Triple
T4561445
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Director General of Railroads |
E121799
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeldBy |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Gibbs McAdoo |
E140236
|
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: William Gibbs McAdoo | Statement: [Director General of Railroads, positionHeldBy, William Gibbs McAdoo]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Gibbs McAdoo Context triple: [Director General of Railroads, positionHeldBy, William Gibbs McAdoo]
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A.
William Gibbs McAdoo
chosen
William Gibbs McAdoo was an American lawyer and statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under Woodrow Wilson and played a key role in financing World War I and developing the modern Federal Reserve system.
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B.
Averell Harriman
Averell Harriman was an influential American diplomat, businessman, and politician who served as U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union and Britain, Secretary of Commerce, and governor of New York.
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C.
Henry P. Davison
Henry P. Davison was an American banker and philanthropist best known for his leadership in the Red Cross and for helping to establish major health organizations in the early 20th century.
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D.
Elihu Root
Elihu Root was an American lawyer, statesman, and Nobel Peace Prize–winning former U.S. Secretary of State and War known for his influential role in shaping early 20th-century American foreign policy.
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E.
Henry L. Stimson
Henry L. Stimson was an influential American statesman who served in key cabinet roles under multiple presidents and helped direct U.S. military and foreign policy during both World Wars.
- 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_69bd463f156881908a99aca69c5721ac |
completed | March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd582d98fc8190a760dbb5f20c775d |
completed | March 20, 2026, 2:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bdfa1eb59081909d0f6ac93c1d6639 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 1:53 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:09 p.m.