Triple
T3013690
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Stephen T. Early |
E82281
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Under Secretary of Defense |
E270122
|
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: Under Secretary of Defense | Statement: [Stephen T. Early, positionHeld, Under Secretary of Defense]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Under Secretary of Defense Context triple: [Stephen T. Early, positionHeld, Under Secretary of Defense]
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A.
Under Secretary of the Air Force
The Under Secretary of the Air Force is the second-highest-ranking civilian official in the U.S. Department of the Air Force, responsible for assisting in the oversight and management of its policies, resources, and operations.
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B.
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment is a senior U.S. Department of Defense official responsible for overseeing military procurement, technology acquisition, logistics, and lifecycle sustainment of defense systems.
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C.
Under Secretary of the Army
The Under Secretary of the Army is the second-highest-ranking civilian official in the U.S. Department of the Army, responsible for assisting in the oversight, management, and policy direction of the Army.
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D.
United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
The United States Deputy Secretary of Defense is the second-highest-ranking official in the U.S. Department of Defense, responsible for overseeing its day-to-day operations and acting as the principal deputy to the Secretary of Defense.
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E.
Under Secretary
chosen
The Under Secretary is a senior U.S. government official rank typically just below a Secretary, responsible for overseeing major policy areas within a department.
- 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_69ad8b1eb53481908c39bbcd1ec104b2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ad9a6883c081909b6b74f078e347b7 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b1dea6b460819087d7186efc901ef2 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 9:29 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3 p.m.