Triple
T104985
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Gulf War |
E2119
|
entity |
| Predicate | commandedBy |
P1407
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Colin Powell (U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff)
Colin Powell was a four-star U.S. Army general and statesman who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and later as Secretary of State, playing a central leadership role in U.S. military and foreign policy at the end of the 20th century.
|
E25553
|
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: Colin Powell (U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff) | Statement: [Gulf War, commandedBy, Colin Powell (U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colin Powell (U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff) Context triple: [Gulf War, commandedBy, Colin Powell (U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff)]
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A.
Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld was an American politician and businessman best known for serving twice as U.S. Secretary of Defense, including during the George W. Bush administration and the Iraq War.
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B.
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. was a United States Army general best known for commanding coalition forces during the Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm) in 1991.
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C.
John Negroponte
John Negroponte is an American diplomat and government official who has served in numerous high-level roles, including U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and Iraq.
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D.
Robert McNamara
Robert McNamara was a prominent American business executive and U.S. Secretary of Defense best known for his central role in shaping U.S. strategy during the Vietnam War and later leadership of the World Bank.
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E.
John F. Kelly
John F. Kelly is a retired U.S. Marine Corps general who served in the Trump administration, including as White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of Homeland Security.
- 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: Colin Powell (U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff) Triple: [Gulf War, commandedBy, Colin Powell (U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff)]
Generated description
Colin Powell was a four-star U.S. Army general and statesman who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and later as Secretary of State, playing a central leadership role in U.S. military and foreign policy at the end of the 20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colin Powell (U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff) Target entity description: Colin Powell was a four-star U.S. Army general and statesman who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and later as Secretary of State, playing a central leadership role in U.S. military and foreign policy at the end of the 20th century.
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A.
Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld was an American politician and businessman best known for serving twice as U.S. Secretary of Defense, including during the George W. Bush administration and the Iraq War.
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B.
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. was a United States Army general best known for commanding coalition forces during the Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm) in 1991.
-
C.
John Negroponte
John Negroponte is an American diplomat and government official who has served in numerous high-level roles, including U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and Iraq.
-
D.
Robert McNamara
Robert McNamara was a prominent American business executive and U.S. Secretary of Defense best known for his central role in shaping U.S. strategy during the Vietnam War and later leadership of the World Bank.
-
E.
John F. Kelly
John F. Kelly is a retired U.S. Marine Corps general who served in the Trump administration, including as White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of Homeland Security.
- 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_69a24e0a5b7c81908d52da08c60dabc4 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a256aaed108190ba12e36364d30ede |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:44 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3232a3f8c81909aaf3479415828f4 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 5:17 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a323be36ac8190949a2c6f08c9a215 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 5:19 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3241f3cd08190a77ef4307a0e6dd0 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 5:21 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:12 a.m.