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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.