Triple

T937101
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Negroponte E20220 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object United States Deputy Secretary of State
The United States Deputy Secretary of State is the second-highest-ranking official in the U.S. Department of State, responsible for assisting the Secretary of State in overseeing American foreign policy and managing the department’s operations.
E112222 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 Deputy Secretary of State | Statement: [John Negroponte, positionHeld, United States Deputy Secretary of State]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Deputy Secretary of State
Context triple: [John Negroponte, positionHeld, United States Deputy Secretary of State]
  • A. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
    The Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs is a senior U.S. State Department official who oversees regional and bilateral diplomacy worldwide, serving as the department’s third-ranking leader and principal adviser on political affairs.
  • B. United States Secretary of State
    The United States Secretary of State is the federal government’s chief foreign affairs official, responsible for directing U.S. diplomacy, negotiating with other nations, and advising the President on international relations.
  • C. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
    The Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs is a senior U.S. State Department official responsible for overseeing American foreign policy and diplomatic relations with countries in Europe and Eurasia.
  • D. Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights
    The Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights is a senior U.S. State Department official responsible for overseeing policies and programs that promote civilian security, democratic governance, and the protection of human rights worldwide.
  • E. United States Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations
    The United States Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations is a senior American diplomat who assists the U.S. Permanent Representative in representing U.S. interests and policy at the UN and often acts in their stead.
  • 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 Deputy Secretary of State
Triple: [John Negroponte, positionHeld, United States Deputy Secretary of State]
Generated description
The United States Deputy Secretary of State is the second-highest-ranking official in the U.S. Department of State, responsible for assisting the Secretary of State in overseeing American foreign policy and managing the department’s operations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Deputy Secretary of State
Target entity description: The United States Deputy Secretary of State is the second-highest-ranking official in the U.S. Department of State, responsible for assisting the Secretary of State in overseeing American foreign policy and managing the department’s operations.
  • A. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
    The Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs is a senior U.S. State Department official who oversees regional and bilateral diplomacy worldwide, serving as the department’s third-ranking leader and principal adviser on political affairs.
  • B. United States Secretary of State
    The United States Secretary of State is the federal government’s chief foreign affairs official, responsible for directing U.S. diplomacy, negotiating with other nations, and advising the President on international relations.
  • C. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
    The Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs is a senior U.S. State Department official responsible for overseeing American foreign policy and diplomatic relations with countries in Europe and Eurasia.
  • D. Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights
    The Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights is a senior U.S. State Department official responsible for overseeing policies and programs that promote civilian security, democratic governance, and the protection of human rights worldwide.
  • E. United States Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations
    The United States Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations is a senior American diplomat who assists the U.S. Permanent Representative in representing U.S. interests and policy at the UN and often acts in their stead.
  • 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_69a493b0270c81909e6c9ce310f6aa55 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b3668a3c8190b0152166efa93ee1 completed March 1, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a933a35f948190beecb14ab3c6ffd0 completed March 5, 2026, 7:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a963a5b8648190b21d9edaf3d053d2 completed March 5, 2026, 11:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a9641f3a5c81908894097ab2177c43 completed March 5, 2026, 11:08 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.