Triple
T2364264
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union |
E47344
|
entity |
| Predicate | firstHolder |
P291
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William C. Bullitt
William C. Bullitt was an American diplomat, journalist, and close adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, known for shaping early U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union and later serving as ambassador to France.
|
E263886
|
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: William C. Bullitt | Statement: [United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union, firstHolder, William C. Bullitt]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William C. Bullitt Context triple: [United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union, firstHolder, William C. Bullitt]
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A.
William Bundy
William Bundy was an American foreign policy expert and government official who played a key role in shaping U.S. strategy during the Vietnam War era.
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B.
Edward R. Stettinius Jr.
Edward R. Stettinius Jr. was a U.S. Secretary of State during World War II who played a key role in wartime diplomacy and the founding of the United Nations.
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C.
George Cabot Lodge
George Cabot Lodge was an American poet and man of letters from a prominent political family in Massachusetts at the turn of the 20th century.
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D.
U.S. Secretary of State Christian A. Herter
Christian A. Herter was a mid-20th-century American diplomat and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, playing a key role in shaping Cold War foreign policy.
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E.
Dean Acheson
Dean Acheson was a prominent American statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of State and was a principal architect of Cold War foreign policy, including the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan.
- 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: William C. Bullitt Triple: [United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union, firstHolder, William C. Bullitt]
Generated description
William C. Bullitt was an American diplomat, journalist, and close adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, known for shaping early U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union and later serving as ambassador to France.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William C. Bullitt Target entity description: William C. Bullitt was an American diplomat, journalist, and close adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, known for shaping early U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union and later serving as ambassador to France.
-
A.
William Bundy
William Bundy was an American foreign policy expert and government official who played a key role in shaping U.S. strategy during the Vietnam War era.
-
B.
Edward R. Stettinius Jr.
Edward R. Stettinius Jr. was a U.S. Secretary of State during World War II who played a key role in wartime diplomacy and the founding of the United Nations.
-
C.
George Cabot Lodge
George Cabot Lodge was an American poet and man of letters from a prominent political family in Massachusetts at the turn of the 20th century.
-
D.
U.S. Secretary of State Christian A. Herter
Christian A. Herter was a mid-20th-century American diplomat and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, playing a key role in shaping Cold War foreign policy.
-
E.
Dean Acheson
Dean Acheson was a prominent American statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of State and was a principal architect of Cold War foreign policy, including the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan.
- 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_69a88a1a4a6081908645b0f2914521ab |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc746e7048190a09a38401b367628 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:35 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aeb3c5c4b881909ad3223206fb2940 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:49 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69aeb5ecd0208190930ce8f991869426 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:58 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69aeb6497b7c8190a95913e54fd2fb92 |
completed | March 9, 2026, noon |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:55 p.m.