Triple

T8359054
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject United States ambassador to Brazil E196755 entity
Predicate officeHoldersInclude P537 FINISHED
Object Thomas A. Shannon Jr.
Thomas A. Shannon Jr. is an American diplomat and career Foreign Service officer who has held several senior positions in U.S. foreign policy, including serving as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
 E729399 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: Thomas A. Shannon Jr. | Statement: [United States ambassador to Brazil, officeHoldersInclude, Thomas A. Shannon Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas A. Shannon Jr.
Context triple: [United States ambassador to Brazil, officeHoldersInclude, Thomas A. Shannon Jr.]
  • A. Joseph L. Roberts Jr.
    Joseph L. Roberts Jr. was a prominent American pastor and theologian best known for his long tenure leading Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church after the era of Martin Luther King Jr.
  • B. Thomas J. Bliley Jr.
    Thomas J. Bliley Jr. is an American Republican politician and former U.S. Representative from Virginia who chaired the House Commerce Committee and played a key role in major financial deregulation legislation.
  • C. William S. Dietrich II
    William S. Dietrich II was an American industrialist, philanthropist, and Carnegie Mellon University benefactor whose major donations significantly supported higher education and the humanities.
  • D. Joseph Evans Brown
    Joseph Evans Brown, better known as Joe E. Brown, was a popular American comedian and film actor of the 1930s and 1940s, recognized for his wide-mouthed grin and roles in classic comedies.
  • E. William H. McNichols Jr.
    William H. McNichols Jr. was a longtime Denver political leader who served as mayor and played a key role in the city’s modern development.
  • 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: Thomas A. Shannon Jr.
Triple: [United States ambassador to Brazil, officeHoldersInclude, Thomas A. Shannon Jr.]
Generated description
Thomas A. Shannon Jr. is an American diplomat and career Foreign Service officer who has held several senior positions in U.S. foreign policy, including serving as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas A. Shannon Jr.
Target entity description: Thomas A. Shannon Jr. is an American diplomat and career Foreign Service officer who has held several senior positions in U.S. foreign policy, including serving as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
  • A. Joseph L. Roberts Jr.
    Joseph L. Roberts Jr. was a prominent American pastor and theologian best known for his long tenure leading Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church after the era of Martin Luther King Jr.
  • B. Thomas J. Bliley Jr.
    Thomas J. Bliley Jr. is an American Republican politician and former U.S. Representative from Virginia who chaired the House Commerce Committee and played a key role in major financial deregulation legislation.
  • C. William S. Dietrich II
    William S. Dietrich II was an American industrialist, philanthropist, and Carnegie Mellon University benefactor whose major donations significantly supported higher education and the humanities.
  • D. Joseph Evans Brown
    Joseph Evans Brown, better known as Joe E. Brown, was a popular American comedian and film actor of the 1930s and 1940s, recognized for his wide-mouthed grin and roles in classic comedies.
  • E. William H. McNichols Jr.
    William H. McNichols Jr. was a longtime Denver political leader who served as mayor and played a key role in the city’s modern development.
  • 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_69ca82f08b348190bfb7881944bbff6f completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb807134008190b4671326e0414210 completed March 31, 2026, 8:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cde7bd74fc8190abdb2813d51d79f8 completed April 2, 2026, 3:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cdeb2209908190a9c2b7258295561e completed April 2, 2026, 4:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cdec53410c8190b4c5e412922801dd completed April 2, 2026, 4:10 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:59 p.m.