Triple
T4117451
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008 |
E90326
|
entity |
| Predicate | candidate |
P1223
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Herman Cain
Herman Cain was an American businessman and conservative political figure best known for his 2012 Republican presidential campaign and his role as former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza.
|
E415439
|
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: Herman Cain | Statement: [Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008, candidate, Herman Cain]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herman Cain Context triple: [Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008, candidate, Herman Cain]
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A.
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney is an American politician and businessman who served as governor of Massachusetts and was the Republican Party’s nominee for president in the 2012 election.
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B.
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee is an American politician, former governor of Arkansas, and conservative commentator who has twice run for the Republican presidential nomination.
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C.
Pat Buchanan
Pat Buchanan is an American conservative political commentator, author, and former presidential candidate known for his nationalist and populist views.
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D.
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus is an American attorney and political operative who served as the first White House Chief of Staff in the Trump administration and previously chaired the Republican National Committee.
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E.
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity is a conservative American television and radio host best known for his long-running prime-time show on Fox News.
- 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: Herman Cain Triple: [Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008, candidate, Herman Cain]
Generated description
Herman Cain was an American businessman and conservative political figure best known for his 2012 Republican presidential campaign and his role as former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herman Cain Target entity description: Herman Cain was an American businessman and conservative political figure best known for his 2012 Republican presidential campaign and his role as former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza.
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A.
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney is an American politician and businessman who served as governor of Massachusetts and was the Republican Party’s nominee for president in the 2012 election.
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B.
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee is an American politician, former governor of Arkansas, and conservative commentator who has twice run for the Republican presidential nomination.
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C.
Pat Buchanan
Pat Buchanan is an American conservative political commentator, author, and former presidential candidate known for his nationalist and populist views.
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D.
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus is an American attorney and political operative who served as the first White House Chief of Staff in the Trump administration and previously chaired the Republican National Committee.
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E.
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity is a conservative American television and radio host best known for his long-running prime-time show on Fox News.
- 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_69aed95c080881908125e30c5dcdc6f8 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69af01f347f8819080dd250398474d7e |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b576abe02081908a1b0322758089bd |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:54 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b577180e2881908e3bf4bfce7c9edd |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:56 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5778dcdc08190aee087f6d54992dc |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:58 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:41 p.m.