Triple

T7270712
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fred M. Vinson E161094 entity
Predicate succeededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfTheTreasury P76056 FINISHED
Object John W. Snyder
John W. Snyder was an American businessman and close confidant of President Harry S. Truman who served as the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 1946 to 1953, overseeing post–World War II economic transition.
E770461 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: John W. Snyder | Statement: [Fred M. Vinson, succeededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfTheTreasury, John W. Snyder]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John W. Snyder
Context triple: [Fred M. Vinson, succeededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfTheTreasury, John W. Snyder]
  • A. William Snyder
    William Snyder is an American photojournalist and editor renowned for his powerful visual storytelling, which earned him the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography.
  • B. William Snyder
    William Snyder was a cinematographer known for his work on classic American films, including the Disney production "So Dear to My Heart."
  • C. Lewis J. Stadlen
    Lewis J. Stadlen is an American character actor known for his extensive work on Broadway and in film and television, often in comedic or sharply drawn supporting roles.
  • D. John A. Knebel
    John A. Knebel is an American lawyer and government official who served as United States Secretary of Agriculture in the 1970s.
  • E. Donald W. Sherburne
    Donald W. Sherburne was an American philosopher and prominent interpreter of Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy.
  • 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: John W. Snyder
Triple: [Fred M. Vinson, succeededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfTheTreasury, John W. Snyder]
Generated description
John W. Snyder was an American businessman and close confidant of President Harry S. Truman who served as the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 1946 to 1953, overseeing post–World War II economic transition.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John W. Snyder
Target entity description: John W. Snyder was an American businessman and close confidant of President Harry S. Truman who served as the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 1946 to 1953, overseeing post–World War II economic transition.
  • A. William Snyder
    William Snyder is an American photojournalist and editor renowned for his powerful visual storytelling, which earned him the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography.
  • B. William Snyder
    William Snyder was a cinematographer known for his work on classic American films, including the Disney production "So Dear to My Heart."
  • C. Lewis J. Stadlen
    Lewis J. Stadlen is an American character actor known for his extensive work on Broadway and in film and television, often in comedic or sharply drawn supporting roles.
  • D. John A. Knebel
    John A. Knebel is an American lawyer and government official who served as United States Secretary of Agriculture in the 1970s.
  • E. Donald W. Sherburne
    Donald W. Sherburne was an American philosopher and prominent interpreter of Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: succeededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfTheTreasury
Context triple: [Fred M. Vinson, succeededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfTheTreasury, John W. Snyder]
  • A. succeededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfStateBy
    Indicates that one individual was followed in the role of Secretary of State by another individual, who took over the office after them.
  • B. chiefSecretaryToTheTreasury
    Indicates that one entity holds or is assigned the governmental role of Chief Secretary to the Treasury in relation to another entity (typically a government or treasury).
  • C. precededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfStateBy
    Indicates that one person assumed the role of Secretary of State after another specific person, who held the office immediately before them.
  • D. succeededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfDefenseBy
    Indicates that one person’s term as Secretary of Defense ended and was directly followed by another person, who succeeded them in that office.
  • E. hasUSSecretaryOfDefense
    Indicates that an entity has, or is associated with, a specific individual serving in the role of United States Secretary of Defense.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69c6885181008190b419040e22939c7c completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6eb088dac8190b353f6ea3d686025 completed March 27, 2026, 8:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfd04f80fc8190aae7c4823ddecb4a completed April 3, 2026, 2:35 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfd118aad08190bcba087d8925cd92 completed April 3, 2026, 2:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfd17f502881908db49ad0c2065902 completed April 3, 2026, 2:41 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69c6e76876608190ac4652bc7153302e completed March 27, 2026, 8:24 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69c6eb06acd881908a1735fbbbd5756f completed March 27, 2026, 8:39 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:58 p.m.