Triple
T8533896
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Robert P. Patterson |
E202023
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
United States Under Secretary of War
The United States Under Secretary of War was a senior civilian official in the U.S. War Department responsible for assisting in the administration and coordination of the Army, particularly during World War II.
|
E741915
|
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: United States Under Secretary of War | Statement: [Robert P. Patterson, positionHeld, United States Under Secretary of War]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Under Secretary of War Context triple: [Robert P. Patterson, positionHeld, United States Under Secretary of War]
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A.
Assistant Secretary of War
The Assistant Secretary of War was a senior U.S. government official responsible for overseeing key aspects of Army administration, logistics, and wartime operations before the Department of War was reorganized into the Department of Defense.
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B.
Assistant Secretary of the Army
The Assistant Secretary of the Army is a senior civilian official in the U.S. Department of the Army responsible for overseeing major policy, budgetary, and administrative functions within their assigned portfolio.
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C.
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War
The Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War was the senior civil servant responsible for overseeing the administration and day-to-day operations of the British Army within the United Kingdom government.
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D.
Under Secretary of the Army
The Under Secretary of the Army is the second-highest-ranking civilian official in the U.S. Department of the Army, responsible for assisting in the oversight, management, and policy direction of the Army.
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E.
United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
The United States Deputy Secretary of Defense is the second-highest-ranking official in the U.S. Department of Defense, responsible for overseeing its day-to-day operations and acting as the principal deputy to the Secretary of Defense.
- 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: United States Under Secretary of War Triple: [Robert P. Patterson, positionHeld, United States Under Secretary of War]
Generated description
The United States Under Secretary of War was a senior civilian official in the U.S. War Department responsible for assisting in the administration and coordination of the Army, particularly during World War II.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Under Secretary of War Target entity description: The United States Under Secretary of War was a senior civilian official in the U.S. War Department responsible for assisting in the administration and coordination of the Army, particularly during World War II.
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A.
Assistant Secretary of War
The Assistant Secretary of War was a senior U.S. government official responsible for overseeing key aspects of Army administration, logistics, and wartime operations before the Department of War was reorganized into the Department of Defense.
-
B.
Assistant Secretary of the Army
The Assistant Secretary of the Army is a senior civilian official in the U.S. Department of the Army responsible for overseeing major policy, budgetary, and administrative functions within their assigned portfolio.
-
C.
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War
The Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War was the senior civil servant responsible for overseeing the administration and day-to-day operations of the British Army within the United Kingdom government.
-
D.
Under Secretary of the Army
The Under Secretary of the Army is the second-highest-ranking civilian official in the U.S. Department of the Army, responsible for assisting in the oversight, management, and policy direction of the Army.
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E.
United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
The United States Deputy Secretary of Defense is the second-highest-ranking official in the U.S. Department of Defense, responsible for overseeing its day-to-day operations and acting as the principal deputy to the Secretary of Defense.
- 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_69ca832355b08190b8b6a4ab4a4a3554 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbe6a0ccd4819097b41d0dfb1c5018 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce6d7aa3a881909bfdd3536dbc4ec7 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:22 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ce6ee1bae4819099ef302138599b34 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:28 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ce6fb93fd88190bc53a925473f9b71 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:31 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:17 p.m.