Triple

T2209974
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Adjutant General of the Continental Army E50891 entity
Predicate positionHeldBy P8 FINISHED
Object Timothy Pickering
Timothy Pickering was an American Revolutionary War officer and later statesman who served as U.S. Postmaster General, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State under Presidents Washington and Adams.
E245558 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: Timothy Pickering | Statement: [Adjutant General of the Continental Army, positionHeldBy, Timothy Pickering]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Timothy Pickering
Context triple: [Adjutant General of the Continental Army, positionHeldBy, Timothy Pickering]
  • A. William Gage
    William Gage is a name shared by several notable historical figures, including English politicians and nobility active between the 16th and 18th centuries.
  • B. Marinus Willett
    Marinus Willett was an American Revolutionary War officer and political leader from New York, known for his active role in colonial resistance and later service as mayor of New York City.
  • C. Alexander Macomb
    Alexander Macomb was a prominent early 19th-century U.S. Army general who served as Commanding General of the Army and played key roles in conflicts such as the War of 1812 and the Seminole Wars.
  • D. William Pinkney
    William Pinkney was a prominent early American lawyer, diplomat, and politician who served in various high-level roles for the United States, including as U.S. Attorney General and minister to the United Kingdom.
  • E. Henry McCullough
    Henry McCullough was a Northern Irish guitarist and singer best known for his work with Paul McCartney and Wings, as well as his contributions to Joe Cocker’s Grease Band and various solo projects.
  • 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: Timothy Pickering
Triple: [Adjutant General of the Continental Army, positionHeldBy, Timothy Pickering]
Generated description
Timothy Pickering was an American Revolutionary War officer and later statesman who served as U.S. Postmaster General, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State under Presidents Washington and Adams.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Timothy Pickering
Target entity description: Timothy Pickering was an American Revolutionary War officer and later statesman who served as U.S. Postmaster General, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State under Presidents Washington and Adams.
  • A. William Gage
    William Gage is a name shared by several notable historical figures, including English politicians and nobility active between the 16th and 18th centuries.
  • B. Marinus Willett
    Marinus Willett was an American Revolutionary War officer and political leader from New York, known for his active role in colonial resistance and later service as mayor of New York City.
  • C. Alexander Macomb
    Alexander Macomb was a prominent early 19th-century U.S. Army general who served as Commanding General of the Army and played key roles in conflicts such as the War of 1812 and the Seminole Wars.
  • D. William Pinkney
    William Pinkney was a prominent early American lawyer, diplomat, and politician who served in various high-level roles for the United States, including as U.S. Attorney General and minister to the United Kingdom.
  • E. Henry McCullough
    Henry McCullough was a Northern Irish guitarist and singer best known for his work with Paul McCartney and Wings, as well as his contributions to Joe Cocker’s Grease Band and various solo projects.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69a88b06709c8190978fb2418470d1b6 completed March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbfce5abc8190b90b92e32045385d completed March 7, 2026, 6:03 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae655045d081909b8294ec706e0814 completed March 9, 2026, 6:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae662f689881908ecd76952b78f863 completed March 9, 2026, 6:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae668ef8bc819085ed1c83f447d396 completed March 9, 2026, 6:19 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:46 p.m.