Triple
T6842959
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Watson Foster |
E157818
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | United States Minister to Russia |
E63349
|
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 Minister to Russia | Statement: [John Watson Foster, positionHeld, United States Minister to Russia]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Minister to Russia Context triple: [John Watson Foster, positionHeld, United States Minister to Russia]
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A.
United States Minister to Russia
chosen
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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B.
United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union
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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C.
United States Ambassador
The United States Ambassador is the chief diplomatic representative of the U.S. government to a foreign country or international organization, responsible for managing bilateral relations and representing American interests abroad.
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D.
United States chargé d’affaires to Russia
The United States chargé d’affaires to Russia is the senior American diplomat who leads the U.S. mission in Russia in the absence of an appointed ambassador.
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E.
United States Minister to Spain
The United States Minister to Spain was a diplomatic post representing U.S. interests and conducting foreign relations with Spain before the role evolved into the modern ambassadorial position.
- 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_69c6882ed4c081909dc465a7cf8838be |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d6b7179481909e3482fef47b2719 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c72fb9a8c08190993807f1a4c54184 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 1:32 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:19 p.m.