Triple

T3507552
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ron Kirk E74112 entity
Predicate succeededBy P78 FINISHED
Object Michael Froman
Michael Froman is an American lawyer and trade official who served as the U.S. Trade Representative under President Barack Obama.
E363697 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: Michael Froman | Statement: [Ron Kirk, succeededBy, Michael Froman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Froman
Context triple: [Ron Kirk, succeededBy, Michael Froman]
  • A. Michael Chertoff
    Michael Chertoff is an American attorney and former federal judge who served as the second United States Secretary of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush.
  • B. Peter Navarro
    Peter Navarro is an American economist and former White House trade adviser known for his hardline views on China and key role in shaping the Trump administration’s trade and economic policies.
  • C. David Malpass
    David Malpass is an American economist and former U.S. Treasury official who served as President of the World Bank Group from 2019 to 2023.
  • D. Jack Lew
    Jack Lew is an American public official and attorney who served as the 76th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Barack Obama.
  • E. Wilbur Ross
    Wilbur Ross is an American investor and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce known for restructuring distressed companies and his role in the Trump administration.
  • 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: Michael Froman
Triple: [Ron Kirk, succeededBy, Michael Froman]
Generated description
Michael Froman is an American lawyer and trade official who served as the U.S. Trade Representative under President Barack Obama.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Froman
Target entity description: Michael Froman is an American lawyer and trade official who served as the U.S. Trade Representative under President Barack Obama.
  • A. Michael Chertoff
    Michael Chertoff is an American attorney and former federal judge who served as the second United States Secretary of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush.
  • B. Peter Navarro
    Peter Navarro is an American economist and former White House trade adviser known for his hardline views on China and key role in shaping the Trump administration’s trade and economic policies.
  • C. David Malpass
    David Malpass is an American economist and former U.S. Treasury official who served as President of the World Bank Group from 2019 to 2023.
  • D. Jack Lew
    Jack Lew is an American public official and attorney who served as the 76th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Barack Obama.
  • E. Wilbur Ross
    Wilbur Ross is an American investor and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce known for restructuring distressed companies and his role in the Trump administration.
  • 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_69ad85ce7a9c81909ddc5cf0cb67a6e3 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbc0b635c81909bc95ba2562d8f94 completed March 8, 2026, 6:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b373e0dc7881909af631182970d132 completed March 13, 2026, 2:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b375337e6c8190a3d2a1561c133ecb completed March 13, 2026, 2:23 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b375bb3f8c819097b295a2881b3b82 completed March 13, 2026, 2:26 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:18 p.m.