Triple

T7006253
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Sherman Cooper E162462 entity
Predicate precededInOfficeBy P2999 FINISHED
Object John A. Whitaker
John A. Whitaker was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky in the early 20th century.
 E661325 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 A. Whitaker | Statement: [John Sherman Cooper, precededInOfficeBy, John A. Whitaker]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John A. Whitaker
Context triple: [John Sherman Cooper, precededInOfficeBy, John A. Whitaker]
  • A. Jim Whitaker
    Jim Whitaker is an American film producer known for his work on major studio projects, including Disney live-action features.
  • B. Wallace H. White Jr.
    Wallace H. White Jr. was an American Republican politician from Maine who served as a U.S. Senator and held the position of Senate Majority Leader in the mid-20th century.
  • C. Leonard Strong
    Leonard Strong was an American character actor known for his frequent portrayals of Asian characters in mid-20th-century film and television.
  • D. Robert E. Cushman Jr.
    Robert E. Cushman Jr. was a United States Marine Corps general who played a prominent leadership role in the Vietnam War and later served as the 25th Commandant of the Marine Corps.
  • E. Charles Evans Whittaker
    Charles Evans Whittaker was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court who served from 1957 to 1962 after a rapid rise through the federal judiciary.
  • 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 A. Whitaker
Triple: [John Sherman Cooper, precededInOfficeBy, John A. Whitaker]
Generated description
John A. Whitaker was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky in the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John A. Whitaker
Target entity description: John A. Whitaker was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky in the early 20th century.
  • A. Jim Whitaker
    Jim Whitaker is an American film producer known for his work on major studio projects, including Disney live-action features.
  • B. Wallace H. White Jr.
    Wallace H. White Jr. was an American Republican politician from Maine who served as a U.S. Senator and held the position of Senate Majority Leader in the mid-20th century.
  • C. Leonard Strong
    Leonard Strong was an American character actor known for his frequent portrayals of Asian characters in mid-20th-century film and television.
  • D. Robert E. Cushman Jr.
    Robert E. Cushman Jr. was a United States Marine Corps general who played a prominent leadership role in the Vietnam War and later served as the 25th Commandant of the Marine Corps.
  • E. Charles Evans Whittaker
    Charles Evans Whittaker was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court who served from 1957 to 1962 after a rapid rise through the federal judiciary.
  • 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_69c6885928148190ae31909fbb5e9849 completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6dc34b5a88190a793e07dd4d0018b completed March 27, 2026, 7:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c810a6b5348190bdf98a2fd98c9dc5 completed March 28, 2026, 5:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c811a94bd48190b9102aa7d4f1dde8 completed March 28, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8127599188190af3d049a0c6dd349 completed March 28, 2026, 5:40 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:33 p.m.