Triple

T240252
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gerald Ford administration E4914 entity
Predicate cabinetMember P7820 FINISHED
Object William Simon
William Simon was an American banker and public official who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury in the 1970s and became a prominent advocate of free-market economics.
E37139 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 Simon | Statement: [Gerald Ford administration, cabinetMember, William Simon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Simon
Context triple: [Gerald Ford administration, cabinetMember, William Simon]
  • A. Joseph W. Martin Jr.
    Joseph W. Martin Jr. was an American Republican politician from Massachusetts who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and was a prominent congressional leader in the mid-20th century.
  • B. Hartland Snyder
    Hartland Snyder was an American theoretical physicist known for his early work on black hole physics and for being one of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s notable doctoral students.
  • C. James G. Blight
    James G. Blight is an American historian and scholar of international relations known for his work on U.S. foreign policy, the Cold War, and the prevention of catastrophic conflict.
  • D. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • E. 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.
  • 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 Simon
Triple: [Gerald Ford administration, cabinetMember, William Simon]
Generated description
William Simon was an American banker and public official who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury in the 1970s and became a prominent advocate of free-market economics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Simon
Target entity description: William Simon was an American banker and public official who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury in the 1970s and became a prominent advocate of free-market economics.
  • A. Joseph W. Martin Jr.
    Joseph W. Martin Jr. was an American Republican politician from Massachusetts who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and was a prominent congressional leader in the mid-20th century.
  • B. Hartland Snyder
    Hartland Snyder was an American theoretical physicist known for his early work on black hole physics and for being one of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s notable doctoral students.
  • C. James G. Blight
    James G. Blight is an American historian and scholar of international relations known for his work on U.S. foreign policy, the Cold War, and the prevention of catastrophic conflict.
  • D. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69a257c3d0708190b0871c4269d273e6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a260c42060819089eb772202e504f5 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:28 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a39d0313b48190a3e8e1667a051610 completed March 1, 2026, 1:57 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a39d732c64819086a6e11df23e60ce completed March 1, 2026, 1:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a39de4511c8190bf668bc74ba57231 completed March 1, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.