Triple
T12125492
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | United States delegation |
E288799
|
entity |
| Predicate | memberOf |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John S. Foster Jr.
John S. Foster Jr. is an American physicist and defense official best known for serving as Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the U.S. Department of Defense during the Cold War, where he played a key role in nuclear weapons and strategic defense development.
|
E985737
|
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: John S. Foster Jr. | Statement: [United States delegation, memberOf, John S. Foster Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John S. Foster Jr. Context triple: [United States delegation, memberOf, John S. Foster Jr.]
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A.
John H. Foster
John H. Foster was a U.S. Marine Corps officer after whom Camp Foster in Okinawa, Japan, was named in honor of his service.
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B.
John Foster Archbold
John Foster Archbold was the son of American oil magnate and Standard Oil executive John Dustin Archbold.
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C.
Francis Lathrop
Francis Lathrop was an American artist and illustrator of the late 19th century, known for his stained glass, mural work, and book illustrations.
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D.
John F. Richardson
John F. Richardson is the father of Mary Richardson Kennedy, who was known for her marriage to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and her work as an interior designer and philanthropist.
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E.
Alfred Corning Clark
Alfred Corning Clark was a 19th-century American heir, philanthropist, and art patron from the Singer sewing machine fortune, known for his cultural and charitable contributions in New York and Cooperstown.
- 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: John S. Foster Jr. Triple: [United States delegation, memberOf, John S. Foster Jr.]
Generated description
John S. Foster Jr. is an American physicist and defense official best known for serving as Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the U.S. Department of Defense during the Cold War, where he played a key role in nuclear weapons and strategic defense development.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John S. Foster Jr. Target entity description: John S. Foster Jr. is an American physicist and defense official best known for serving as Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the U.S. Department of Defense during the Cold War, where he played a key role in nuclear weapons and strategic defense development.
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A.
John H. Foster
John H. Foster was a U.S. Marine Corps officer after whom Camp Foster in Okinawa, Japan, was named in honor of his service.
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B.
John Foster Archbold
John Foster Archbold was the son of American oil magnate and Standard Oil executive John Dustin Archbold.
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C.
Francis Lathrop
Francis Lathrop was an American artist and illustrator of the late 19th century, known for his stained glass, mural work, and book illustrations.
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D.
John F. Richardson
John F. Richardson is the father of Mary Richardson Kennedy, who was known for her marriage to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and her work as an interior designer and philanthropist.
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E.
Alfred Corning Clark
Alfred Corning Clark was a 19th-century American heir, philanthropist, and art patron from the Singer sewing machine fortune, known for his cultural and charitable contributions in New York and Cooperstown.
- 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_69d6ab4b5e4c81909950b17151eb0951 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9157b2a9881908ec0e58cf438fce0 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f64b83c15081908d2ed4c6d2e7534b |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:07 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f64c276d388190b58fe884466076ee |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:10 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f64ce7b444819094d94bec749d7618 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:13 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:49 p.m.