Triple
T143230
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Office of Strategic Services |
E2897
|
entity |
| Predicate | keyPerson |
P256
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William J. Donovan
William J. Donovan was an American soldier, lawyer, and intelligence officer best known as the founding director of the Office of Strategic Services, the World War II predecessor to the CIA.
|
E26744
|
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: William J. Donovan | Statement: [Office of Strategic Services, keyPerson, William J. Donovan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William J. Donovan Context triple: [Office of Strategic Services, keyPerson, William J. Donovan]
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A.
Eugene E. Covert
Eugene E. Covert was an American aeronautical engineer and MIT professor who served as the chief scientist of the U.S. Air Force and was a noted expert in fluid mechanics and aerospace technology.
-
B.
Walter Bedell Smith
Walter Bedell Smith was a U.S. Army general and senior military diplomat who served as General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s chief of staff during World War II and later as Director of Central Intelligence.
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C.
J. Edgar Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover was the long-serving and controversial first Director of the FBI, known for shaping modern American law enforcement and for his extensive domestic intelligence operations.
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D.
Leslie R. Groves Jr.
Leslie R. Groves Jr. was a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lieutenant general who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the World War II effort to develop the first atomic bombs.
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E.
Josephus Daniels
Josephus Daniels was an influential American newspaper editor and publisher who later served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Woodrow Wilson.
- 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: William J. Donovan Triple: [Office of Strategic Services, keyPerson, William J. Donovan]
Generated description
William J. Donovan was an American soldier, lawyer, and intelligence officer best known as the founding director of the Office of Strategic Services, the World War II predecessor to the CIA.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William J. Donovan Target entity description: William J. Donovan was an American soldier, lawyer, and intelligence officer best known as the founding director of the Office of Strategic Services, the World War II predecessor to the CIA.
-
A.
Eugene E. Covert
Eugene E. Covert was an American aeronautical engineer and MIT professor who served as the chief scientist of the U.S. Air Force and was a noted expert in fluid mechanics and aerospace technology.
-
B.
Walter Bedell Smith
Walter Bedell Smith was a U.S. Army general and senior military diplomat who served as General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s chief of staff during World War II and later as Director of Central Intelligence.
-
C.
J. Edgar Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover was the long-serving and controversial first Director of the FBI, known for shaping modern American law enforcement and for his extensive domestic intelligence operations.
-
D.
Leslie R. Groves Jr.
Leslie R. Groves Jr. was a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lieutenant general who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the World War II effort to develop the first atomic bombs.
-
E.
Josephus Daniels
Josephus Daniels was an influential American newspaper editor and publisher who later served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Woodrow Wilson.
- 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_69a2521e35c08190b28e5c9f1e3c9b59 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a257caf678819092e975d5167f9df4 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:49 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a332c5dd9c8190af9debeb3fae0ff0 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 6:24 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a33326c71c81908c02320901915ce3 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 6:25 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3338948808190b6fd60524c721fd5 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 6:27 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.