Triple

T1728876
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Earl Butz E37563 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Clifford M. Hardin
Clifford M. Hardin was an American academic and government official who served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President Richard Nixon.
E200369 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: Clifford M. Hardin | Statement: [Earl Butz, predecessor, Clifford M. Hardin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clifford M. Hardin
Context triple: [Earl Butz, predecessor, Clifford M. Hardin]
  • A. Roy M. Anderson
    Roy M. Anderson is a British epidemiologist and professor known for his influential work on the mathematical modeling of infectious diseases and public health policy.
  • B. J. R. McCarl
    J. R. McCarl was an American government official who served as the first Comptroller General of the United States, playing a key role in establishing federal auditing and fiscal oversight practices.
  • C. Ralph W. Zwicker
    Ralph W. Zwicker was a United States Army general and decorated combat officer best known for his leadership in the Korean War and his later involvement in a high-profile clash with Senator Joseph McCarthy.
  • D. Robert B. Bowler
    Robert B. Bowler was an American public official who served as the United States Comptroller of the Treasury, overseeing federal financial accounts and fiscal administration.
  • E. George Bergstrom
    George Bergstrom was an American architect best known for designing the Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense.
  • 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: Clifford M. Hardin
Triple: [Earl Butz, predecessor, Clifford M. Hardin]
Generated description
Clifford M. Hardin was an American academic and government official who served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President Richard Nixon.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clifford M. Hardin
Target entity description: Clifford M. Hardin was an American academic and government official who served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President Richard Nixon.
  • A. Roy M. Anderson
    Roy M. Anderson is a British epidemiologist and professor known for his influential work on the mathematical modeling of infectious diseases and public health policy.
  • B. J. R. McCarl
    J. R. McCarl was an American government official who served as the first Comptroller General of the United States, playing a key role in establishing federal auditing and fiscal oversight practices.
  • C. Ralph W. Zwicker
    Ralph W. Zwicker was a United States Army general and decorated combat officer best known for his leadership in the Korean War and his later involvement in a high-profile clash with Senator Joseph McCarthy.
  • D. Robert B. Bowler
    Robert B. Bowler was an American public official who served as the United States Comptroller of the Treasury, overseeing federal financial accounts and fiscal administration.
  • E. George Bergstrom
    George Bergstrom was an American architect best known for designing the Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense.
  • 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_69a8861acab88190bb43cde203429399 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa637da7048190a06f2eec6cb87f70 completed March 6, 2026, 5:17 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adb5c065088190b831c65ae55eed14 completed March 8, 2026, 5:45 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adb69b142c81909dd8bd40e8e440ad completed March 8, 2026, 5:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adb8bac99081908cf126d42c609559 completed March 8, 2026, 5:58 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:30 p.m.