Triple

T4968660
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Frank Carlucci E111587 entity
Predicate precededByAsNationalSecurityAdvisor P61501 FINISHED
Object John Poindexter
John Poindexter is a retired U.S. Navy admiral and government official best known for serving as National Security Advisor under President Ronald Reagan and for his central role in the Iran-Contra affair.
E482933 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: John Poindexter | Statement: [Frank Carlucci, precededByAsNationalSecurityAdvisor, John Poindexter]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Poindexter
Context triple: [Frank Carlucci, precededByAsNationalSecurityAdvisor, John Poindexter]
  • A. Dennis Spooner
    Dennis Spooner was a British television writer and script editor best known for his influential work on early Doctor Who and other popular 1960s adventure and spy series.
  • B. Wilbur Fisk
    Wilbur Fisk was a prominent 19th-century American Methodist minister and educator who served as the first president of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.
  • C. Chris DeWolfe
    Chris DeWolfe is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-creator and former CEO of the pioneering social networking site MySpace.
  • D. Mark Hoffman
    Mark Hoffman is a fictional serial killer and primary antagonist in the "Saw" horror film franchise, known for continuing Jigsaw’s deadly games.
  • E. Peter Masterson
    Peter Masterson was an American actor, director, producer, and writer best known for co-writing and co-directing the film adaptation of the musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas."
  • 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 Poindexter
Triple: [Frank Carlucci, precededByAsNationalSecurityAdvisor, John Poindexter]
Generated description
John Poindexter is a retired U.S. Navy admiral and government official best known for serving as National Security Advisor under President Ronald Reagan and for his central role in the Iran-Contra affair.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Poindexter
Target entity description: John Poindexter is a retired U.S. Navy admiral and government official best known for serving as National Security Advisor under President Ronald Reagan and for his central role in the Iran-Contra affair.
  • A. Dennis Spooner
    Dennis Spooner was a British television writer and script editor best known for his influential work on early Doctor Who and other popular 1960s adventure and spy series.
  • B. Wilbur Fisk
    Wilbur Fisk was a prominent 19th-century American Methodist minister and educator who served as the first president of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.
  • C. Chris DeWolfe
    Chris DeWolfe is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-creator and former CEO of the pioneering social networking site MySpace.
  • D. Mark Hoffman
    Mark Hoffman is a fictional serial killer and primary antagonist in the "Saw" horror film franchise, known for continuing Jigsaw’s deadly games.
  • E. Peter Masterson
    Peter Masterson was an American actor, director, producer, and writer best known for co-writing and co-directing the film adaptation of the musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas."
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: precededByAsNationalSecurityAdvisor
Context triple: [Frank Carlucci, precededByAsNationalSecurityAdvisor, John Poindexter]
  • A. succeededByAsWhiteHouseChiefOfStaff
    Indicates that one person was followed in the role of White House Chief of Staff by another person.
  • B. precededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfStateBy
    Indicates that one person assumed the role of Secretary of State after another specific person, who held the office immediately before them.
  • C. precededByAsHomeSecretary
    Indicates that one individual previously held the position of Home Secretary before another individual.
  • D. succeededBy (Acting White House Chief of Staff)
    Indicates that one individual who served as Acting White House Chief of Staff was followed in that role by another specific individual.
  • E. precededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfDefenseBy
    Indicates that one person assumed the role of Secretary of Defense after another specific person, who directly held the office immediately before them.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69bd441a0eb481908050fa4273b19eae completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd72e49b048190bac55d9e7a6f7963 completed March 20, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be81f43b60819091134778c6379893 completed March 21, 2026, 11:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be82c740988190b1fc8af6bafba375 completed March 21, 2026, 11:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be83cb23488190af7098f9d7af167f completed March 21, 2026, 11:40 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69bd71447fe88190bb62c5e8753da7a7 completed March 20, 2026, 4:09 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69bd72e1b7cc8190b2e621fdf8f22e38 completed March 20, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:32 p.m.