Triple

T1196964
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject My Lai massacre E25688 entity
Predicate exposedBy P14188 FINISHED
Object Seymour Hersh
Seymour Hersh is an American investigative journalist renowned for uncovering major government abuses and scandals, including the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War.
E136556 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Seymour Hersh | Statement: [My Lai massacre, exposedBy, Seymour Hersh]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Seymour Hersh
Context triple: [My Lai massacre, exposedBy, Seymour Hersh]
  • A. Bob Woodward
    Bob Woodward is an American investigative journalist and author best known for his reporting on the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post, which helped lead to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
  • B. Carl Bernstein
    Carl Bernstein is an American investigative journalist best known for his reporting with Bob Woodward that helped uncover the Watergate scandal and led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
  • C. Daniel Ellsberg
    Daniel Ellsberg was an American military analyst and whistleblower best known for leaking the Pentagon Papers, which exposed U.S. government secrets about the Vietnam War.
  • D. Jeffrey Wigand
    Jeffrey Wigand is an American former tobacco executive turned whistleblower who exposed health risks and corporate misconduct in the cigarette industry, most famously depicted in the film "The Insider."
  • E. John Pilger
    John Pilger was an Australian journalist, author, and documentary filmmaker renowned for his investigative reporting and outspoken criticism of Western foreign policy and media.
  • 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: Seymour Hersh
Triple: [My Lai massacre, exposedBy, Seymour Hersh]
Generated description
Seymour Hersh is an American investigative journalist renowned for uncovering major government abuses and scandals, including the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Seymour Hersh
Target entity description: Seymour Hersh is an American investigative journalist renowned for uncovering major government abuses and scandals, including the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War.
  • A. Bob Woodward
    Bob Woodward is an American investigative journalist and author best known for his reporting on the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post, which helped lead to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
  • B. Carl Bernstein
    Carl Bernstein is an American investigative journalist best known for his reporting with Bob Woodward that helped uncover the Watergate scandal and led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
  • C. Daniel Ellsberg
    Daniel Ellsberg was an American military analyst and whistleblower best known for leaking the Pentagon Papers, which exposed U.S. government secrets about the Vietnam War.
  • D. Jeffrey Wigand
    Jeffrey Wigand is an American former tobacco executive turned whistleblower who exposed health risks and corporate misconduct in the cigarette industry, most famously depicted in the film "The Insider."
  • E. John Pilger
    John Pilger was an Australian journalist, author, and documentary filmmaker renowned for his investigative reporting and outspoken criticism of Western foreign policy and media.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: exposedBy
Context triple: [My Lai massacre, exposedBy, Seymour Hersh]
  • A. exposed chosen
    Indicates that one entity has been made visible, revealed, or left unprotected to another entity or to some external influence.
  • B. unveiledBy
    Indicates that something (such as an object, artwork, or project) was formally revealed or presented to the public by a particular agent or entity.
  • C. notableExposure
    Indicates that an entity has received significant public attention, visibility, or coverage, making it notably exposed or recognized.
  • D. exposureType
    Indicates the specific manner or context in which one entity is exposed to another entity, condition, or influence.
  • E. visibleAt
    Indicates that one entity can be seen or perceived from a specific location, viewpoint, or context at a given time.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a49429f5ec8190a6a205eb0ae81e5e completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bd9a305c819091513394f1b67784 completed March 1, 2026, 10:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac7658cae8819081da26480926ff83 completed March 7, 2026, 7:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac770141a88190b71552d46fb4d2ad completed March 7, 2026, 7:05 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac777a7768819098b9d4dd771a6750 completed March 7, 2026, 7:07 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4bb5d40a08190b7682d8ef8075421 completed March 1, 2026, 10:19 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:46 p.m.