Triple
T21671552
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Whitaker |
E534856
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Matthew Whitaker
Matthew Whitaker is an American lawyer and former U.S. Acting Attorney General who briefly led the Department of Justice under President Donald Trump.
|
E1495910
|
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: Matthew Whitaker | Statement: [Whitaker, hasNotableBearer, Matthew Whitaker]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matthew Whitaker Context triple: [Whitaker, hasNotableBearer, Matthew Whitaker]
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A.
Rod Rosenstein
Rod Rosenstein is an American lawyer and former U.S. Deputy Attorney General known for overseeing the early stages of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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B.
Ryan Zinke
Ryan Zinke is an American politician and former U.S. Navy SEAL who served as the United States Secretary of the Interior under President Donald Trump.
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C.
Jonathan Mardukas
Jonathan Mardukas is a neurotic yet principled accountant-turned-informant on the run from both the mob and law enforcement in the action-comedy film "Midnight Run."
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D.
Kirstjen Nielsen
Kirstjen Nielsen is an American attorney and government official who served as the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security under President Donald Trump, where she became widely known for overseeing and defending the administration’s hardline immigration policies.
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E.
Hank Gowdy
Hank Gowdy was a standout Major League Baseball catcher best known for his star performance in the 1914 World Series and for being the first active MLB player to enlist for military service in World War I.
- 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: Matthew Whitaker Triple: [Whitaker, hasNotableBearer, Matthew Whitaker]
Generated description
Matthew Whitaker is an American lawyer and former U.S. Acting Attorney General who briefly led the Department of Justice under President Donald Trump.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matthew Whitaker Target entity description: Matthew Whitaker is an American lawyer and former U.S. Acting Attorney General who briefly led the Department of Justice under President Donald Trump.
-
A.
Rod Rosenstein
Rod Rosenstein is an American lawyer and former U.S. Deputy Attorney General known for overseeing the early stages of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
-
B.
Ryan Zinke
Ryan Zinke is an American politician and former U.S. Navy SEAL who served as the United States Secretary of the Interior under President Donald Trump.
-
C.
Jonathan Mardukas
Jonathan Mardukas is a neurotic yet principled accountant-turned-informant on the run from both the mob and law enforcement in the action-comedy film "Midnight Run."
-
D.
Kirstjen Nielsen
Kirstjen Nielsen is an American attorney and government official who served as the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security under President Donald Trump, where she became widely known for overseeing and defending the administration’s hardline immigration policies.
-
E.
Hank Gowdy
Hank Gowdy was a standout Major League Baseball catcher best known for his star performance in the 1914 World Series and for being the first active MLB player to enlist for military service in World War I.
- 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_69e0c46898008190aa618a4af55bd1ee |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ef8a0badd08190ad2ec2b8e46be379 |
completed | April 27, 2026, 4:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0a15a7a19c8190a38ef90422f7feeb |
completed | May 17, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0a16ac5ee881909ede61c149be61fa |
completed | May 17, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0a17d9a48881908d9858e40d41674c |
completed | May 17, 2026, 7:32 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:37 p.m.