Triple

T331994
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Secretary of War E6644 entity
Predicate positionHeldBy P8 FINISHED
Object John C. Calhoun
John C. Calhoun was a prominent 19th-century American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina, known for his strong advocacy of states’ rights, slavery, and nullification, and for serving as U.S. vice president and in several key federal offices.
 E50039 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: John C. Calhoun | Statement: [Secretary of War, positionHeldBy, John C. Calhoun]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John C. Calhoun
Context triple: [Secretary of War, positionHeldBy, John C. Calhoun]
  • A. Strom Thurmond
    Strom Thurmond was a long-serving U.S. senator from South Carolina known for his staunch segregationist views, 1948 Dixiecrat presidential run, and record-breaking Senate tenure.
  • B. Charles Pinckney
    Charles Pinckney was an American Founding Father, influential South Carolina politician, and early advocate of a strong federal government who played a key role in shaping the United States Constitution.
  • C. William R. Davie
    William R. Davie was a Revolutionary War officer, influential framer of the U.S. Constitution, and 10th governor of North Carolina who played a key role in founding the University of North Carolina.
  • D. George Troup
    George Troup was a 19th-century American politician from Georgia who served as a U.S. senator and governor, known for his strong states’ rights stance and controversial role in Native American removal policies.
  • E. Carter Glass
    Carter Glass was an influential American politician and newspaper publisher who served as a U.S. senator from Virginia and played a key role in shaping early 20th-century banking and financial regulation.
  • 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: John C. Calhoun
Triple: [Secretary of War, positionHeldBy, John C. Calhoun]
Generated description
John C. Calhoun was a prominent 19th-century American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina, known for his strong advocacy of states’ rights, slavery, and nullification, and for serving as U.S. vice president and in several key federal offices.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John C. Calhoun
Target entity description: John C. Calhoun was a prominent 19th-century American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina, known for his strong advocacy of states’ rights, slavery, and nullification, and for serving as U.S. vice president and in several key federal offices.
  • A. Strom Thurmond
    Strom Thurmond was a long-serving U.S. senator from South Carolina known for his staunch segregationist views, 1948 Dixiecrat presidential run, and record-breaking Senate tenure.
  • B. Charles Pinckney
    Charles Pinckney was an American Founding Father, influential South Carolina politician, and early advocate of a strong federal government who played a key role in shaping the United States Constitution.
  • C. William R. Davie
    William R. Davie was a Revolutionary War officer, influential framer of the U.S. Constitution, and 10th governor of North Carolina who played a key role in founding the University of North Carolina.
  • D. George Troup
    George Troup was a 19th-century American politician from Georgia who served as a U.S. senator and governor, known for his strong states’ rights stance and controversial role in Native American removal policies.
  • E. Carter Glass
    Carter Glass was an influential American politician and newspaper publisher who served as a U.S. senator from Virginia and played a key role in shaping early 20th-century banking and financial regulation.
  • 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_69a2e79434908190a9d5afe415153ad9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2eab1a7048190ac690ddc2e294914 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a405f0fd548190bd4d2ed1ddf7dff0 completed March 1, 2026, 9:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4076128788190ad1e3bf45a150bd4 completed March 1, 2026, 9:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a409a0bf2881909140c95b59be5c85 completed March 1, 2026, 9:40 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.