Triple
T21861216
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nixon’s April 30, 1970 television address |
E539764
|
entity |
| Predicate | politicalContext |
P36
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Vietnam War escalation controversy |
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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: Vietnam War escalation controversy | Statement: [Nixon’s April 30, 1970 television address, politicalContext, Vietnam War escalation controversy]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vietnam War escalation controversy Context triple: [Nixon’s April 30, 1970 television address, politicalContext, Vietnam War escalation controversy]
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A.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was a 1964 U.S. congressional measure that effectively authorized President Lyndon B. Johnson to escalate American military involvement in Vietnam without a formal declaration of war.
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B.
Vietnamization
Vietnamization was a U.S. strategy during the Vietnam War that sought to shift combat responsibilities to South Vietnamese forces while gradually withdrawing American troops.
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C.
Gulf of Tonkin incident
The Gulf of Tonkin incident was a 1964 naval confrontation between North Vietnam and the United States that led to a major escalation of U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War.
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D.
Americanization of the Vietnam War
chosen
The Americanization of the Vietnam War refers to the period when the United States massively escalated its direct military involvement in Vietnam, relying heavily on U.S. combat troops and resources to fight the conflict.
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E.
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a protracted Cold War-era conflict in Southeast Asia, primarily between communist North Vietnam and U.S.-backed South Vietnam, that profoundly shaped global politics, military strategy, and American society.
- 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_69e0c47829648190bbe2d1d7033768ec |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:14 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f0d63ae3708190b7ee04c1487713c9 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 3:46 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:56 p.m.