Triple

T2097322
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lamar Alexander E37010 entity
Predicate succeededBy (U.S. Senator from Tennessee) P31564 FINISHED
Object Bill Hagerty
Bill Hagerty is a Republican politician and former U.S. ambassador to Japan who serves as a United States Senator from Tennessee.
E236851 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: Bill Hagerty | Statement: [Lamar Alexander, succeededBy (U.S. Senator from Tennessee), Bill Hagerty]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Hagerty
Context triple: [Lamar Alexander, succeededBy (U.S. Senator from Tennessee), Bill Hagerty]
  • 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. Joseph W. Byrns
    Joseph W. Byrns was an American Democratic politician from Tennessee who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in the mid-1930s.
  • C. Richard Hudson
    Richard Hudson is the child of Katherine Hudson, known primarily in relation to her.
  • D. Mike Salisbury
    Mike Salisbury is a British television producer best known for his work on major natural history documentaries, including serving as an executive producer on David Attenborough’s acclaimed series "The Life of Birds."
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Bill Hagerty
Triple: [Lamar Alexander, succeededBy (U.S. Senator from Tennessee), Bill Hagerty]
Generated description
Bill Hagerty is a Republican politician and former U.S. ambassador to Japan who serves as a United States Senator from Tennessee.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Hagerty
Target entity description: Bill Hagerty is a Republican politician and former U.S. ambassador to Japan who serves as a United States Senator from Tennessee.
  • 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. Joseph W. Byrns
    Joseph W. Byrns was an American Democratic politician from Tennessee who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in the mid-1930s.
  • C. Richard Hudson
    Richard Hudson is the child of Katherine Hudson, known primarily in relation to her.
  • D. Mike Salisbury
    Mike Salisbury is a British television producer best known for his work on major natural history documentaries, including serving as an executive producer on David Attenborough’s acclaimed series "The Life of Birds."
  • E. 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.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: succeededBy (U.S. Senator from Tennessee)
Context triple: [Lamar Alexander, succeededBy (U.S. Senator from Tennessee), Bill Hagerty]
  • A. succeededBy (U.S. Senate seat) chosen
    Indicates that one U.S. Senate seat holder is directly followed in office by another specific individual.
  • B. succeededBy (Governor of Virginia)
    Indicates that one individual directly followed another in holding the office of Governor of Virginia.
  • C. succeededInOfficeAsSenatorFromNewYorkBy
    Indicates that one individual was succeeded in the role of Senator from New York by another individual.
  • D. succeededBy (Governor of Pennsylvania)
    Indicates that one individual directly follows another in holding the office of Governor of Pennsylvania.
  • E. precededInSenateBy
    Indicates that one officeholder directly held a given Senate seat before another officeholder, in terms of succession to that seat.
  • 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_69ae518d29d4819090aa2a1c6fc7304d completed March 9, 2026, 4:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae522f0394819087a7e7d9c6ca354c completed March 9, 2026, 4:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae5316acf881908dde9d83c36c8fd0 completed March 9, 2026, 4:56 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69abb7b6274081909df36cd7a7c6a675 completed March 7, 2026, 5:29 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:43 p.m.