Triple

T6677931
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Adams Dix E151901 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Postmaster of New York City
The Postmaster of New York City is the federal official responsible for overseeing and managing postal services and operations within New York City.
E611497 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: Postmaster of New York City | Statement: [John Adams Dix, positionHeld, Postmaster of New York City]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Postmaster of New York City
Context triple: [John Adams Dix, positionHeld, Postmaster of New York City]
  • A. Chancellor of New York
    The Chancellor of New York was the highest judicial officer in the early State of New York, presiding over the Court of Chancery and playing a key role in the state’s legal and political affairs.
  • B. Office of the Mayor of New York City
    The Office of the Mayor of New York City is the executive branch leadership office responsible for overseeing city governance, policy direction, and administration across all municipal agencies.
  • C. New York City official
    A New York City official is a government employee or elected representative responsible for administering and overseeing municipal policies, services, and regulations within the city.
  • D. Collector of the Port of New York
    The Collector of the Port of New York was a powerful 19th-century federal customs post responsible for overseeing and taxing the vast volume of imports entering through New York Harbor, making it one of the most politically influential patronage positions in the United States.
  • E. Mayor of New York City
    The Mayor of New York City is the elected chief executive who oversees the city’s government, agencies, and public services for the five boroughs.
  • 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: Postmaster of New York City
Triple: [John Adams Dix, positionHeld, Postmaster of New York City]
Generated description
The Postmaster of New York City is the federal official responsible for overseeing and managing postal services and operations within New York City.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Postmaster of New York City
Target entity description: The Postmaster of New York City is the federal official responsible for overseeing and managing postal services and operations within New York City.
  • A. Chancellor of New York
    The Chancellor of New York was the highest judicial officer in the early State of New York, presiding over the Court of Chancery and playing a key role in the state’s legal and political affairs.
  • B. Office of the Mayor of New York City
    The Office of the Mayor of New York City is the executive branch leadership office responsible for overseeing city governance, policy direction, and administration across all municipal agencies.
  • C. New York City official
    A New York City official is a government employee or elected representative responsible for administering and overseeing municipal policies, services, and regulations within the city.
  • D. Collector of the Port of New York
    The Collector of the Port of New York was a powerful 19th-century federal customs post responsible for overseeing and taxing the vast volume of imports entering through New York Harbor, making it one of the most politically influential patronage positions in the United States.
  • E. Mayor of New York City
    The Mayor of New York City is the elected chief executive who oversees the city’s government, agencies, and public services for the five boroughs.
  • 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_69c687f830bc81909eb8b04dbb8450b1 completed March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6b0f53af48190b0b25b61c3531158 completed March 27, 2026, 4:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6f7a78ab081909d904e4468293957 completed March 27, 2026, 9:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6f8453af88190b237c249bfbb4f8c completed March 27, 2026, 9:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6f8d5630c8190913e8572a70b82c1 completed March 27, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:03 p.m.