Triple

T8359053
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject United States ambassador to Brazil E196755 entity
Predicate officeHoldersInclude P537 FINISHED
Object Clifford M. Sobel
Clifford M. Sobel is an American businessman and diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to both the Netherlands and Brazil in the 2000s.
 E762738 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: Clifford M. Sobel | Statement: [United States ambassador to Brazil, officeHoldersInclude, Clifford M. Sobel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Clifford M. Sobel
Context triple: [United States ambassador to Brazil, officeHoldersInclude, Clifford M. Sobel]
  • A. Marvin L. Cohen
    Marvin L. Cohen is a prominent American condensed matter physicist known for his pioneering work in computational materials science and electronic structure theory.
  • B. Leonard S. Schleifer
    Leonard S. Schleifer is an American physician, entrepreneur, and billionaire best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of the biotechnology company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.
  • C. Edward S. Feldman
    Edward S. Feldman is an American film producer known for overseeing a range of notable movies across several decades, including acclaimed dramas and thrillers.
  • D. Robert G. Goldstein
    Robert G. Goldstein is an American business executive best known as the chief executive officer and a leading figure of the global casino and resort company Las Vegas Sands.
  • E. Douglas L. Meyer
    Douglas L. Meyer is a theatrical producer best known for his work on the hit 2001 Broadway musical "The Producers."
  • 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: Clifford M. Sobel
Triple: [United States ambassador to Brazil, officeHoldersInclude, Clifford M. Sobel]
Generated description
Clifford M. Sobel is an American businessman and diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to both the Netherlands and Brazil in the 2000s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Clifford M. Sobel
Target entity description: Clifford M. Sobel is an American businessman and diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to both the Netherlands and Brazil in the 2000s.
  • A. Marvin L. Cohen
    Marvin L. Cohen is a prominent American condensed matter physicist known for his pioneering work in computational materials science and electronic structure theory.
  • B. Leonard S. Schleifer
    Leonard S. Schleifer is an American physician, entrepreneur, and billionaire best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of the biotechnology company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.
  • C. Edward S. Feldman
    Edward S. Feldman is an American film producer known for overseeing a range of notable movies across several decades, including acclaimed dramas and thrillers.
  • D. Robert G. Goldstein
    Robert G. Goldstein is an American business executive best known as the chief executive officer and a leading figure of the global casino and resort company Las Vegas Sands.
  • E. Douglas L. Meyer
    Douglas L. Meyer is a theatrical producer best known for his work on the hit 2001 Broadway musical "The Producers."
  • 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_69ca82f08b348190bfb7881944bbff6f completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb807134008190b4671326e0414210 completed March 31, 2026, 8:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf9ff05c708190bb8d4cc20bfaa1f7 completed April 3, 2026, 11:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfa14f0f3c8190bf7081e51410a491 completed April 3, 2026, 11:15 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfa28589708190b8fc32f4944d0a37 completed April 3, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:59 p.m.