Triple

T78657
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Obama Foundation E1575 entity
Predicate hasKeyPerson P256 FINISHED
Object David Simas
David Simas is an American political strategist and former Obama White House official who serves as a top executive leader at the Obama Foundation.
E48704 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: David Simas | Statement: [Obama Foundation, hasKeyPerson, David Simas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Simas
Context triple: [Obama Foundation, hasKeyPerson, David Simas]
  • A. Michael Rogers
    Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
  • B. Matthew Sands
    Matthew Sands was an American physicist and educator best known as one of the co-authors of the influential textbook series "The Feynman Lectures on Physics."
  • C. Vincent Gaddis
    Vincent Gaddis was an American writer and researcher best known for coining and popularizing the modern mystery surrounding the Bermuda Triangle in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Michael V. Drake
    Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
  • E. Martin Lindauer
    Martin Lindauer was a German behavioral biologist and prominent honeybee researcher known for his pioneering work on insect communication and social organization.
  • 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: David Simas
Triple: [Obama Foundation, hasKeyPerson, David Simas]
Generated description
David Simas is an American political strategist and former Obama White House official who serves as a top executive leader at the Obama Foundation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Simas
Target entity description: David Simas is an American political strategist and former Obama White House official who serves as a top executive leader at the Obama Foundation.
  • A. Michael Rogers
    Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
  • B. Matthew Sands
    Matthew Sands was an American physicist and educator best known as one of the co-authors of the influential textbook series "The Feynman Lectures on Physics."
  • C. Vincent Gaddis
    Vincent Gaddis was an American writer and researcher best known for coining and popularizing the modern mystery surrounding the Bermuda Triangle in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Michael V. Drake
    Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
  • E. Martin Lindauer
    Martin Lindauer was a German behavioral biologist and prominent honeybee researcher known for his pioneering work on insect communication and social organization.
  • 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_69a24c60d19c8190a1b6c105ca59ef5b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24f30e5848190a8edcb37c356ce0a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3fe8c0d4881909164199221272daa completed March 1, 2026, 8:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3ff1563688190bd5a41ea3c4726a5 completed March 1, 2026, 8:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3ffb7c1f8819084d07b54e1688290 completed March 1, 2026, 8:58 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.