Triple

T9577731
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James N. Mattis E231086 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Mattis
Mattis is a surname most prominently associated with James N. Mattis, a retired U.S. Marine Corps general and former United States Secretary of Defense.
E809252 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: Mattis | Statement: [James N. Mattis, familyName, Mattis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mattis
Context triple: [James N. Mattis, familyName, Mattis]
  • A. David James Mattis
    David James Mattis was an American music executive and entrepreneur best known for co-founding the influential rhythm and blues label Duke Records in the early 1950s.
  • B. H. R. McMaster
    H. R. McMaster is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, military historian, and former National Security Advisor known for his critical analysis of U.S. military strategy and leadership.
  • C. Mullen
    Mullen is the surname of Larry Mullen Jr., the Irish drummer best known as a founding member of the rock band U2.
  • D. Bradley Stryker
    Bradley Stryker is an American actor known for his character roles in television series and films, including a part in the period crime drama "The Lizzie Borden Chronicles."
  • E. Charles Mitchell
    Charles Mitchell was an American country musician and songwriter best known for helping popularize the classic song "You Are My Sunshine."
  • 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: Mattis
Triple: [James N. Mattis, familyName, Mattis]
Generated description
Mattis is a surname most prominently associated with James N. Mattis, a retired U.S. Marine Corps general and former United States Secretary of Defense.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mattis
Target entity description: Mattis is a surname most prominently associated with James N. Mattis, a retired U.S. Marine Corps general and former United States Secretary of Defense.
  • A. David James Mattis
    David James Mattis was an American music executive and entrepreneur best known for co-founding the influential rhythm and blues label Duke Records in the early 1950s.
  • B. H. R. McMaster
    H. R. McMaster is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, military historian, and former National Security Advisor known for his critical analysis of U.S. military strategy and leadership.
  • C. Mullen
    Mullen is the surname of Larry Mullen Jr., the Irish drummer best known as a founding member of the rock band U2.
  • D. Bradley Stryker
    Bradley Stryker is an American actor known for his character roles in television series and films, including a part in the period crime drama "The Lizzie Borden Chronicles."
  • E. Charles Mitchell
    Charles Mitchell was an American country musician and songwriter best known for helping popularize the classic song "You Are My Sunshine."
  • 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_69ca848091c48190bc313d6620d09555 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd99ad7d108190a0b8c975351ea727 completed April 1, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d16155b3288190ac135c3a1e58cc7e completed April 4, 2026, 7:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d161e6a1308190932c8386e1c24f2e completed April 4, 2026, 7:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d165a8c80081909e4d0837cbaabf95 completed April 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:05 p.m.