Triple
T23156797
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Breaux |
E578460
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entity |
| Predicate | precededByAsUSRepresentative |
P151140
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FINISHED |
| Object | Edwin Edwards |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Edwin Edwards | Statement: [John Breaux, precededByAsUSRepresentative, Edwin Edwards]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edwin Edwards Context triple: [John Breaux, precededByAsUSRepresentative, Edwin Edwards]
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A.
Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards
chosen
Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards was a long-serving and influential Democratic politician who led Louisiana for four terms and became one of the state’s most prominent and controversial governors.
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B.
Willie Dobbs Blackburn
Willie Dobbs Blackburn was a daughter of prominent African-American civic and political leader John Wesley Dobbs.
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C.
John Breaux
John Breaux is an American Democratic politician from Louisiana who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and later as a U.S. Senator, known for his centrist, bipartisan approach to legislation.
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D.
David du Bose Gaillard
David du Bose Gaillard was a U.S. Army engineer best known for supervising the excavation of the central canal cut through the Continental Divide during the construction of the Panama Canal.
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E.
Ed Mullen
Ed Mullen is a notable individual who shares the surname Mullen and is recognized enough to be specifically distinguished among people with that name.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: precededByAsUSRepresentative Context triple: [John Breaux, precededByAsUSRepresentative, Edwin Edwards]
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A.
preceded by (in U.S. House)
Indicates that one member of the U.S. House of Representatives held a given position or seat before another member, who succeeded them in that role.
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B.
precededByAsSenateMinorityLeader
Indicates that one individual previously served as Senate Minority Leader before another individual assumed that role.
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C.
precededInSenateBy
Indicates that one officeholder directly held a given Senate seat before another officeholder, in terms of succession to that seat.
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D.
precededByInDemocraticPartyControl
Indicates that one period or instance of Democratic Party control occurred earlier in time than another, directly preceding it in sequence.
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E.
wasARepresentativeFor
Indicates that one entity served as an official representative or delegate acting on behalf of another entity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (4 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_69e245fb8de081908f0eba7b5fd75bc4 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f18efd598c81908fba9d583e30660e |
completed | April 29, 2026, 4:54 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69ef89ff76808190808ee4ad9dea776b |
completed | April 27, 2026, 4:08 p.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69ef9b7494f4819088ae59ea3d0ae8ab |
completed | April 27, 2026, 5:23 p.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4:01 p.m.