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C.
succeededBy (Lieutenant Governor of Virginia)
Indicates that one individual later held the office of Lieutenant Governor of Virginia after another, directly following them in that position.
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D.
succeededBy (U.S. Senate seat)
Indicates that one U.S. Senate seat holder is directly followed in office by another specific individual.
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E.
hadGovernor
Indicates that an administrative region or political entity was governed by a specific person who held the office of governor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (7 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_69a8861828948190924aa30c08806b3a |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abba9cb84481909fe0a66c020b8864 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:41 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae3060b834819091dff510b89b3ec8 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:28 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae30f84d548190b2d99162471207a4 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:31 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae317473408190ad67374cfb82a7db |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:33 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69abb7b6274081909df36cd7a7c6a675 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:29 a.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69abba2e65b48190bb19cfc4b0f8c462 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:39 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:43 p.m.