Triple

T2697640
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Madeleine Albright E58548 entity
Predicate precededBy_UNAmbassador P21017 FINISHED
Object Edward J. Perkins
Edward J. Perkins was an American career diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and was notable for being the first Black U.S. Ambassador to apartheid-era South Africa.
E691696 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: Edward J. Perkins | Statement: [Madeleine Albright, precededBy_UNAmbassador, Edward J. Perkins]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward J. Perkins
Context triple: [Madeleine Albright, precededBy_UNAmbassador, Edward J. Perkins]
  • A. Edward P. Doherty
    Edward P. Doherty was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading the detachment that captured and killed President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, at a farm near Port Royal, Virginia.
  • B. Charles F. Roos
    Charles F. Roos was an American economist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in econometrics and contributions to the formalization of economic theory.
  • C. George A. Bermann
    George A. Bermann is a prominent American legal scholar and expert in international and comparative law, particularly known for his work in international arbitration.
  • D. William A. Shea
    William A. Shea was an American lawyer and civic leader best known for spearheading the return of National League baseball to New York City, leading to the founding of the New York Mets and the naming of Shea Stadium in his honor.
  • E. Franklin H. Martin
    Franklin H. Martin was an American surgeon and medical leader best known for founding and guiding the development of the American College of Surgeons.
  • 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: Edward J. Perkins
Triple: [Madeleine Albright, precededBy_UNAmbassador, Edward J. Perkins]
Generated description
Edward J. Perkins was an American career diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and was notable for being the first Black U.S. Ambassador to apartheid-era South Africa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward J. Perkins
Target entity description: Edward J. Perkins was an American career diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and was notable for being the first Black U.S. Ambassador to apartheid-era South Africa.
  • A. Edward P. Doherty
    Edward P. Doherty was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading the detachment that captured and killed President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, at a farm near Port Royal, Virginia.
  • B. Charles F. Roos
    Charles F. Roos was an American economist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in econometrics and contributions to the formalization of economic theory.
  • C. George A. Bermann
    George A. Bermann is a prominent American legal scholar and expert in international and comparative law, particularly known for his work in international arbitration.
  • D. William A. Shea
    William A. Shea was an American lawyer and civic leader best known for spearheading the return of National League baseball to New York City, leading to the founding of the New York Mets and the naming of Shea Stadium in his honor.
  • E. Franklin H. Martin
    Franklin H. Martin was an American surgeon and medical leader best known for founding and guiding the development of the American College of Surgeons.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: precededBy_UNAmbassador
Context triple: [Madeleine Albright, precededBy_UNAmbassador, Edward J. Perkins]
  • A. precededByAsHomeSecretary
    Indicates that one individual previously held the position of Home Secretary before another individual.
  • B. wasPrecededBy
    Indicates that one event, state, or entity occurred or existed earlier in time than another.
  • C. receivesDiplomaticAccreditationFrom
    Indicates that an entity is formally recognized and accepted in an official diplomatic capacity by another entity that grants the accreditation.
  • D. precededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfStateBy
    Indicates that one person assumed the role of Secretary of State after another specific person, who held the office immediately before them.
  • E. precededByOfficeHolder chosen
    Indicates that one office holder directly held a position before another office holder in a sequence of occupants of the same office.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69ab4ac269e481909cb317d79e68b75b completed March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abda322af48190833b8a3c006db236 completed March 7, 2026, 7:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c9a53a44e48190bddf0f4faec136e7 completed March 29, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c9a665ccc081909564e4c83dbd303c completed March 29, 2026, 10:23 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c9a6b366348190b72f896243c70c38 completed March 29, 2026, 10:24 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69abd81ea5d88190ab5c8f8b8064b931 completed March 7, 2026, 7:47 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:55 p.m.