Triple

T3073491
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert Mueller E64080 entity
Predicate precededBy P97 FINISHED
Object Thomas J. Pickard
Thomas J. Pickard is an American law enforcement official who briefly served as acting Director of the FBI in 2001 before Robert Mueller’s tenure.
 E758668 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: Thomas J. Pickard | Statement: [Robert Mueller, precededBy, Thomas J. Pickard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas J. Pickard
Context triple: [Robert Mueller, precededBy, Thomas J. Pickard]
  • A. Thomas W. Sidwell
    Thomas W. Sidwell was an American educator best known for establishing the progressive Quaker institution now known as Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C.
  • B. Porter J. McCumber
    Porter J. McCumber was an American Republican senator from North Dakota best known for co-sponsoring the protectionist Fordney–McCumber Tariff of 1922.
  • C. Samuel J. Kirkwood
    Samuel J. Kirkwood was a 19th-century American politician best known for serving as governor of Iowa and as a U.S. senator during the Civil War era.
  • D. Charles R. Fenwick
    Charles R. Fenwick was a Virginia lawyer and long-serving state legislator known for his influence on transportation policy, for whom the Charles R. Fenwick Bridge is named.
  • E. William E. Walsh
    William E. Walsh was an American businessman and civic leader best known for playing a key role in the establishment of the University of Miami in the 1920s.
  • 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: Thomas J. Pickard
Triple: [Robert Mueller, precededBy, Thomas J. Pickard]
Generated description
Thomas J. Pickard is an American law enforcement official who briefly served as acting Director of the FBI in 2001 before Robert Mueller’s tenure.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas J. Pickard
Target entity description: Thomas J. Pickard is an American law enforcement official who briefly served as acting Director of the FBI in 2001 before Robert Mueller’s tenure.
  • A. Thomas W. Sidwell
    Thomas W. Sidwell was an American educator best known for establishing the progressive Quaker institution now known as Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C.
  • B. Porter J. McCumber
    Porter J. McCumber was an American Republican senator from North Dakota best known for co-sponsoring the protectionist Fordney–McCumber Tariff of 1922.
  • C. Samuel J. Kirkwood
    Samuel J. Kirkwood was a 19th-century American politician best known for serving as governor of Iowa and as a U.S. senator during the Civil War era.
  • D. Charles R. Fenwick
    Charles R. Fenwick was a Virginia lawyer and long-serving state legislator known for his influence on transportation policy, for whom the Charles R. Fenwick Bridge is named.
  • E. William E. Walsh
    William E. Walsh was an American businessman and civic leader best known for playing a key role in the establishment of the University of Miami in the 1920s.
  • 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_69ad857a8aec8190bfdfd9c14554ac5a completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada14e372c81908c25c7f3e7e0c864 completed March 8, 2026, 4:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf6e2cd9cc8190accfefed5eaa0b07 completed April 3, 2026, 7:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf7041b6bc81909924d1382b756746 completed April 3, 2026, 7:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf714f22c48190a192c6fc32debfd6 completed April 3, 2026, 7:50 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:02 p.m.