Triple

T2620160
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edward Thomas Wailes E58987 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object United States Ambassador to South Africa E239773 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: United States Ambassador to South Africa | Statement: [Edward Thomas Wailes, positionHeld, United States Ambassador to South Africa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: United States Ambassador to South Africa
Context triple: [Edward Thomas Wailes, positionHeld, United States Ambassador to South Africa]
  • A. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
    The Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs is the senior U.S. diplomat responsible for directing and coordinating American foreign policy and diplomatic relations with countries across the African continent.
  • B. South African Ambassador to South Korea
    The South African Ambassador to South Korea is the official diplomatic representative of South Africa in Seoul, responsible for managing bilateral relations, political dialogue, and cooperation between the two countries.
  • C. South African Ambassador to Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay
    The South African Ambassador to Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay is the senior diplomatic representative of South Africa responsible for managing and promoting the country’s political, economic and cultural relations with these three South American nations.
  • D. United States Ambassador chosen
    The United States Ambassador is the chief diplomatic representative of the U.S. government to a foreign country or international organization, responsible for managing bilateral relations and representing American interests abroad.
  • E. High Commissioner for Southern Africa
    The High Commissioner for Southern Africa was a senior British colonial official responsible for overseeing and coordinating imperial administration and policy across territories in the southern African region.
  • 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_69ab4ac444dc819099614e534dd6021f completed March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd897acb481909a976b70304cc30e completed March 7, 2026, 7:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af908ec0cc8190ab8feb8f237eac4b completed March 10, 2026, 3:31 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.