Triple
T754668
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 2008 United States presidential election |
E15526
|
entity |
| Predicate | losingCandidate |
P354
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John McCain
John McCain was a long-serving Republican U.S. senator from Arizona and Vietnam War veteran who became his party’s nominee for president in 2008.
|
E99734
|
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: John McCain | Statement: [2008 United States presidential election, losingCandidate, John McCain]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John McCain Context triple: [2008 United States presidential election, losingCandidate, John McCain]
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A.
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney is an American politician and businessman who served as governor of Massachusetts and was the Republican Party’s nominee for president in the 2012 election.
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B.
John Warner
John Warner was a long-serving U.S. Senator from Virginia and former Secretary of the Navy known for his influential role in national defense and bipartisan politics.
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C.
Scott Brown
Scott Brown is an American Republican politician and former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts who later served as U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa.
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D.
Bob Dole
Bob Dole was a long-serving Republican U.S. senator from Kansas and 1996 presidential nominee known for his influential legislative work and party leadership.
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E.
Joe Lieberman
Joe Lieberman was a longtime U.S. senator from Connecticut known for his centrist politics and role as Al Gore’s vice-presidential running mate in the 2000 election.
- 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 McCain Triple: [2008 United States presidential election, losingCandidate, John McCain]
Generated description
John McCain was a long-serving Republican U.S. senator from Arizona and Vietnam War veteran who became his party’s nominee for president in 2008.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John McCain Target entity description: John McCain was a long-serving Republican U.S. senator from Arizona and Vietnam War veteran who became his party’s nominee for president in 2008.
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A.
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney is an American politician and businessman who served as governor of Massachusetts and was the Republican Party’s nominee for president in the 2012 election.
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B.
John Warner
John Warner was a long-serving U.S. Senator from Virginia and former Secretary of the Navy known for his influential role in national defense and bipartisan politics.
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C.
Scott Brown
Scott Brown is an American Republican politician and former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts who later served as U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa.
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D.
Bob Dole
Bob Dole was a long-serving Republican U.S. senator from Kansas and 1996 presidential nominee known for his influential legislative work and party leadership.
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E.
Joe Lieberman
Joe Lieberman was a longtime U.S. senator from Connecticut known for his centrist politics and role as Al Gore’s vice-presidential running mate in the 2000 election.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: losingCandidate Context triple: [2008 United States presidential election, losingCandidate, John McCain]
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A.
defeatedCandidate
chosen
Indicates that one candidate has won an election or contest against another candidate, causing the other to lose.
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B.
popularVoteLoser
Indicates that the subject became the winner of an election despite receiving fewer popular votes than at least one opponent.
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C.
electedCandidate
Indicates that a particular person has been chosen as the winner in an election for a given position or office.
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D.
featuredCandidate
Indicates that a particular candidate is highlighted or given special prominence relative to others.
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E.
losingState
Indicates that a particular game or competitive situation is in a condition where the player or side in question is currently losing or destined to lose under optimal play.
- 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_69a493599a0081908da65f3407af1ef2 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a66820548190b373deb117187c2c |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a79282d4d481908a2cb0f95a93220e |
completed | March 4, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a7946b93088190adca99b9db74ca68 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 2:09 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a794ea4fd0819099032d14f90dbca5 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 2:11 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a4a501c4cc81908de6d63e3d4f60d7 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:43 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.