Triple

T1104084
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gulf of Tonkin incident E25447 entity
Predicate hasUSSecretaryOfDefense P23167 FINISHED
Object Robert McNamara E99 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Robert McNamara | Statement: [Gulf of Tonkin incident, hasUSSecretaryOfDefense, Robert McNamara]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert McNamara
Context triple: [Gulf of Tonkin incident, hasUSSecretaryOfDefense, Robert McNamara]
  • A. Robert McNamara chosen
    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.
  • B. Harold Brown
    Harold Brown was an American physicist and statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981.
  • C. Alexander Haig
    Alexander Haig was a U.S. Army general and statesman who served as White House Chief of Staff under President Richard Nixon and later as Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan.
  • D. Paul Nitze
    Paul Nitze was a prominent American diplomat and defense strategist who played a key role in shaping U.S. Cold War military and nuclear policy.
  • E. John Foster Dulles
    John Foster Dulles was a prominent U.S. Secretary of State during the Eisenhower administration, known for shaping Cold War foreign policy and advocating a strong stance against communism.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target predicate: hasUSSecretaryOfDefense
Context triple: [Gulf of Tonkin incident, hasUSSecretaryOfDefense, Robert McNamara]
  • A. presidentDuringDefenseSecretaryTenure
    Indicates that the subject person was the president of a country during the time period in which the object person served as that country’s defense secretary.
  • B. succeededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfStateBy
    Indicates that one individual was followed in the role of Secretary of State by another individual, who took over the office after them.
  • C. precededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfStateBy
    Indicates that one person assumed the role of Secretary of State after another specific person, who held the office immediately before them.
  • D. hasUSAttorneyGeneral
    Indicates that an entity has, or is associated with, a specific individual serving as the Attorney General of the United States.
  • E. currentSecretary
    Indicates that one entity currently holds the position or role of secretary for another entity.
  • 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_69a49428d4448190b3b36991ceae87ce completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b9e1047481909af1cf8df2a01fff completed March 1, 2026, 10:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac59a221888190a3ffdb713e7cd143 completed March 7, 2026, 5 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4b7472c848190b0643872f67084a2 completed March 1, 2026, 10:01 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69a4b7da38888190a118ef20ce4ae9aa completed March 1, 2026, 10:04 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.