Triple
T422298
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Benjamin A. Smith II |
E8129
|
entity |
| Predicate | appointedBy |
P257
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John A. Volpe
John A. Volpe was an American politician who served as Governor of Massachusetts and later as U.S. Secretary of Transportation and Ambassador to Italy.
|
E98820
|
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: John A. Volpe | Statement: [Benjamin A. Smith II, appointedBy, John A. Volpe]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John A. Volpe Context triple: [Benjamin A. Smith II, appointedBy, John A. Volpe]
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A.
Alfred N. Goldsmith
Alfred N. Goldsmith was an American electrical engineer and radio pioneer who played a key role in the early development and professionalization of radio engineering.
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B.
William Simon
William Simon was an American banker and public official who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury in the 1970s and became a prominent advocate of free-market economics.
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C.
Homer Brightman
Homer Brightman was an American screenwriter best known for his work on classic Disney animated films, including contributing to the screenplay of the 1950 feature "Cinderella."
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D.
Joseph Gargan
Joseph Gargan was an American lawyer and political operative, a cousin and close associate of Senator Ted Kennedy who became known for his involvement in and later criticism of Kennedy’s actions surrounding the Chappaquiddick incident.
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E.
David E. Lilienthal
David E. Lilienthal was an American public administrator and lawyer best known for leading major New Deal and postwar agencies, including the Tennessee Valley Authority and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
- 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: John A. Volpe Triple: [Benjamin A. Smith II, appointedBy, John A. Volpe]
Generated description
John A. Volpe was an American politician who served as Governor of Massachusetts and later as U.S. Secretary of Transportation and Ambassador to Italy.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John A. Volpe Target entity description: John A. Volpe was an American politician who served as Governor of Massachusetts and later as U.S. Secretary of Transportation and Ambassador to Italy.
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A.
Alfred N. Goldsmith
Alfred N. Goldsmith was an American electrical engineer and radio pioneer who played a key role in the early development and professionalization of radio engineering.
-
B.
William Simon
William Simon was an American banker and public official who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury in the 1970s and became a prominent advocate of free-market economics.
-
C.
Homer Brightman
Homer Brightman was an American screenwriter best known for his work on classic Disney animated films, including contributing to the screenplay of the 1950 feature "Cinderella."
-
D.
Joseph Gargan
Joseph Gargan was an American lawyer and political operative, a cousin and close associate of Senator Ted Kennedy who became known for his involvement in and later criticism of Kennedy’s actions surrounding the Chappaquiddick incident.
-
E.
David E. Lilienthal
David E. Lilienthal was an American public administrator and lawyer best known for leading major New Deal and postwar agencies, including the Tennessee Valley Authority and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
- 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_69a2e7f1d1bc81909cf2dc9754a3c334 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2eec0e9dc81908c08b209ce5278ef |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:33 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a79277143c819091019a9ca625039f |
completed | March 4, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a7931d1bac8190b9b300f3d7f94131 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 2:04 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a793860a688190a537418beb72141c |
completed | March 4, 2026, 2:05 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:11 p.m.