Triple

T1152944
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 2008 United States housing and financial crisis E23718 entity
Predicate effect P374 FINISHED
Object Great Recession
The Great Recession was a severe global economic downturn in the late 2000s marked by widespread financial instability, high unemployment, and sharp declines in economic activity, particularly in the United States and Europe.
E23718 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: Great Recession | Statement: [2008 United States housing and financial crisis, effect, Great Recession]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Recession
Context triple: [2008 United States housing and financial crisis, effect, Great Recession]
  • A. Great Depression
    The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic downturn during the 1930s that led to massive unemployment, bank failures, and profound social and political change.
  • B. Great Recession recovery
    The Great Recession recovery refers to the prolonged period of economic stabilization and gradual growth in the United States following the 2007–2009 financial crisis, marked by large-scale fiscal stimulus, monetary easing, and financial-sector reforms.
  • C. Recession of 1937–1938
    The Recession of 1937–1938 was a sharp economic downturn in the United States during the New Deal era, marked by renewed declines in industrial production and employment after an initial recovery from the Great Depression.
  • D. 2008 United States housing and financial crisis
    The 2008 United States housing and financial crisis was a severe economic downturn triggered by the collapse of the housing bubble and widespread mortgage defaults, leading to major financial institution failures and a global recession.
  • E. Panic of 1893
    The Panic of 1893 was a severe nationwide economic depression in the United States marked by bank failures, railroad bankruptcies, and mass unemployment that helped bring the Gilded Age to a close.
  • 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: Great Recession
Triple: [2008 United States housing and financial crisis, effect, Great Recession]
Generated description
The Great Recession was a severe global economic downturn in the late 2000s marked by widespread financial instability, high unemployment, and sharp declines in economic activity, particularly in the United States and Europe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Recession
Target entity description: The Great Recession was a severe global economic downturn in the late 2000s marked by widespread financial instability, high unemployment, and sharp declines in economic activity, particularly in the United States and Europe.
  • A. Great Depression
    The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic downturn during the 1930s that led to massive unemployment, bank failures, and profound social and political change.
  • B. Great Recession recovery
    The Great Recession recovery refers to the prolonged period of economic stabilization and gradual growth in the United States following the 2007–2009 financial crisis, marked by large-scale fiscal stimulus, monetary easing, and financial-sector reforms.
  • C. Recession of 1937–1938
    The Recession of 1937–1938 was a sharp economic downturn in the United States during the New Deal era, marked by renewed declines in industrial production and employment after an initial recovery from the Great Depression.
  • D. 2008 United States housing and financial crisis chosen
    The 2008 United States housing and financial crisis was a severe economic downturn triggered by the collapse of the housing bubble and widespread mortgage defaults, leading to major financial institution failures and a global recession.
  • E. Panic of 1893
    The Panic of 1893 was a severe nationwide economic depression in the United States marked by bank failures, railroad bankruptcies, and mass unemployment that helped bring the Gilded Age to a close.
  • 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_69a493f0d32c8190ac74bad3c87f2641 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bc8d2dd8819081c779d408c2651d completed March 1, 2026, 10:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac6f139a008190a20f38330364dd2b completed March 7, 2026, 6:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac7074e7dc81909fbb68c146bbae0a completed March 7, 2026, 6:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac70c76c2c8190bfb88293645c659e completed March 7, 2026, 6:39 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.