Triple

T482127
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject National Security Medal E9190 entity
Predicate awardedTo P11 FINISHED
Object Robert M. Gates
Robert M. Gates is an American statesman and intelligence expert who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama and previously as Director of Central Intelligence.
E61929 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: Robert M. Gates | Statement: [National Security Medal, awardedTo, Robert M. Gates]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert M. Gates
Context triple: [National Security Medal, awardedTo, Robert M. Gates]
  • A. Donald Rumsfeld
    Donald Rumsfeld was an American politician and businessman best known for serving twice as U.S. Secretary of Defense, including during the George W. Bush administration and the Iraq War.
  • B. David Petraeus
    David Petraeus is a retired four-star U.S. Army general and former CIA Director best known for leading coalition forces during the Iraq War and shaping modern counterinsurgency strategy.
  • C. Colin Powell (U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff)
    Colin Powell was a four-star U.S. Army general and statesman who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and later as Secretary of State, playing a central leadership role in U.S. military and foreign policy at the end of the 20th century.
  • D. Brent Scowcroft
    Brent Scowcroft was a prominent American national security advisor and retired Air Force lieutenant general who served under multiple U.S. presidents and was highly influential in shaping late 20th-century U.S. foreign policy.
  • E. John Negroponte
    John Negroponte is an American diplomat and government official who has served in numerous high-level roles, including U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and Iraq.
  • 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: Robert M. Gates
Triple: [National Security Medal, awardedTo, Robert M. Gates]
Generated description
Robert M. Gates is an American statesman and intelligence expert who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama and previously as Director of Central Intelligence.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert M. Gates
Target entity description: Robert M. Gates is an American statesman and intelligence expert who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama and previously as Director of Central Intelligence.
  • A. Donald Rumsfeld
    Donald Rumsfeld was an American politician and businessman best known for serving twice as U.S. Secretary of Defense, including during the George W. Bush administration and the Iraq War.
  • B. David Petraeus
    David Petraeus is a retired four-star U.S. Army general and former CIA Director best known for leading coalition forces during the Iraq War and shaping modern counterinsurgency strategy.
  • C. Colin Powell (U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff)
    Colin Powell was a four-star U.S. Army general and statesman who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and later as Secretary of State, playing a central leadership role in U.S. military and foreign policy at the end of the 20th century.
  • D. Brent Scowcroft
    Brent Scowcroft was a prominent American national security advisor and retired Air Force lieutenant general who served under multiple U.S. presidents and was highly influential in shaping late 20th-century U.S. foreign policy.
  • E. John Negroponte
    John Negroponte is an American diplomat and government official who has served in numerous high-level roles, including U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and Iraq.
  • 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_69a2e7ff81708190b0507a24a997232c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f05a7f6c819082b4a5a3e69468a6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a481eb0fb481909b97f4bef0817791 completed March 1, 2026, 6:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a482e34fac8190b9e13ad17bb6c0c4 completed March 1, 2026, 6:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4830eb1188190b4da7436a9ca4dab completed March 1, 2026, 6:18 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.