Triple
T4700857
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Denis McDonough |
E104264
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
E2963
|
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 Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Statement: [Denis McDonough, positionHeld, United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs Context triple: [Denis McDonough, positionHeld, United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs]
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A.
United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
chosen
The United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs is the Cabinet-level official who leads the Department of Veterans Affairs, overseeing federal programs and services for military veterans and their families.
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B.
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training
The Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training is a senior U.S. Department of Labor official responsible for overseeing programs and policies that help military veterans transition to and succeed in civilian employment.
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C.
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services is the Cabinet-level official who leads the Department of Health and Human Services, overseeing national public health, welfare, and health policy programs.
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D.
Chairman of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals
The Chairman of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals is the top official responsible for overseeing and directing the adjudication of veterans’ benefits appeals within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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E.
United States Secretary of Defense
The United States Secretary of Defense is the head of the Department of Defense and the principal defense policy advisor to the President, overseeing the nation’s armed forces and military strategy.
- 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_69bd43e9b88481908582103dcadff3d9 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd63cd447081908120ee1691009982 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be03ca24848190aa7df32472647cae |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:34 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:17 p.m.