Triple

T13009995
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Eaton E322383 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object U.S. consul to Tunis
The U.S. consul to Tunis was the American diplomatic representative in Tunis during the early 19th century, responsible for managing relations with the Barbary Regency and protecting U.S. interests in the region.
E1016068 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: U.S. consul to Tunis | Statement: [William Eaton, positionHeld, U.S. consul to Tunis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. consul to Tunis
Context triple: [William Eaton, positionHeld, U.S. consul to Tunis]
  • A. United States Minister to the Ottoman Empire
    The United States Minister to the Ottoman Empire was the chief American diplomatic representative responsible for managing political, commercial, and consular relations between the United States and the Ottoman government before the role evolved into a modern ambassadorship.
  • B. United States consul general in Havana
    The United States consul general in Havana is the senior American diplomatic official responsible for representing U.S. interests and citizens in Havana, Cuba, particularly during periods of significant political tension between the two countries.
  • C. Embassy of the United States in Algiers
    The Embassy of the United States in Algiers is the primary U.S. diplomatic mission in Algeria, handling political, economic, consular, and cultural relations between the two countries.
  • D. United States Minister to Persia
    The United States Minister to Persia was the early American diplomatic representative to the Persian government, a role that preceded and evolved into the modern U.S. ambassadorship to Iran.
  • E. Lebanese Ambassador to the United States
    The Lebanese Ambassador to the United States is Lebanon’s chief diplomatic representative in Washington, D.C., responsible for managing political, economic, and cultural relations between Lebanon and the U.S.
  • 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: U.S. consul to Tunis
Triple: [William Eaton, positionHeld, U.S. consul to Tunis]
Generated description
The U.S. consul to Tunis was the American diplomatic representative in Tunis during the early 19th century, responsible for managing relations with the Barbary Regency and protecting U.S. interests in the region.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. consul to Tunis
Target entity description: The U.S. consul to Tunis was the American diplomatic representative in Tunis during the early 19th century, responsible for managing relations with the Barbary Regency and protecting U.S. interests in the region.
  • A. United States Minister to the Ottoman Empire
    The United States Minister to the Ottoman Empire was the chief American diplomatic representative responsible for managing political, commercial, and consular relations between the United States and the Ottoman government before the role evolved into a modern ambassadorship.
  • B. United States consul general in Havana
    The United States consul general in Havana is the senior American diplomatic official responsible for representing U.S. interests and citizens in Havana, Cuba, particularly during periods of significant political tension between the two countries.
  • C. Embassy of the United States in Algiers
    The Embassy of the United States in Algiers is the primary U.S. diplomatic mission in Algeria, handling political, economic, consular, and cultural relations between the two countries.
  • D. United States Minister to Persia
    The United States Minister to Persia was the early American diplomatic representative to the Persian government, a role that preceded and evolved into the modern U.S. ambassadorship to Iran.
  • E. Lebanese Ambassador to the United States
    The Lebanese Ambassador to the United States is Lebanon’s chief diplomatic representative in Washington, D.C., responsible for managing political, economic, and cultural relations between Lebanon and the U.S.
  • 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_69d807657e8c8190bd9435ee2f823845 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d97e9e14b88190a2cee8e0c9bf31c8 completed April 10, 2026, 10:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6c10bb13481909650432d5c1f5872 completed May 3, 2026, 3:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6c381072c819080a9e92add50c780 completed May 3, 2026, 3:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6c43f62c0819092c2f5090bf7fd51 completed May 3, 2026, 3:42 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 8:49 p.m.