Triple

T6663054
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mike Johanns E151522 entity
Predicate successor (United States Secretary of Agriculture) P33240 FINISHED
Object Ed Schafer
Ed Schafer is an American politician and businessman who served as Governor of North Dakota and later as the United States Secretary of Agriculture under President George W. Bush.
E631960 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: Ed Schafer | Statement: [Mike Johanns, successor (United States Secretary of Agriculture), Ed Schafer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed Schafer
Context triple: [Mike Johanns, successor (United States Secretary of Agriculture), Ed Schafer]
  • A. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer is an American writer known for his work on the animated series "Cowboy Bebop" and related projects.
  • B. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer, better known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American singer-songwriter and musician recognized for his blend of rock, country, and pop influences.
  • C. Fred Schuler
    Fred Schuler is a cinematographer best known for his work on films such as the 1980 comedy "Stir Crazy."
  • D. Jay Gorney
    Jay Gorney was an American composer best known for writing socially conscious songs for Broadway and film, including the music for the classic Depression-era anthem "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
  • E. Eric Lamonsoff
    Eric Lamonsoff is a bumbling yet big-hearted family man and close friend of Lenny Feder in the Grown Ups comedy film series.
  • 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: Ed Schafer
Triple: [Mike Johanns, successor (United States Secretary of Agriculture), Ed Schafer]
Generated description
Ed Schafer is an American politician and businessman who served as Governor of North Dakota and later as the United States Secretary of Agriculture under President George W. Bush.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed Schafer
Target entity description: Ed Schafer is an American politician and businessman who served as Governor of North Dakota and later as the United States Secretary of Agriculture under President George W. Bush.
  • A. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer is an American writer known for his work on the animated series "Cowboy Bebop" and related projects.
  • B. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer, better known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American singer-songwriter and musician recognized for his blend of rock, country, and pop influences.
  • C. Fred Schuler
    Fred Schuler is a cinematographer best known for his work on films such as the 1980 comedy "Stir Crazy."
  • D. Jay Gorney
    Jay Gorney was an American composer best known for writing socially conscious songs for Broadway and film, including the music for the classic Depression-era anthem "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
  • E. Eric Lamonsoff
    Eric Lamonsoff is a bumbling yet big-hearted family man and close friend of Lenny Feder in the Grown Ups comedy film series.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: successor (United States Secretary of Agriculture)
Context triple: [Mike Johanns, successor (United States Secretary of Agriculture), Ed Schafer]
  • A. successorOfficeHolder chosen
    Indicates that one office holder directly follows another in occupying the same official position.
  • B. successorOfficeTo
    Indicates that one office or position directly follows and replaces another in an official sequence or hierarchy.
  • C. successorOfficeEstablished
    Indicates that a new office or position was formally created to replace or succeed a previous one.
  • D. precededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfStateBy
    Indicates that one person assumed the role of Secretary of State after another specific person, who held the office immediately before them.
  • E. successor
    Indicates that one entity directly follows another in an ordered sequence or position.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69c687f5fac48190a09e4838d9c6b45d completed March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6cc9d53848190ac75523c157249c6 completed March 27, 2026, 6:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7581d4fb081908530cfd5f7bcba24 completed March 28, 2026, 4:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c758fe82348190b8cfd6fc903df20b completed March 28, 2026, 4:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c75972fc888190b8895e7ca755c848 completed March 28, 2026, 4:30 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69c6ad071b0081909b96dd4b93414bd1 completed March 27, 2026, 4:15 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:02 p.m.