Triple
T143248
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Office of Strategic Services |
E2897
|
entity |
| Predicate | employed |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Colby
William Colby was an American intelligence officer who became Director of Central Intelligence, overseeing the CIA during a turbulent period in the 1970s.
|
E27734
|
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 Colby | Statement: [Office of Strategic Services, employed, William Colby]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Colby Context triple: [Office of Strategic Services, employed, William Colby]
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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.
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B.
E. Howard Hunt
E. Howard Hunt was a former CIA officer and White House operative best known as a key conspirator in the Watergate break-in and cover-up.
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C.
Allen Dulles
Allen Dulles was an American diplomat and intelligence officer who became the longest-serving Director of Central Intelligence, playing a central role in shaping U.S. Cold War espionage and covert operations.
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D.
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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E.
G. Gordon Liddy
G. Gordon Liddy was an American lawyer, FBI agent, and political operative best known as a key architect of the Watergate break-in and later a conservative media personality.
- 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 Colby Triple: [Office of Strategic Services, employed, William Colby]
Generated description
William Colby was an American intelligence officer who became Director of Central Intelligence, overseeing the CIA during a turbulent period in the 1970s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Colby Target entity description: William Colby was an American intelligence officer who became Director of Central Intelligence, overseeing the CIA during a turbulent period in the 1970s.
-
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.
E. Howard Hunt
E. Howard Hunt was a former CIA officer and White House operative best known as a key conspirator in the Watergate break-in and cover-up.
-
C.
Allen Dulles
Allen Dulles was an American diplomat and intelligence officer who became the longest-serving Director of Central Intelligence, playing a central role in shaping U.S. Cold War espionage and covert operations.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
G. Gordon Liddy
G. Gordon Liddy was an American lawyer, FBI agent, and political operative best known as a key architect of the Watergate break-in and later a conservative media personality.
- 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_69a34418bb848190ac26adef7f990f93 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 7:38 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a34543689c8190ac8e25ffcf3b4fb3 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 7:42 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a345748c808190b0f8f2a00c3705e2 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.