Triple

T3742107
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Walter Bedell Smith E79724 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union E47344 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 the Soviet Union | Statement: [Walter Bedell Smith, positionHeld, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union
Context triple: [Walter Bedell Smith, positionHeld, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union]
  • A. United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union chosen
    The United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union was the chief American diplomatic representative in Moscow, responsible for managing U.S.–Soviet relations during the existence of the USSR.
  • B. United States Minister to Russia
    The United States Minister to Russia was a 19th-century diplomatic post representing American interests and conducting official relations with the Russian Empire.
  • C. United States Ambassador
    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.
  • D. United States Ambassador to West Germany
    The United States Ambassador to West Germany was the chief American diplomatic representative to the Federal Republic of Germany during the period when Germany was divided after World War II.
  • E. United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia
    The United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia was the chief American diplomatic representative responsible for managing U.S. relations with Czechoslovakia during its existence as a sovereign state.
  • 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_69ad8b115610819095b02007da5ca3cb completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adcb563fac8190b6a55580d0386e8a completed March 8, 2026, 7:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4db26adbc8190becd03db70e63112 completed March 14, 2026, 3:51 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:34 p.m.