Triple

T23378658
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Post Office Investigation Branch E593676 entity
Predicate subordinateTo P258 FINISHED
Object Postmaster General
The Postmaster General is the chief executive officer responsible for overseeing a nation's postal service and its operations.
E1584728 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: Postmaster General | Statement: [Post Office Investigation Branch, subordinateTo, Postmaster General]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Postmaster General
Context triple: [Post Office Investigation Branch, subordinateTo, Postmaster General]
  • A. Postmaster General of the United States
    The Postmaster General of the United States is the chief executive officer of the U.S. Postal Service, responsible for overseeing the nation’s mail system and postal operations.
  • B. Joint Postmaster General
    The Joint Postmaster General was a senior British government office responsible for overseeing the national postal system, often held jointly by two political appointees.
  • C. Deputy Postmaster General of the United States
    The Deputy Postmaster General of the United States is the second-highest executive officer of the U.S. Postal Service, responsible for assisting in overall leadership, operations, and strategic direction of the agency.
  • D. Inspector General of the United States Postal Service
    The Inspector General of the United States Postal Service is an independent oversight official responsible for auditing, investigating, and promoting efficiency and integrity within the U.S. Postal Service.
  • E. Postmaster-General's Department
    The Postmaster-General's Department was the former Australian government agency responsible for managing the nation's postal and telecommunications services before its functions were transferred to separate entities such as Australia Post.
  • 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: Postmaster General
Triple: [Post Office Investigation Branch, subordinateTo, Postmaster General]
Generated description
The Postmaster General is the chief executive officer responsible for overseeing a nation's postal service and its operations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Postmaster General
Target entity description: The Postmaster General is the chief executive officer responsible for overseeing a nation's postal service and its operations.
  • A. Postmaster General of the United States
    The Postmaster General of the United States is the chief executive officer of the U.S. Postal Service, responsible for overseeing the nation’s mail system and postal operations.
  • B. Joint Postmaster General
    The Joint Postmaster General was a senior British government office responsible for overseeing the national postal system, often held jointly by two political appointees.
  • C. Deputy Postmaster General of the United States
    The Deputy Postmaster General of the United States is the second-highest executive officer of the U.S. Postal Service, responsible for assisting in overall leadership, operations, and strategic direction of the agency.
  • D. Inspector General of the United States Postal Service
    The Inspector General of the United States Postal Service is an independent oversight official responsible for auditing, investigating, and promoting efficiency and integrity within the U.S. Postal Service.
  • E. Postmaster-General's Department
    The Postmaster-General's Department was the former Australian government agency responsible for managing the nation's postal and telecommunications services before its functions were transferred to separate entities such as Australia Post.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69e25d268a50819095f2fd479da8ef3f completed April 17, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1a3b5e4f0819081a5d4586796677b completed April 29, 2026, 6:22 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c5de3eecc8190be3899c9e3891c1c completed May 19, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c61ecbf288190b8a8567e3f049b10 completed May 19, 2026, 1:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c624ac9b88190aa025df3744b7f8a completed May 19, 2026, 1:14 p.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:33 p.m.