Triple
T318750
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Chief of Naval Operations |
E7765
|
entity |
| Predicate | firstHolder |
P291
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Admiral William S. Benson
Admiral William S. Benson was a United States Navy officer who became the first Chief of Naval Operations and played a key leadership role during World War I.
|
E41174
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: Admiral William S. Benson | Statement: [Chief of Naval Operations, firstHolder, Admiral William S. Benson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Admiral William S. Benson Context triple: [Chief of Naval Operations, firstHolder, Admiral William S. Benson]
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A.
William T. Sampson
William T. Sampson was a United States Navy admiral best known for leading American naval forces during the Spanish–American War, particularly in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
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B.
Frank Jack Fletcher
Frank Jack Fletcher was a U.S. Navy admiral in World War II who played a key leadership role in early Pacific carrier battles, including the Coral Sea and Midway campaigns.
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C.
Admiral Wesley L. McDonald
Admiral Wesley L. McDonald was a United States Navy four-star admiral who served as Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command and the U.S. Atlantic Fleet during the early 1980s.
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D.
Herbert L. Porter
Herbert L. Porter was a political operative who served as a key official in President Richard Nixon’s 1972 re-election campaign and later became involved in the Watergate investigations.
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E.
Vice Admiral Joseph Metcalf III
Vice Admiral Joseph Metcalf III was a senior U.S. Navy officer best known for leading the American invasion of Grenada in 1983 and for his influential roles in modernizing naval warfare and joint operations.
- 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: Admiral William S. Benson Triple: [Chief of Naval Operations, firstHolder, Admiral William S. Benson]
Generated description
Admiral William S. Benson was a United States Navy officer who became the first Chief of Naval Operations and played a key leadership role during World War I.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Admiral William S. Benson Target entity description: Admiral William S. Benson was a United States Navy officer who became the first Chief of Naval Operations and played a key leadership role during World War I.
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A.
William T. Sampson
William T. Sampson was a United States Navy admiral best known for leading American naval forces during the Spanish–American War, particularly in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
-
B.
Frank Jack Fletcher
Frank Jack Fletcher was a U.S. Navy admiral in World War II who played a key leadership role in early Pacific carrier battles, including the Coral Sea and Midway campaigns.
-
C.
Admiral Wesley L. McDonald
Admiral Wesley L. McDonald was a United States Navy four-star admiral who served as Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command and the U.S. Atlantic Fleet during the early 1980s.
-
D.
Herbert L. Porter
Herbert L. Porter was a political operative who served as a key official in President Richard Nixon’s 1972 re-election campaign and later became involved in the Watergate investigations.
-
E.
Vice Admiral Joseph Metcalf III
Vice Admiral Joseph Metcalf III was a senior U.S. Navy officer best known for leading the American invasion of Grenada in 1983 and for his influential roles in modernizing naval warfare and joint operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 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_69a2e7e7af7881908890039d6be4e9b8 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ea67b7588190be394a56498758b6 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3c8ba3304819099db7b60f2c83c8b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 5:03 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a3c93ce2308190b2df5c939691a2ce |
completed | March 1, 2026, 5:06 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3ca020b7081909b54e311c173ef21 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 5:09 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.