Triple
T240255
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Gerald Ford administration |
E4914
|
entity |
| Predicate | cabinetMember |
P7820
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Earl Butz
Earl Butz was a controversial U.S. Secretary of Agriculture known for promoting large-scale industrial farming and for resigning after making a racist remark during the 1970s.
|
E37563
|
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: Earl Butz | Statement: [Gerald Ford administration, cabinetMember, Earl Butz]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Earl Butz Context triple: [Gerald Ford administration, cabinetMember, Earl Butz]
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A.
Everett Dirksen
Everett Dirksen was a prominent mid-20th-century Republican U.S. Senator from Illinois known for his influential leadership and key role in passing major civil rights legislation.
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B.
Stuart Symington
Stuart Symington was an American businessman and politician who became the first U.S. Secretary of the Air Force and later served as a long-time United States Senator from Missouri.
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C.
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.
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D.
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.
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E.
James R. Schlesinger
James R. Schlesinger was an American economist and government official who served in several top national security roles, including U.S. Secretary of Defense and the first Secretary of Energy.
- 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: Earl Butz Triple: [Gerald Ford administration, cabinetMember, Earl Butz]
Generated description
Earl Butz was a controversial U.S. Secretary of Agriculture known for promoting large-scale industrial farming and for resigning after making a racist remark during the 1970s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Earl Butz Target entity description: Earl Butz was a controversial U.S. Secretary of Agriculture known for promoting large-scale industrial farming and for resigning after making a racist remark during the 1970s.
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A.
Everett Dirksen
Everett Dirksen was a prominent mid-20th-century Republican U.S. Senator from Illinois known for his influential leadership and key role in passing major civil rights legislation.
-
B.
Stuart Symington
Stuart Symington was an American businessman and politician who became the first U.S. Secretary of the Air Force and later served as a long-time United States Senator from Missouri.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
James R. Schlesinger
James R. Schlesinger was an American economist and government official who served in several top national security roles, including U.S. Secretary of Defense and the first Secretary of Energy.
- 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_69a3a33436d48190a4a6d38f06208540 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 2:23 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a3a3d1b16c8190af40cad78f3cd935 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 2:26 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3a437525c8190b850a8fa841a3af8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 2:28 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.