Triple

T2382315
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tom C. Clark E46336 entity
Predicate succeededBy (as Attorney General) P38396 FINISHED
Object J. Howard McGrath
J. Howard McGrath was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as U.S. Attorney General under President Harry S. Truman and previously as governor of Rhode Island and U.S. senator.
E685757 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: J. Howard McGrath | Statement: [Tom C. Clark, succeededBy (as Attorney General), J. Howard McGrath]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. Howard McGrath
Context triple: [Tom C. Clark, succeededBy (as Attorney General), J. Howard McGrath]
  • A. James L. Massey
    James L. Massey was an American information theorist and cryptographer known for his fundamental contributions to coding theory, stream ciphers, and the development of the Berlekamp–Massey algorithm.
  • B. Wilfred J. McNeil
    Wilfred J. McNeil was an American government official who served in senior defense-related administrative roles, including leadership of the U.S. Munitions Board during the mid-20th century.
  • C. John F. Sattler
    John F. Sattler is a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general known for his leadership of Marine forces during the Iraq War, including major operations in Fallujah.
  • D. William C. McGann
    William C. McGann was an early 20th-century American cinematographer and film director who helped shape the visual style of Hollywood cinema.
  • E. John McGowan
    John McGowan was a writer whose work served as the basis for the 1943 musical film "Girl Crazy."
  • 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: J. Howard McGrath
Triple: [Tom C. Clark, succeededBy (as Attorney General), J. Howard McGrath]
Generated description
J. Howard McGrath was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as U.S. Attorney General under President Harry S. Truman and previously as governor of Rhode Island and U.S. senator.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. Howard McGrath
Target entity description: J. Howard McGrath was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as U.S. Attorney General under President Harry S. Truman and previously as governor of Rhode Island and U.S. senator.
  • A. James L. Massey
    James L. Massey was an American information theorist and cryptographer known for his fundamental contributions to coding theory, stream ciphers, and the development of the Berlekamp–Massey algorithm.
  • B. Wilfred J. McNeil
    Wilfred J. McNeil was an American government official who served in senior defense-related administrative roles, including leadership of the U.S. Munitions Board during the mid-20th century.
  • C. John F. Sattler
    John F. Sattler is a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general known for his leadership of Marine forces during the Iraq War, including major operations in Fallujah.
  • D. William C. McGann
    William C. McGann was an early 20th-century American cinematographer and film director who helped shape the visual style of Hollywood cinema.
  • E. John McGowan
    John McGowan was a writer whose work served as the basis for the 1943 musical film "Girl Crazy."
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: succeededBy (as Attorney General)
Context triple: [Tom C. Clark, succeededBy (as Attorney General), J. Howard McGrath]
  • A. succeededByAsChiefJustice
    Indicates that one individual directly followed another in the role of Chief Justice.
  • B. startTime (as Attorney General)
    Indicates the date and time at which an individual began serving in the role of Attorney General.
  • C. endTime (as Attorney General)
    Indicates the point in time when an entity’s role or tenure as Attorney General concludes.
  • D. succeededBy (U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security)
    Indicates that one individual later took over the position of U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security from another, serving as their direct successor in that office.
  • E. succeededBy (U.S. Secretary of Education)
    Indicates the person who directly followed a given U.S. Secretary of Education in holding that office.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69a88a1554a48190a0180682bcf099be completed March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc7b98c988190abdb4fe51bf65bde completed March 7, 2026, 6:37 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c8be06206c81908e676d602234cd57 completed March 29, 2026, 5:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8bf73379081908519bdc923698e96 completed March 29, 2026, 5:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8bfe9e930819095a3b1d700fbd475 completed March 29, 2026, 6 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69abc59f73f08190924a36d7d475d8f4 completed March 7, 2026, 6:28 a.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69abc6f4245881909282b3184a288e2a completed March 7, 2026, 6:34 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:57 p.m.