Triple
T92633
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ted Wheeler |
E1861
|
entity |
| Predicate | replaced |
P101
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ben Westlund (as Oregon State Treasurer)
Ben Westlund was an American politician who served as Oregon State Treasurer, overseeing the state’s financial management and investments until his death in 2010.
|
E7910
|
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: Ben Westlund (as Oregon State Treasurer) | Statement: [Ted Wheeler, replaced, Ben Westlund (as Oregon State Treasurer)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Westlund (as Oregon State Treasurer) Context triple: [Ted Wheeler, replaced, Ben Westlund (as Oregon State Treasurer)]
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A.
Oregon State Treasurer
The Oregon State Treasurer is the elected official responsible for managing the state's finances, investments, and public debt.
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B.
Portland City Auditor
The Portland City Auditor is an independently elected official responsible for overseeing government accountability, transparency, and performance auditing within the City of Portland.
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C.
Government of Oregon
The Government of Oregon is the state’s governing authority, encompassing executive, legislative, and judicial branches that administer public policy and services across Oregon.
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D.
John W. Nordstrom
John W. Nordstrom was a Swedish-American businessman and co-founder of the Nordstrom department store chain in the United States.
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E.
William T. Golden
William T. Golden was an American investment banker and influential science policy advisor who played a key role in shaping post–World War II U.S. science and technology policy.
- 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: Ben Westlund (as Oregon State Treasurer) Triple: [Ted Wheeler, replaced, Ben Westlund (as Oregon State Treasurer)]
Generated description
Ben Westlund was an American politician who served as Oregon State Treasurer, overseeing the state’s financial management and investments until his death in 2010.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Westlund (as Oregon State Treasurer) Target entity description: Ben Westlund was an American politician who served as Oregon State Treasurer, overseeing the state’s financial management and investments until his death in 2010.
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A.
Oregon State Treasurer
chosen
The Oregon State Treasurer is the elected official responsible for managing the state's finances, investments, and public debt.
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B.
Portland City Auditor
The Portland City Auditor is an independently elected official responsible for overseeing government accountability, transparency, and performance auditing within the City of Portland.
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C.
Government of Oregon
The Government of Oregon is the state’s governing authority, encompassing executive, legislative, and judicial branches that administer public policy and services across Oregon.
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D.
John W. Nordstrom
John W. Nordstrom was a Swedish-American businessman and co-founder of the Nordstrom department store chain in the United States.
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E.
William T. Golden
William T. Golden was an American investment banker and influential science policy advisor who played a key role in shaping post–World War II U.S. science and technology policy.
- F. None of above.
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_69a24d1a97dc819094e6c021fe9b05a7 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:04 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a24faa6d608190920c8fc144e85e21 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:15 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a266ebb994819085fb84dd1d2d25ad |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:54 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a267b740388190a321023aa52a539a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:57 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a2685dc64c8190bd611985d1bc27a3 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 4 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:07 a.m.