Triple
T6860266
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Townsend Harris |
E158258
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | United States Consul General to Japan |
E131648
|
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: United States Consul General to Japan | Statement: [Townsend Harris, positionHeld, United States Consul General to Japan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Consul General to Japan Context triple: [Townsend Harris, positionHeld, United States Consul General to Japan]
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A.
United States Consul General to Japan
chosen
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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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.
Japanese ambassador to the United States
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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D.
Consulate-General of Japan in New York
The Consulate-General of Japan in New York is Japan’s primary diplomatic mission in New York, providing consular services and promoting Japanese interests and cultural exchange in the region.
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E.
United States Ambassador
The United States Ambassador is the chief diplomatic representative of the U.S. government to a foreign country or international organization, responsible for managing bilateral relations and representing American interests abroad.
- 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_69c68830cdbc8190a8301c7a9d9f651a |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d8737fac81909fc546ca2bf6a278 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c72fe79af081909baacbfd4d5e8f24 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 1:33 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:21 p.m.