Triple
T175722
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Cabinet-level) |
E3569
|
entity |
| Predicate | firstHolder |
P291
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William D. Ruckelshaus |
E299
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 D. Ruckelshaus | Statement: [Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Cabinet-level), firstHolder, William D. Ruckelshaus]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William D. Ruckelshaus Context triple: [Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Cabinet-level), firstHolder, William D. Ruckelshaus]
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A.
William D. Ruckelshaus
chosen
William D. Ruckelshaus was an American lawyer and public servant best known as the first administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and for his principled role in the Watergate-era "Saturday Night Massacre."
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B.
William K. Reilly
William K. Reilly is an American environmental leader and former Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency known for his influential role in advancing environmental policy and conservation.
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C.
James R. Schlesinger
James R. Schlesinger was an American economist and government official who served in several top national security roles, including U.S. Secretary of Defense and the first Secretary of Energy.
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D.
Elliot Richardson
Elliot Richardson was a prominent American lawyer and politician who served in multiple high-level U.S. government positions and is best known for resigning as Attorney General during the Watergate scandal rather than obey President Nixon’s order to fire the special prosecutor.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a25374990081909766d30c79a18e0e |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a258e497788190aeb61d981efb4d1d |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:54 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a35b61bdfc8190a399f0b4f09672ab |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:17 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:39 a.m.