Triple
T23281609
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Les Aspin |
E588876
|
entity |
| Predicate | succeededBy |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Perry as United States Secretary of Defense |
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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: William Perry as United States Secretary of Defense | Statement: [Les Aspin, succeededBy, William Perry as United States Secretary of Defense]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Perry as United States Secretary of Defense Context triple: [Les Aspin, succeededBy, William Perry as United States Secretary of Defense]
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A.
William H. Perry
William H. Perry was a notable figure interred at Los Angeles’s historic Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, recognized for his local prominence and contributions to the city’s early development.
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B.
Joyce Pierson Rumsfeld
Joyce Pierson Rumsfeld is an American public figure best known as the longtime wife of former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and for her involvement in charitable and civic activities.
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C.
Secretary William Cleary
Secretary William Cleary is a powerful and eccentric U.S. political figure and protective father in the comedy film "Wedding Crashers."
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D.
Frank Carlucci
Frank Carlucci was an American politician and diplomat who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan before later becoming a prominent business executive.
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E.
Harold Brown
Harold Brown was an American physicist and statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Perry as United States Secretary of Defense Target entity description: William Perry served as U.S. Secretary of Defense in the mid-1990s, overseeing post–Cold War military restructuring and technological modernization under President Bill Clinton.
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A.
William H. Perry
William H. Perry was a notable figure interred at Los Angeles’s historic Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, recognized for his local prominence and contributions to the city’s early development.
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B.
Joyce Pierson Rumsfeld
Joyce Pierson Rumsfeld is an American public figure best known as the longtime wife of former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and for her involvement in charitable and civic activities.
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C.
Secretary William Cleary
Secretary William Cleary is a powerful and eccentric U.S. political figure and protective father in the comedy film "Wedding Crashers."
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D.
Frank Carlucci
Frank Carlucci was an American politician and diplomat who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan before later becoming a prominent business executive.
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E.
Harold Brown
Harold Brown was an American physicist and statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69e25d16e2c08190a291de254703129e |
completed | April 17, 2026, 4:17 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f19643b8908190a2c29552b272dc61 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4:57 p.m.