Triple
T7471022
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas N. Downing |
E176502
|
entity |
| Predicate | was a candidate for |
P12344
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Governor of Virginia (1977 Democratic primary) |
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LITERAL 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: Governor of Virginia (1977 Democratic primary) | Statement: [Thomas N. Downing, was a candidate for, Governor of Virginia (1977 Democratic primary)]
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: was a candidate for Context triple: [Thomas N. Downing, was a candidate for, Governor of Virginia (1977 Democratic primary)]
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A.
wasCandidateIn
chosen
Indicates that an entity served as a candidate in a particular election, contest, or selection process.
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B.
candidateFor
Indicates that one entity is being considered or proposed as a possible choice, option, or selection for another entity (such as a role, position, or outcome).
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C.
couldElect
Indicates that one entity has the potential or ability, under certain conditions or rules, to choose another entity for an office, role, or position through an election.
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D.
announcedCandidacyFor
Indicates that an entity has publicly declared their intention to run as a candidate for a specific position, office, or role.
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E.
nominatedForOffice
Indicates that an entity has been formally put forward as a candidate to hold a particular office or position.
- F. None of above.
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_69c69f223fd88190b4c69b95d7cbeeda |
completed | March 27, 2026, 3:15 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f4145d608190bd93239f04f7da41 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:18 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69c6f03d967081908a8e696ff9693b90 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:01 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:41 p.m.