Triple

T626652
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Foster Dulles E15832 entity
Predicate grandparent P2400 FINISHED
Object John Watson Foster
John Watson Foster was a 19th-century American diplomat and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Benjamin Harrison.
E157818 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 Watson Foster | Statement: [John Foster Dulles, grandparent, John Watson Foster]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Watson Foster
Context triple: [John Foster Dulles, grandparent, John Watson Foster]
  • A. William C. Foster
    William C. Foster was an American government official and diplomat best known for his leadership roles in U.S. foreign aid and arms control policy during the mid-20th century.
  • B. Edmund G. Ross
    Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
  • C. Henry Rossiter Worthington
    Henry Rossiter Worthington was a 19th-century American engineer and inventor best known for pioneering improvements in steam pumping technology and helping to establish mechanical engineering as a formal profession.
  • D. John A. Wilson
    John A. Wilson was a prominent Washington, D.C. politician and public servant, notably serving as chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia.
  • E. Frank Merriam
    Frank Merriam was an American Republican politician who served as the 28th governor of California during the 1930s, overseeing the state through the Great Depression and significant labor unrest.
  • 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 Watson Foster
Triple: [John Foster Dulles, grandparent, John Watson Foster]
Generated description
John Watson Foster was a 19th-century American diplomat and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Benjamin Harrison.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Watson Foster
Target entity description: John Watson Foster was a 19th-century American diplomat and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Benjamin Harrison.
  • A. William C. Foster
    William C. Foster was an American government official and diplomat best known for his leadership roles in U.S. foreign aid and arms control policy during the mid-20th century.
  • B. Edmund G. Ross
    Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
  • C. Henry Rossiter Worthington
    Henry Rossiter Worthington was a 19th-century American engineer and inventor best known for pioneering improvements in steam pumping technology and helping to establish mechanical engineering as a formal profession.
  • D. John A. Wilson
    John A. Wilson was a prominent Washington, D.C. politician and public servant, notably serving as chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia.
  • E. Frank Merriam
    Frank Merriam was an American Republican politician who served as the 28th governor of California during the 1930s, overseeing the state through the Great Depression and significant labor unrest.
  • 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_69a4935c131c8190a5378c6bf101e8cc completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49e587c448190987943a6aad209d1 completed March 1, 2026, 8:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acd46422408190911e6eaec5866fe8 completed March 8, 2026, 1:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acd4fade9881908ed8e4598f4821f6 completed March 8, 2026, 1:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acd55b90608190a5ff734af6264ab5 completed March 8, 2026, 1:48 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.