Triple
T21397447
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Fellow Travelers |
E527820
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainTheme |
P261
|
FINISHED |
| Object | McCarthyism |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: McCarthyism | Statement: [Fellow Travelers, mainTheme, McCarthyism]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McCarthyism Context triple: [Fellow Travelers, mainTheme, McCarthyism]
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A.
McCarthyism
chosen
McCarthyism was a period of intense anti-communist suspicion and political repression in the United States during the early Cold War, marked by aggressive investigations, blacklisting, and accusations often made without proper evidence.
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B.
Lavender Scare
The Lavender Scare was a mid-20th-century U.S. campaign that targeted and purged suspected homosexuals from government employment, paralleling and intertwined with the anti-communist Red Scare.
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C.
Red Scare in the United States
The Red Scare in the United States refers to periods of intense anti-communist fear and political repression, most notably after World War I and during the early Cold War, marked by government crackdowns, loyalty investigations, and widespread suspicion of leftist activities.
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D.
McCarthy
McCarthy is a common Irish surname historically associated with the powerful MacCarthy dynasty of Munster and borne by numerous notable figures in politics, arts, and public life.
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E.
McCarthy
McCarthy was a British indie pop band from the 1980s known for its jangly guitar sound and overtly left-wing, politically charged lyrics.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69e0b51ff3748190935c0a513c62a12b |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e8b16a9c7c819083bd2d298106fdf1 |
completed | April 22, 2026, 11:30 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 5:13 p.m.