Triple
T2404196
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | United States Ambassador to West Germany |
E50237
|
entity |
| Predicate | lastHolder |
P3710
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Vernon A. Walters
Vernon A. Walters was an American Army lieutenant general, diplomat, and intelligence officer who served in key Cold War roles, including Deputy Director of the CIA and later U.S. ambassador to several countries.
|
E262906
|
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: Vernon A. Walters | Statement: [United States Ambassador to West Germany, lastHolder, Vernon A. Walters]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vernon A. Walters Context triple: [United States Ambassador to West Germany, lastHolder, Vernon A. Walters]
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A.
William H. Webster
William H. Webster is an American judge and public official who uniquely served as both Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Director of Central Intelligence.
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B.
Michael V. Hayden
Michael V. Hayden is a retired four-star U.S. Air Force general who served as director of both the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
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C.
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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D.
R. James Woolsey Jr.
R. James Woolsey Jr. is an American lawyer, diplomat, and national security expert who served as Director of Central Intelligence under President Bill Clinton in the early 1990s.
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E.
William K. Reilly
William K. Reilly is an American environmental leader and former Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency known for his influential role in advancing environmental policy and conservation.
- 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: Vernon A. Walters Triple: [United States Ambassador to West Germany, lastHolder, Vernon A. Walters]
Generated description
Vernon A. Walters was an American Army lieutenant general, diplomat, and intelligence officer who served in key Cold War roles, including Deputy Director of the CIA and later U.S. ambassador to several countries.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vernon A. Walters Target entity description: Vernon A. Walters was an American Army lieutenant general, diplomat, and intelligence officer who served in key Cold War roles, including Deputy Director of the CIA and later U.S. ambassador to several countries.
-
A.
William H. Webster
William H. Webster is an American judge and public official who uniquely served as both Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Director of Central Intelligence.
-
B.
Michael V. Hayden
Michael V. Hayden is a retired four-star U.S. Air Force general who served as director of both the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
-
C.
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.
-
D.
R. James Woolsey Jr.
R. James Woolsey Jr. is an American lawyer, diplomat, and national security expert who served as Director of Central Intelligence under President Bill Clinton in the early 1990s.
-
E.
William K. Reilly
William K. Reilly is an American environmental leader and former Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency known for his influential role in advancing environmental policy and conservation.
- 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_69a88b0339a88190a1207333cd271cc9 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc8fa151081909bc6be528b29b315 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:43 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aeb3e740c88190872aa1a7834d73b0 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:49 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69aeb4b942b08190addc2885fbda0e41 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:53 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69aeb557247c8190920ce3a5db388800 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:56 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:58 p.m.