Triple
T21365693
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John A. Knebel |
E526905
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entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Under Secretary of Agriculture |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: Under Secretary of Agriculture | Statement: [John A. Knebel, positionHeld, Under Secretary of Agriculture]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Under Secretary of Agriculture Context triple: [John A. Knebel, positionHeld, Under Secretary of Agriculture]
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A.
Undersecretary of Agriculture of the United States
chosen
The Undersecretary of Agriculture of the United States is a senior federal official who assists in overseeing national agricultural policy, programs, and administration within the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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B.
Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Agriculture
The Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Agriculture is the senior executive responsible for overseeing the department’s financial management, budgeting, and accounting operations within the U.S. federal government.
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C.
Secretary of Agriculture
The Secretary of Agriculture is the head of a national government department responsible for overseeing agricultural policy, food safety, rural development, and related programs.
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D.
United States Secretary of Agriculture
The United States Secretary of Agriculture is the head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, overseeing national policies on farming, food, forestry, and rural development as a member of the President’s Cabinet.
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E.
General Counsel of the United States Department of Agriculture
The General Counsel of the United States Department of Agriculture is the chief legal officer responsible for providing legal advice, representation, and oversight for all USDA programs and activities.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69e0b51d8a308190b09113b3b3f9bc15 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e8b06ec4208190b9ed3484afd85852 |
completed | April 22, 2026, 11:26 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 5:09 p.m.