Triple
T6206103
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Saburō Kurusu |
E138750
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Japanese Ambassador to the United States (special envoy) |
E356883
|
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: Japanese Ambassador to the United States (special envoy) | Statement: [Saburō Kurusu, positionHeld, Japanese Ambassador to the United States (special envoy)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japanese Ambassador to the United States (special envoy) Context triple: [Saburō Kurusu, positionHeld, Japanese Ambassador to the United States (special envoy)]
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A.
Japanese ambassador to the United States
chosen
The Japanese ambassador to the United States is Japan’s chief diplomatic representative in Washington, D.C., responsible for managing political, economic, and cultural relations between Japan and the U.S.
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B.
United States Ambassador to Japan
The United States Ambassador to Japan is the chief diplomatic representative of the U.S. government in Japan, responsible for managing bilateral relations and overseeing the American embassy in Tokyo.
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C.
Minister of State for Special Missions of Japan
The Minister of State for Special Missions of Japan is a cabinet-level government position responsible for handling specific policy areas or special assignments designated by the Prime Minister.
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D.
United States Consul General to Japan
The United States Consul General to Japan is a senior American diplomatic official who heads a U.S. consulate in Japan, overseeing consular services and representing U.S. interests in a specific region of the country.
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E.
Ambassador of Japan to China
The Ambassador of Japan to China is Tokyo’s chief diplomatic representative in Beijing, responsible for managing Japan–China relations and overseeing Japan’s embassy and diplomatic missions in China.
- 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_69c008acbea48190991c6b834bb45d65 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c0626f85748190a94448117a85fd78 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c16f47b04c81909bfe20305911f5f2 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 4:50 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:20 p.m.