Triple
T8821788
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Donald D. Engen |
E209920
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Vice Admiral, United States Navy |
E265803
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Vice Admiral, United States Navy | Statement: [Donald D. Engen, positionHeld, Vice Admiral, United States Navy]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vice Admiral, United States Navy Context triple: [Donald D. Engen, positionHeld, Vice Admiral, United States Navy]
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A.
Vice Admiral (United States Navy)
chosen
Vice Admiral (United States Navy) is a three-star flag officer rank in the U.S. Navy, positioned above rear admiral and below admiral, typically held by senior commanders of fleets, major naval commands, or high-level staff positions.
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B.
Navy Commissioner of the United States Navy
The Navy Commissioner of the United States Navy was a senior 19th-century administrative post responsible for overseeing the management, logistics, and material readiness of the U.S. Navy.
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C.
Fleet Admiral (United States Navy)
Fleet Admiral (United States Navy) is the highest possible five-star flag officer rank in the U.S. Navy, created during World War II and held by only a few senior naval commanders.
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D.
United States Navy captain
A United States Navy captain is a senior naval officer (O-6) typically entrusted with major command responsibilities such as leading large warships, aviation wings, or important shore installations.
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E.
Controller of the Navy
The Controller of the Navy was a senior British Royal Navy post responsible for overseeing naval materiel, including the design, construction, and maintenance of warships and equipment.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca8364e13081909c85fe80f44fe86f |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc601126248190b6f10c22f1aeac9a |
completed | April 1, 2026, midnight |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cf6fd064208190b1c8e1e1848763d2 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 7:44 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:46 p.m.