Triple

T1179438
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject E. Howard Hunt E25101 entity
Predicate participantIn P149 FINISHED
Object Watergate break-in E1565 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: Watergate break-in | Statement: [E. Howard Hunt, participantIn, Watergate break-in]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Watergate break-in
Context triple: [E. Howard Hunt, participantIn, Watergate break-in]
  • A. Watergate scandal chosen
    The Watergate scandal was a major 1970s American political scandal involving the Nixon administration’s attempts to cover up a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters, ultimately leading to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
  • B. White House Plumbers
    White House Plumbers was a covert Nixon White House unit created to stop and retaliate against leaks, best known for its role in the Watergate scandal.
  • C. Saturday Night Massacre
    The Saturday Night Massacre was the 1973 constitutional crisis during the Watergate scandal in which President Richard Nixon ordered the firing of special prosecutor Archibald Cox, prompting the resignations of top Justice Department officials.
  • D. U-2 incident of 1960
    The U-2 incident of 1960 was a Cold War crisis in which an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union, severely damaging U.S.–Soviet relations and derailing a planned summit between their leaders.
  • E. Watergate complex
    The Watergate complex is a landmark mixed-use development in Washington, D.C., best known as the site of the 1972 political scandal that led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69a494267b4c819088c97a59182bf56a completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bd1226fc819083d526ecd22af8ef completed March 1, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac8311ba6481908aaca4c1e9d8b78f completed March 7, 2026, 7:57 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.