Triple

T19954
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject White House Chief of Staff E397 entity
Predicate positionHeldBy P8 FINISHED
Object John R. Steelman
John R. Steelman was an American administrator and labor mediator who served as a top aide to President Harry S. Truman and became one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in the postwar White House.
E29696 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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 R. Steelman | Statement: [White House Chief of Staff, positionHeldBy, John R. Steelman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John R. Steelman
Context triple: [White House Chief of Staff, positionHeldBy, John R. Steelman]
  • A. Joseph E. Sheffield
    Joseph E. Sheffield was a 19th-century American railroad executive and philanthropist whose major donations to Yale University led to the establishment of the Sheffield Scientific School.
  • B. Robert W. Hunt
    Robert W. Hunt was an American engineer and industrialist known for his influential role in the development of the U.S. mining and metallurgical industries and leadership in professional engineering organizations.
  • C. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • D. Alan M. Garber
    Alan M. Garber is an American physician-economist and academic leader known for his work in health policy and for serving in top administrative roles at Harvard University.
  • E. Cecil H. Green
    Cecil H. Green was a British-born American geophysicist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Texas Instruments and a major benefactor of educational and research institutions.
  • 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 R. Steelman
Triple: [White House Chief of Staff, positionHeldBy, John R. Steelman]
Generated description
John R. Steelman was an American administrator and labor mediator who served as a top aide to President Harry S. Truman and became one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in the postwar White House.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John R. Steelman
Target entity description: John R. Steelman was an American administrator and labor mediator who served as a top aide to President Harry S. Truman and became one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in the postwar White House.
  • A. Joseph E. Sheffield
    Joseph E. Sheffield was a 19th-century American railroad executive and philanthropist whose major donations to Yale University led to the establishment of the Sheffield Scientific School.
  • B. Robert W. Hunt
    Robert W. Hunt was an American engineer and industrialist known for his influential role in the development of the U.S. mining and metallurgical industries and leadership in professional engineering organizations.
  • C. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • D. Alan M. Garber
    Alan M. Garber is an American physician-economist and academic leader known for his work in health policy and for serving in top administrative roles at Harvard University.
  • E. Cecil H. Green
    Cecil H. Green was a British-born American geophysicist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Texas Instruments and a major benefactor of educational and research institutions.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: positionHeldBy
Context triple: [White House Chief of Staff, positionHeldBy, John R. Steelman]
  • A. positionHeld chosen
    Indicates that an entity occupies or has occupied a specific role, job, office, or position within an organization or context.
  • B. officeHolderOf
    Indicates that a person holds or has held an official position or role within a specified organization, institution, or office.
  • C. appointedBy
    Indicates that one entity has been formally selected or assigned to a position, role, or office by another entity.
  • D. ownedBy
    Indicates that one entity possesses legal or rightful ownership of another entity.
  • E. electedOffice
    Indicates that an entity holds or has held a particular office or position as a result of an election.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a240778d288190815c0052ebbbcc91 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:10 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24703cb988190ad2bc181d27829e4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:38 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a35e9e2b8c8190913c083e841c98d8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a360e00a0c819095a33966a78b7924 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3618124d08190af657b1b2a025d77 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a24650f1f0819081e638fafd18d687 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:35 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:14 a.m.