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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • C. James Moore
    James Moore was a colonial governor of Carolina known for leading military expeditions against Spanish Florida in the early 18th century.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • C. James Moore
    James Moore was a colonial governor of Carolina known for leading military expeditions against Spanish Florida in the early 18th century.
  • 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.
  • 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]
  • A. succeededBy (Governor of Virginia)
    Indicates that one individual directly followed another in holding the office of Governor of Virginia.
  • B. succeededBy (Governor of Pennsylvania)
    Indicates that one individual directly follows another in holding the office of Governor of Pennsylvania.
  • 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.
  • D. succeededBy (U.S. Senate seat)
    Indicates that one U.S. Senate seat holder is directly followed in office by another specific individual.
  • 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.