Triple
T8309856
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Eliot Richardson |
E194562
|
entity |
| Predicate | succeededByAsSecretaryOfDefense |
P52611
|
FINISHED |
| Object | James R. Schlesinger |
E19734
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: James R. Schlesinger | Statement: [Eliot Richardson, succeededByAsSecretaryOfDefense, James R. Schlesinger]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James R. Schlesinger Context triple: [Eliot Richardson, succeededByAsSecretaryOfDefense, James R. Schlesinger]
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A.
James R. Schlesinger
chosen
James R. Schlesinger was an American economist and government official who served in several top national security roles, including U.S. Secretary of Defense and the first Secretary of Energy.
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B.
William P. Rogers
William P. Rogers was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of State, and later chaired the presidential commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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C.
Harold Brown
Harold Brown was an American physicist and statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981.
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D.
Caspar Weinberger
Caspar Weinberger was a U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan, known for his role in expanding the American military and shaping Cold War defense policy.
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E.
John M. Deutch
John M. Deutch is an American chemist, academic, and former Director of Central Intelligence known for his leadership roles in U.S. government and his long career as a professor at MIT.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: succeededByAsSecretaryOfDefense Context triple: [Eliot Richardson, succeededByAsSecretaryOfDefense, James R. Schlesinger]
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A.
succeededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfDefenseBy
chosen
Indicates that one person’s term as Secretary of Defense ended and was directly followed by another person, who succeeded them in that office.
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B.
precededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfDefenseBy
Indicates that one person assumed the role of Secretary of Defense after another specific person, who directly held the office immediately before them.
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C.
succeededByAsSecretaryOfTheNavy
Indicates that one person was followed in the role of Secretary of the Navy by another person.
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D.
succeededByAsNationalSecurityAdvisor
Indicates that one person directly followed another in the role of National Security Advisor.
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E.
hasUSSecretaryOfDefense
Indicates that an entity has, or is associated with, a specific individual serving in the role of United States Secretary of Defense.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69ca82e613e88190bf8139669bbd0d53 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb7f2d2c30819095075940479b75a7 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 8 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce026bef88819097459cb96f7b44af |
completed | April 2, 2026, 5:45 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69cb70bb3a708190bc705222092da614 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 6:59 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:54 p.m.