Triple
T1728877
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Earl Butz |
E37563
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John A. Knebel
John A. Knebel is an American lawyer and government official who served as United States Secretary of Agriculture in the 1970s.
|
E526905
|
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: John A. Knebel | Statement: [Earl Butz, successor, John A. Knebel]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John A. Knebel Context triple: [Earl Butz, successor, John A. Knebel]
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A.
John F. Sattler
John F. Sattler is a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general known for his leadership of Marine forces during the Iraq War, including major operations in Fallujah.
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B.
Charles R. Boling
Charles R. Boling was a prominent supporter and benefactor of the University of Tennessee whose contributions led to the major campus venue Thompson–Boling Arena bearing his name.
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C.
John F. Hartwig
John F. Hartwig is an American chemist renowned for pioneering work in organometallic chemistry and catalytic reactions, particularly in C–H activation and cross-coupling.
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D.
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Samuel J. Kirkwood was a 19th-century American politician best known for serving as governor of Iowa and as a U.S. senator during the Civil War era.
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E.
Carl J. Kilpatrick
Carl J. Kilpatrick is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Kilpatrick, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
- 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: John A. Knebel Triple: [Earl Butz, successor, John A. Knebel]
Generated description
John A. Knebel is an American lawyer and government official who served as United States Secretary of Agriculture in the 1970s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John A. Knebel Target entity description: John A. Knebel is an American lawyer and government official who served as United States Secretary of Agriculture in the 1970s.
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A.
John F. Sattler
John F. Sattler is a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general known for his leadership of Marine forces during the Iraq War, including major operations in Fallujah.
-
B.
Charles R. Boling
Charles R. Boling was a prominent supporter and benefactor of the University of Tennessee whose contributions led to the major campus venue Thompson–Boling Arena bearing his name.
-
C.
John F. Hartwig
John F. Hartwig is an American chemist renowned for pioneering work in organometallic chemistry and catalytic reactions, particularly in C–H activation and cross-coupling.
-
D.
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Samuel J. Kirkwood was a 19th-century American politician best known for serving as governor of Iowa and as a U.S. senator during the Civil War era.
-
E.
Carl J. Kilpatrick
Carl J. Kilpatrick is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Kilpatrick, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
- 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_69bfce95558c8190b310e00bd494a81a |
completed | March 22, 2026, 11:12 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bfcf085f988190bb2ed75056dd7cb1 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 11:14 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bfcf7b2ec48190aedff16b5fdb9f0c |
completed | March 22, 2026, 11:16 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:30 p.m.