Triple
T6883417
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John W. Vessey Jr. |
E158854
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William J. Crowe
William J. Crowe was a United States Navy admiral who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the late Cold War.
|
E628334
|
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: William J. Crowe | Statement: [John W. Vessey Jr., successor, William J. Crowe]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William J. Crowe Context triple: [John W. Vessey Jr., successor, William J. Crowe]
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A.
Andrew P. Armacost
Andrew P. Armacost is an American academic leader and former U.S. Air Force Academy dean who serves as president of the University of North Dakota.
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B.
Richard M. Linnehan
Richard M. Linnehan is a NASA astronaut and veterinarian best known for his spacewalks and work on multiple Space Shuttle missions, including servicing the Hubble Space Telescope.
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C.
Neil H. McElroy
Neil H. McElroy was a U.S. businessman and politician who served as Secretary of Defense under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, playing a key role in shaping early Cold War defense policy.
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D.
John F. Schreyer
John F. Schreyer is an editor known for his work on the publication "Suddenly."
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E.
Eliot Richardson
Eliot Richardson was an American lawyer, diplomat, and public official best known for serving in multiple U.S. Cabinet positions and for his principled resignation as Attorney General during the Watergate scandal.
- 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: William J. Crowe Triple: [John W. Vessey Jr., successor, William J. Crowe]
Generated description
William J. Crowe was a United States Navy admiral who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the late Cold War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William J. Crowe Target entity description: William J. Crowe was a United States Navy admiral who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the late Cold War.
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A.
Andrew P. Armacost
Andrew P. Armacost is an American academic leader and former U.S. Air Force Academy dean who serves as president of the University of North Dakota.
-
B.
Richard M. Linnehan
Richard M. Linnehan is a NASA astronaut and veterinarian best known for his spacewalks and work on multiple Space Shuttle missions, including servicing the Hubble Space Telescope.
-
C.
Neil H. McElroy
Neil H. McElroy was a U.S. businessman and politician who served as Secretary of Defense under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, playing a key role in shaping early Cold War defense policy.
-
D.
John F. Schreyer
John F. Schreyer is an editor known for his work on the publication "Suddenly."
-
E.
Eliot Richardson
Eliot Richardson was an American lawyer, diplomat, and public official best known for serving in multiple U.S. Cabinet positions and for his principled resignation as Attorney General during the Watergate scandal.
- 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_69c688342f6c8190ad7eea6ba262db99 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d8ea59108190a85f9112b6a4e59a |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7511d44ec819093b3779dd1eda5f1 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 3:55 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c751ebf4f48190bb206dd9c1d8bc7b |
completed | March 28, 2026, 3:58 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c75264e65081908859551feaf1006c |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:23 p.m.