Triple
T2261062
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John C. Calhoun |
E50039
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | United States Secretary of War |
E6644
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: United States Secretary of War | Statement: [John C. Calhoun, positionHeld, United States Secretary of War]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Secretary of War Context triple: [John C. Calhoun, positionHeld, United States Secretary of War]
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A.
Secretary of War
chosen
The Secretary of War was a former U.S. Cabinet-level official responsible for overseeing the Army and managing the nation’s military affairs before the creation of the Department of Defense.
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B.
Assistant Secretary of War
The Assistant Secretary of War was a senior U.S. government official responsible for overseeing key aspects of Army administration, logistics, and wartime operations before the Department of War was reorganized into the Department of Defense.
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C.
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War
The Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War was the senior civil servant responsible for overseeing the administration and day-to-day operations of the British Army within the United Kingdom government.
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D.
United States Secretary of Defense
The United States Secretary of Defense is the head of the Department of Defense and the principal defense policy advisor to the President, overseeing the nation’s armed forces and military strategy.
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E.
Chief of Staff of the United States
The Chief of Staff of the United States is the senior military officer who serves as a principal military advisor and leader within the U.S. armed forces’ highest command structure.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a88b01e0048190ba96431b5f990ba9 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc18aa9d48190893ca32558730e9c |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae71cb1540819093db7f91ae66c19f |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:07 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:48 p.m.