Triple
T1767243
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John J. McCloy |
E38791
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Assistant Secretary of War of the United States |
E94299
|
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: Assistant Secretary of War of the United States | Statement: [John J. McCloy, positionHeld, Assistant Secretary of War of the United States]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Assistant Secretary of War of the United States Context triple: [John J. McCloy, positionHeld, Assistant Secretary of War of the United States]
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A.
Assistant Secretary of War
chosen
The Assistant Secretary of War was a senior U.S. government official responsible for overseeing key aspects of Army administration, logistics, and wartime operations before the Department of War was reorganized into the Department of Defense.
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B.
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War
The Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War was the senior civil servant responsible for overseeing the administration and day-to-day operations of the British Army within the United Kingdom government.
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C.
Secretary of War
The Secretary of War was a former U.S. Cabinet-level official responsible for overseeing the Army and managing the nation’s military affairs before the creation of the Department of Defense.
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D.
United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
The United States Deputy Secretary of Defense is the second-highest-ranking official in the U.S. Department of Defense, responsible for overseeing its day-to-day operations and acting as the principal deputy to the Secretary of Defense.
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E.
Assistant Secretaries of the Army
Assistant Secretaries of the Army are senior civilian officials who oversee major functional areas of the U.S. Department of the Army, such as acquisition, manpower, financial management, and installations, under the authority of the Secretary of the Army.
- 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_69a8862d562481908d7025a1c1f67c0d |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa648bb44c81909245fb7ee23cb132 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:22 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ada991564c81909ae00fdcb47f52af |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:53 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.