Triple

T21322740
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Porter J. McCumber E525661 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object United States senator
A United States senator is an elected member of the U.S. Senate, the upper chamber of Congress responsible for federal legislation, treaty approval, and confirmation of key government officials.
 E191433 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: United States senator | Statement: [Porter J. McCumber, positionHeld, United States senator]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: United States senator
Context triple: [Porter J. McCumber, positionHeld, United States senator]
  • A. United States Senator
    A United States Senator is an elected member of the upper chamber of the U.S. Congress, responsible for crafting federal legislation, approving treaties and presidential appointments, and representing the interests of their entire state at the national level.
  • B. Parliamentarian of the United States Senate
    The Parliamentarian of the United States Senate is the nonpartisan official who advises the Senate on the interpretation and application of its rules and procedures.
  • C. United States Senator from New Hampshire
    A United States Senator from New Hampshire is a member of the U.S. Senate who represents the state of New Hampshire at the federal level, helping to craft and vote on national legislation.
  • D. United States Senator from Michigan
    A United States Senator from Michigan is a member of the U.S. Senate elected to represent the state of Michigan in the federal legislative branch.
  • E. United States Senator from New York
    The United States Senator from New York is a member of the U.S. Senate who represents the state of New York at the federal level, participating in national lawmaking, oversight, and confirmation of federal appointments.
  • 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: United States senator
Triple: [Porter J. McCumber, positionHeld, United States senator]
Generated description
A United States senator is an elected member of the U.S. Senate, the upper chamber of Congress responsible for federal legislation, treaty approval, and confirmation of key government officials.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: United States senator
Target entity description: A United States senator is an elected member of the U.S. Senate, the upper chamber of Congress responsible for federal legislation, treaty approval, and confirmation of key government officials.
  • A. United States Senator chosen
    A United States Senator is an elected member of the upper chamber of the U.S. Congress, responsible for crafting federal legislation, approving treaties and presidential appointments, and representing the interests of their entire state at the national level.
  • B. Parliamentarian of the United States Senate
    The Parliamentarian of the United States Senate is the nonpartisan official who advises the Senate on the interpretation and application of its rules and procedures.
  • C. United States Senator from New Hampshire
    A United States Senator from New Hampshire is a member of the U.S. Senate who represents the state of New Hampshire at the federal level, helping to craft and vote on national legislation.
  • D. United States Senator from Michigan
    A United States Senator from Michigan is a member of the U.S. Senate elected to represent the state of Michigan in the federal legislative branch.
  • E. United States Senator from New York
    The United States Senator from New York is a member of the U.S. Senate who represents the state of New York at the federal level, participating in national lawmaking, oversight, and confirmation of federal appointments.
  • F. None of above.

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_69e0b51ad810819098c12392c8e55f6c completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e77ed355cc8190a305c1c48117fb9e completed April 21, 2026, 1:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a099ee48a0881909edd40cde83d10c5 completed May 17, 2026, 10:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a099fa8142c819090f4521e39157cf0 completed May 17, 2026, 10:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09a0b6374c8190bfea2d9a3c02a69b completed May 17, 2026, 11:04 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 4:40 p.m.