Triple

T9480276
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kagan E228617 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Robert Kagan
Robert Kagan is an American neoconservative political commentator and historian known for his influential writings on U.S. foreign policy and the promotion of liberal interventionism.
E802458 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: Robert Kagan | Statement: [Kagan, hasNotableBearer, Robert Kagan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Kagan
Context triple: [Kagan, hasNotableBearer, Robert Kagan]
  • A. George Friedman
    George Friedman is a geopolitical forecaster and author best known as the founder of the private intelligence and forecasting firm Stratfor and later Geopolitical Futures.
  • B. G. John Ikenberry
    G. John Ikenberry is a prominent American political scientist and international relations scholar best known for his work on liberal internationalism, the liberal world order, and U.S. foreign policy.
  • C. Scott Rothkopf
    Scott Rothkopf is an American art curator and museum director known for his leadership and influential exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
  • D. John J. Mearsheimer
    John J. Mearsheimer is an American political scientist and leading realist theorist in international relations, best known for his work on offensive realism and critiques of U.S. foreign policy.
  • E. Andrew Bacevich
    Andrew Bacevich is an American historian, retired U.S. Army colonel, and prominent critic of U.S. foreign policy and militarism.
  • 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: Robert Kagan
Triple: [Kagan, hasNotableBearer, Robert Kagan]
Generated description
Robert Kagan is an American neoconservative political commentator and historian known for his influential writings on U.S. foreign policy and the promotion of liberal interventionism.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Kagan
Target entity description: Robert Kagan is an American neoconservative political commentator and historian known for his influential writings on U.S. foreign policy and the promotion of liberal interventionism.
  • A. George Friedman
    George Friedman is a geopolitical forecaster and author best known as the founder of the private intelligence and forecasting firm Stratfor and later Geopolitical Futures.
  • B. G. John Ikenberry
    G. John Ikenberry is a prominent American political scientist and international relations scholar best known for his work on liberal internationalism, the liberal world order, and U.S. foreign policy.
  • C. Scott Rothkopf
    Scott Rothkopf is an American art curator and museum director known for his leadership and influential exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
  • D. John J. Mearsheimer
    John J. Mearsheimer is an American political scientist and leading realist theorist in international relations, best known for his work on offensive realism and critiques of U.S. foreign policy.
  • E. Andrew Bacevich
    Andrew Bacevich is an American historian, retired U.S. Army colonel, and prominent critic of U.S. foreign policy and militarism.
  • 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_69ca84730a5081908de282651019bf2f completed March 30, 2026, 2:10 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd8016813881908dafc026779c89c4 completed April 1, 2026, 8:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d12cf7526c8190b96693bdc13743d5 completed April 4, 2026, 3:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d12ed9240c8190bd206a0d2263e249 completed April 4, 2026, 3:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d12f870d2881909b0b50adfd2ba13b completed April 4, 2026, 3:34 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:54 p.m.