Triple
T22138084
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Whitewater controversy |
E547083
|
entity |
| Predicate | involves |
P1256
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Kenneth Starr |
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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: Kenneth Starr | Statement: [Whitewater controversy, involves, Kenneth Starr]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenneth Starr Context triple: [Whitewater controversy, involves, Kenneth Starr]
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A.
Scooter Libby
Scooter Libby is a former Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney who became widely known for his role in the CIA leak scandal involving the outing of Valerie Plame.
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B.
John Dean
John Dean is a former White House Counsel best known for his central role in the Watergate scandal and his testimony against President Richard Nixon.
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C.
Frank Lausche
Frank Lausche was a prominent mid-20th-century American politician of Slovenian descent who served as both governor of Ohio and a U.S. senator.
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D.
Independent Counsel Ken Starr
chosen
Independent Counsel Ken Starr was the special prosecutor whose investigation into President Bill Clinton’s conduct, including the Monica Lewinsky affair, led to Clinton’s impeachment by the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998.
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E.
Bob Barr
Bob Barr is an American attorney and former Republican congressman who became the Libertarian Party’s presidential nominee in the 2008 U.S. election.
- 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_69e11e3a95d88190a3bd80d9471976c3 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f129bb78bc8190b74af3a5f6a5348f |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:32 p.m.