Triple
T930309
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas Ewing |
E20076
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | United States Secretary of War (ad interim) |
E6644
|
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: United States Secretary of War (ad interim) | Statement: [Thomas Ewing, positionHeld, United States Secretary of War (ad interim)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Secretary of War (ad interim) Context triple: [Thomas Ewing, positionHeld, United States Secretary of War (ad interim)]
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A.
Assistant Secretary of War
The Assistant Secretary of War was a senior U.S. government official responsible for overseeing key aspects of Army administration, logistics, and wartime operations before the Department of War was reorganized into the Department of Defense.
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B.
Secretary of War
chosen
The Secretary of War was a former U.S. Cabinet-level official responsible for overseeing the Army and managing the nation’s military affairs before the creation of the Department of Defense.
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C.
Adjutant General of the Continental Army
The Adjutant General of the Continental Army was the senior administrative officer responsible for managing orders, records, and personnel organization for George Washington’s Revolutionary War army.
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D.
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War
The Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War was the senior civil servant responsible for overseeing the administration and day-to-day operations of the British Army within the United Kingdom government.
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E.
Secretary of State for War
The Secretary of State for War was a senior British government minister responsible for overseeing the administration, organization, and policy of the British Army before the role was abolished and its functions absorbed into the Ministry of Defence.
- 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_69a493af3dc48190adb7263e6e445ea1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b349b3d0819090c58b4fb60c6a1b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a933a103908190a624039492079f82 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 7:41 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.