Triple

T2097319
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lamar Alexander E37010 entity
Predicate precededBy (U.S. Secretary of Education) P21017 FINISHED
Object Lauro Cavazos
Lauro Cavazos was the first Hispanic U.S. Secretary of Education, serving under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.
 E233537 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: Lauro Cavazos | Statement: [Lamar Alexander, precededBy (U.S. Secretary of Education), Lauro Cavazos]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lauro Cavazos
Context triple: [Lamar Alexander, precededBy (U.S. Secretary of Education), Lauro Cavazos]
  • A. Anna Eleanor Dall
    Anna Eleanor Dall was the granddaughter of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, known primarily as a member of the prominent Roosevelt family.
  • B. Laura Kelly
    Laura Kelly is an American Democratic politician serving as the governor of Kansas.
  • C. Greg Abbott
    Greg Abbott is an American Republican politician and attorney who has served as the 48th governor of Texas since 2015.
  • D. Bill Richardson
    Bill Richardson was an American politician and diplomat who served as governor of New Mexico, U.S. congressman, and a prominent international negotiator and envoy.
  • E. Linda Chávez
    Linda Chávez is an American conservative commentator, author, and former Reagan administration official known for her work on labor, immigration, and civil rights issues.
  • 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: Lauro Cavazos
Triple: [Lamar Alexander, precededBy (U.S. Secretary of Education), Lauro Cavazos]
Generated description
Lauro Cavazos was the first Hispanic U.S. Secretary of Education, serving under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lauro Cavazos
Target entity description: Lauro Cavazos was the first Hispanic U.S. Secretary of Education, serving under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.
  • A. Anna Eleanor Dall
    Anna Eleanor Dall was the granddaughter of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, known primarily as a member of the prominent Roosevelt family.
  • B. Laura Kelly
    Laura Kelly is an American Democratic politician serving as the governor of Kansas.
  • C. Greg Abbott
    Greg Abbott is an American Republican politician and attorney who has served as the 48th governor of Texas since 2015.
  • D. Bill Richardson
    Bill Richardson was an American politician and diplomat who served as governor of New Mexico, U.S. congressman, and a prominent international negotiator and envoy.
  • E. Linda Chávez
    Linda Chávez is an American conservative commentator, author, and former Reagan administration official known for her work on labor, immigration, and civil rights issues.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target predicate: precededBy (U.S. Secretary of Education)
Context triple: [Lamar Alexander, precededBy (U.S. Secretary of Education), Lauro Cavazos]
  • A. precededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfStateBy
    Indicates that one person assumed the role of Secretary of State after another specific person, who held the office immediately before them.
  • B. precededByAsHomeSecretary
    Indicates that one individual previously held the position of Home Secretary before another individual.
  • C. precededByOfficeHolder chosen
    Indicates that one office holder directly held a position before another office holder in a sequence of occupants of the same office.
  • D. precededBy (Acting CFPB Director)
    Indicates that one entity held the role of Acting CFPB Director before another entity in a temporal or succession order.
  • E. succeededBy (Acting White House Chief of Staff)
    Indicates that one individual who served as Acting White House Chief of Staff was followed in that role by another specific individual.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:43 p.m.