Triple

T2097320
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lamar Alexander E37010 entity
Predicate succeededBy (U.S. Secretary of Education) P35936 FINISHED
Object Richard Riley
Richard Riley is an American politician and educator who served as U.S. Secretary of Education under President Bill Clinton and was previously governor of South Carolina.
E233538 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: Richard Riley | Statement: [Lamar Alexander, succeededBy (U.S. Secretary of Education), Richard Riley]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Riley
Context triple: [Lamar Alexander, succeededBy (U.S. Secretary of Education), Richard Riley]
  • A. Wm. Rogers
    Wm. Rogers is a historic American silverware and silverplate brand originally associated with silversmith William Rogers and known for its widely collected flatware patterns.
  • B. Roy McGivern
    Roy McGivern is a Northern Irish football administrator best known for serving as chairman of Linfield FC, one of the country’s most successful and historic clubs.
  • C. Charles Steele Jr.
    Charles Steele Jr. is an American civil rights leader and politician best known for his longtime leadership of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the historic organization once led by Martin Luther King Jr.
  • D. David Dodd
    David Dodd was an American economist, Columbia Business School professor, and influential co-author of the classic value investing text "Security Analysis."
  • E. Terry Bates
    Terry Bates is an American animated television character from the series "American Dad!", known as the flamboyant, party-loving neighbor of Stan Smith.
  • 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: Richard Riley
Triple: [Lamar Alexander, succeededBy (U.S. Secretary of Education), Richard Riley]
Generated description
Richard Riley is an American politician and educator who served as U.S. Secretary of Education under President Bill Clinton and was previously governor of South Carolina.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Riley
Target entity description: Richard Riley is an American politician and educator who served as U.S. Secretary of Education under President Bill Clinton and was previously governor of South Carolina.
  • A. Wm. Rogers
    Wm. Rogers is a historic American silverware and silverplate brand originally associated with silversmith William Rogers and known for its widely collected flatware patterns.
  • B. Roy McGivern
    Roy McGivern is a Northern Irish football administrator best known for serving as chairman of Linfield FC, one of the country’s most successful and historic clubs.
  • C. Charles Steele Jr.
    Charles Steele Jr. is an American civil rights leader and politician best known for his longtime leadership of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the historic organization once led by Martin Luther King Jr.
  • D. David Dodd
    David Dodd was an American economist, Columbia Business School professor, and influential co-author of the classic value investing text "Security Analysis."
  • E. Terry Bates
    Terry Bates is an American animated television character from the series "American Dad!", known as the flamboyant, party-loving neighbor of Stan Smith.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: succeededBy (U.S. Secretary of Education)
Context triple: [Lamar Alexander, succeededBy (U.S. Secretary of Education), Richard Riley]
  • A. succeededBy (U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security)
    Indicates that one individual later took over the position of U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security from another, serving as their direct successor in that office.
  • B. 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.
  • C. succeededByAsWhiteHouseChiefOfStaff
    Indicates that one person was followed in the role of White House Chief of Staff by another person.
  • D. succeededBy (Governor of Pennsylvania)
    Indicates that one individual directly follows another in holding the office of Governor of Pennsylvania.
  • E. precededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfStateBy
    Indicates that one person assumed the role of Secretary of State after another specific person, who held the office immediately before them.
  • 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.