Triple

T3981202
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kathleen Sebelius E85761 entity
Predicate predecessor (Governor of Kansas) P34201 FINISHED
Object Bill Graves
Bill Graves is an American politician who served as the 43rd Governor of Kansas from 1995 to 2003.
E403293 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Bill Graves | Statement: [Kathleen Sebelius, predecessor (Governor of Kansas), Bill Graves]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Graves
Context triple: [Kathleen Sebelius, predecessor (Governor of Kansas), Bill Graves]
  • A. Don Payne
    Don Payne was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work on comedic television series like "The Simpsons" and superhero films such as "Thor."
  • B. Pete Edwards
    Pete Edwards is an American physician and businessman best known for co-owning and helping to keep Major League Soccer’s Columbus Crew in Columbus, Ohio.
  • C. Jim Wright
    Jim Wright was an American Democratic politician from Texas who served as a powerful congressional leader and later Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 1980s.
  • D. John H. Duncan
    John H. Duncan was an American architect best known for designing prominent late-19th-century monuments and public structures, including New York’s Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch.
  • E. Mike Salisbury
    Mike Salisbury is a British television producer best known for his work on major natural history documentaries, including serving as an executive producer on David Attenborough’s acclaimed series "The Life of Birds."
  • 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: Bill Graves
Triple: [Kathleen Sebelius, predecessor (Governor of Kansas), Bill Graves]
Generated description
Bill Graves is an American politician who served as the 43rd Governor of Kansas from 1995 to 2003.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Graves
Target entity description: Bill Graves is an American politician who served as the 43rd Governor of Kansas from 1995 to 2003.
  • A. Don Payne
    Don Payne was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work on comedic television series like "The Simpsons" and superhero films such as "Thor."
  • B. Pete Edwards
    Pete Edwards is an American physician and businessman best known for co-owning and helping to keep Major League Soccer’s Columbus Crew in Columbus, Ohio.
  • C. Jim Wright
    Jim Wright was an American Democratic politician from Texas who served as a powerful congressional leader and later Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 1980s.
  • D. John H. Duncan
    John H. Duncan was an American architect best known for designing prominent late-19th-century monuments and public structures, including New York’s Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch.
  • E. Mike Salisbury
    Mike Salisbury is a British television producer best known for his work on major natural history documentaries, including serving as an executive producer on David Attenborough’s acclaimed series "The Life of Birds."
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: predecessor (Governor of Kansas)
Context triple: [Kathleen Sebelius, predecessor (Governor of Kansas), Bill Graves]
  • A. predecessorInOffice chosen
    Indicates that one officeholder directly held a particular position before another officeholder in an official succession.
  • B. predecessorName
    Indicates that the value is the name of an entity that directly precedes another in an ordered sequence or lineage.
  • C. predecessorCEO
    Indicates that one person previously held the position of CEO before another specific person.
  • D. precededBy (Governor of Tennessee)
    Indicates that one entity held the position of Governor of Tennessee before another entity, establishing a temporal order of officeholders.
  • E. precededAsVicePresidentBy
    Indicates that one entity served as vice president immediately before another entity in a sequence of officeholders.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69aed93908348190a26c8aaf4fab3e86 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefa3ef7ac8190abe02f440ff83c43 completed March 9, 2026, 4:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b54021ae388190a9518ea85b760736 completed March 14, 2026, 11:01 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b541340dbc819081538517267f390f completed March 14, 2026, 11:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b54193105c81909e2a4e368aae36e8 completed March 14, 2026, 11:08 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69aef8f492ac819089dbb9436dbcdd2b completed March 9, 2026, 4:44 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:33 p.m.