Triple
T1986848
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Defense Intelligence Agency |
E43160
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Robert McNamara |
E99
|
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: Robert McNamara | Statement: [Defense Intelligence Agency, founder, Robert McNamara]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert McNamara Context triple: [Defense Intelligence Agency, founder, Robert McNamara]
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A.
Robert McNamara
chosen
Robert McNamara was a prominent American business executive and U.S. Secretary of Defense best known for his central role in shaping U.S. strategy during the Vietnam War and later leadership of the World Bank.
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B.
Harold Brown
Harold Brown was an American physicist and statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981.
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C.
Alexander Haig
Alexander Haig was a U.S. Army general and statesman who served as White House Chief of Staff under President Richard Nixon and later as Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan.
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D.
Dean Rusk
Dean Rusk was a prominent American statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson during the height of the Cold War and the Vietnam War.
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E.
Caspar Weinberger
Caspar Weinberger was a U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan, known for his role in expanding the American military and shaping Cold War defense policy.
- 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_69a88713ddc88190a969715658ebe7a8 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb840a5708190a9b64564b855fb22 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:31 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae1fda860481909cae9db2dd60aec9 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 1:18 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.