Triple
T10756246
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | United States Ambassador to Iran |
E253702
|
entity |
| Predicate | lastHolder |
P3710
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William H. Sullivan |
E511115
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: William H. Sullivan | Statement: [United States Ambassador to Iran, lastHolder, William H. Sullivan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William H. Sullivan Context triple: [United States Ambassador to Iran, lastHolder, William H. Sullivan]
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A.
William H. Sullivan
chosen
William H. Sullivan was an American diplomat best known for serving as U.S. Ambassador to Laos and later Iran, where he played key roles in U.S. foreign policy during the Vietnam War era and the lead-up to the Iranian Revolution.
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B.
William K. Sullivan
William K. Sullivan was a distinguished 19th-century Irish scholar and academic, noted for his contributions to Celtic studies and his leadership role at Queen's College, Cork.
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C.
William M. Sullivan
William M. Sullivan is an American sociologist and scholar of civic engagement and higher education, known for his collaborations with Robert N. Bellah on works about community, morality, and public life.
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D.
William J. Sullivan
William J. Sullivan is a music producer and engineer known for his work on the collaborative hip-hop project Kids See Ghosts.
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E.
William F. Connell
William F. Connell was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose significant contributions to education led Boston College to name its nursing school in his honor.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6aa5f54f4819082d0bbcb6f8797e6 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d72e9e224c819099d16aba77322812 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 4:44 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69febfcbbf408190a87f471d2732148b |
completed | May 9, 2026, 5:02 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:15 p.m.