Triple
T2492034
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981–1987 |
E52064
|
entity |
| Predicate | featuresPerson |
P2308
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William J. Casey |
E62565
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 J. Casey | Statement: [Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981–1987, featuresPerson, William J. Casey]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William J. Casey Context triple: [Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981–1987, featuresPerson, William J. Casey]
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A.
William J. Casey
chosen
William J. Casey was an American lawyer, intelligence officer, and politician who served as Director of Central Intelligence under President Ronald Reagan, playing a key role in shaping U.S. Cold War intelligence strategy.
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B.
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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C.
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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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.
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.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ab4955111c8190835bf619adec21ff |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd1914ca48190ab0a6cc5f1bd2f56 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:19 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af1f93a29081908de1107bf0f96647 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:45 p.m.