Triple
T2364265
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union |
E47344
|
entity |
| Predicate | lastHolder |
P3710
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Jack F. Matlock Jr.
Jack F. Matlock Jr. is an American diplomat and scholar best known for serving as the final U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union during the closing years of the Cold War.
|
E259751
|
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: Jack F. Matlock Jr. | Statement: [United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union, lastHolder, Jack F. Matlock Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jack F. Matlock Jr. Context triple: [United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union, lastHolder, Jack F. Matlock Jr.]
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A.
George J. Tenet
George J. Tenet is an American intelligence official who served as the head of the CIA during the late 1990s and early 2000s, including the period surrounding the September 11 attacks and the lead-up to the Iraq War.
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B.
Frank Wisner
Frank Wisner was a prominent American intelligence officer who became a key architect of early U.S. covert operations during and after World War II.
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C.
James W. McCord Jr.
James W. McCord Jr. was a former CIA officer and security coordinator whose role in the Watergate break-in and subsequent revelations helped expose the broader Nixon administration scandal.
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D.
William Colby
William Colby was an American intelligence officer who became Director of Central Intelligence, overseeing the CIA during a turbulent period in the 1970s.
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E.
Michael Maddox
Michael Maddox was an English theatrical entrepreneur who played a key role in developing Russian theatre in the late 18th century, notably helping establish what became the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
- 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: Jack F. Matlock Jr. Triple: [United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union, lastHolder, Jack F. Matlock Jr.]
Generated description
Jack F. Matlock Jr. is an American diplomat and scholar best known for serving as the final U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union during the closing years of the Cold War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jack F. Matlock Jr. Target entity description: Jack F. Matlock Jr. is an American diplomat and scholar best known for serving as the final U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union during the closing years of the Cold War.
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A.
George J. Tenet
George J. Tenet is an American intelligence official who served as the head of the CIA during the late 1990s and early 2000s, including the period surrounding the September 11 attacks and the lead-up to the Iraq War.
-
B.
Frank Wisner
Frank Wisner was a prominent American intelligence officer who became a key architect of early U.S. covert operations during and after World War II.
-
C.
James W. McCord Jr.
James W. McCord Jr. was a former CIA officer and security coordinator whose role in the Watergate break-in and subsequent revelations helped expose the broader Nixon administration scandal.
-
D.
William Colby
William Colby was an American intelligence officer who became Director of Central Intelligence, overseeing the CIA during a turbulent period in the 1970s.
-
E.
Michael Maddox
Michael Maddox was an English theatrical entrepreneur who played a key role in developing Russian theatre in the late 18th century, notably helping establish what became the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
- 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_69aea896e0388190aabff2d70787dc43 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:01 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69aea91ce164819091aa24b287f9fb8e |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:03 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69aea999b864819084134c670e7c5d9c |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:06 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:55 p.m.