Triple
T635029
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Walter Bedell Smith |
E16604
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union |
E47344
|
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 Ambassador to the Soviet Union | Statement: [Walter Bedell Smith, positionHeld, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union Context triple: [Walter Bedell Smith, positionHeld, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union]
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A.
United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union
chosen
The United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union was the chief American diplomatic representative in Moscow, responsible for managing U.S.–Soviet relations during the existence of the USSR.
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B.
United States Minister to Russia
The United States Minister to Russia was a 19th-century diplomatic post representing American interests and conducting official relations with the Russian Empire.
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C.
United States Ambassador to West Germany
The United States Ambassador to West Germany was the chief American diplomatic representative to the Federal Republic of Germany during the period when Germany was divided after World War II.
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D.
United States Ambassador to Yugoslavia
The United States Ambassador to Yugoslavia was the chief American diplomatic representative responsible for managing U.S. relations with the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
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E.
United States High Commissioner for Germany
The United States High Commissioner for Germany was a post–World War II American diplomatic and administrative office responsible for overseeing and guiding the political reconstruction and governance of occupied West Germany before full sovereignty was restored.
- 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_69a4936be1c88190af56540324b57da7 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49ee4ee8481908ad45405e3f3835c |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a56ef25ffc81908517310fe0c84a68 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 11:05 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.