Triple
T705752
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Donald Rumsfeld |
E14094
|
entity |
| Predicate | precededBy |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Cohen
William Cohen is an American politician and lawyer who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton and previously as a U.S. Senator from Maine.
|
E90832
|
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 Cohen | Statement: [Donald Rumsfeld, precededBy, William Cohen]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Cohen Context triple: [Donald Rumsfeld, precededBy, William Cohen]
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A.
Joseph W. Martin Jr.
Joseph W. Martin Jr. was an American Republican politician from Massachusetts who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and was a prominent congressional leader in the mid-20th century.
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B.
John Warner
John Warner was a long-serving U.S. Senator from Virginia and former Secretary of the Navy known for his influential role in national defense and bipartisan politics.
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C.
Andrew Card
Andrew Card is an American politician and government official best known for serving as White House Chief of Staff under President George W. Bush.
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D.
William P. Rogers
William P. Rogers was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of State, and later chaired the presidential commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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E.
Lowell Weicker
Lowell Weicker was an American Republican politician from Connecticut who served as a U.S. Senator and gained national prominence for his independent stance 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 Cohen Triple: [Donald Rumsfeld, precededBy, William Cohen]
Generated description
William Cohen is an American politician and lawyer who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton and previously as a U.S. Senator from Maine.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Cohen Target entity description: William Cohen is an American politician and lawyer who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton and previously as a U.S. Senator from Maine.
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A.
Joseph W. Martin Jr.
Joseph W. Martin Jr. was an American Republican politician from Massachusetts who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and was a prominent congressional leader in the mid-20th century.
-
B.
John Warner
John Warner was a long-serving U.S. Senator from Virginia and former Secretary of the Navy known for his influential role in national defense and bipartisan politics.
-
C.
Andrew Card
Andrew Card is an American politician and government official best known for serving as White House Chief of Staff under President George W. Bush.
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D.
William P. Rogers
William P. Rogers was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of State, and later chaired the presidential commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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E.
Lowell Weicker
Lowell Weicker was an American Republican politician from Connecticut who served as a U.S. Senator and gained national prominence for his independent stance 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_69a493494ec48190ae6751683625a9ba |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a54607f08190b3ee4805f2ea4b2f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a6666acf1081908325ae2ba74b6bae |
completed | March 3, 2026, 4:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a6674809a48190b30a03a6366bdebd |
completed | March 3, 2026, 4:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a667cf4f9881908d63b5e38088c0f9 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 4:47 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.