Triple
T241990
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | United States Senate Watergate Committee |
E4949
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWitness |
P9232
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Ehrlichman |
E24592
|
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: John Ehrlichman | Statement: [United States Senate Watergate Committee, notableWitness, John Ehrlichman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Ehrlichman Context triple: [United States Senate Watergate Committee, notableWitness, John Ehrlichman]
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A.
John Ehrlichman
chosen
John Ehrlichman was a top domestic policy aide to U.S. President Richard Nixon who became a central figure in the Watergate scandal and was later convicted for his role in its cover-up.
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B.
H. R. Haldeman
H. R. Haldeman was a powerful and influential aide to President Richard Nixon, best known for his central role in the Watergate scandal.
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C.
Elliot Richardson
Elliot Richardson was a prominent American lawyer and politician who served in multiple high-level U.S. government positions and is best known for resigning as Attorney General during the Watergate scandal rather than obey President Nixon’s order to fire the special prosecutor.
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D.
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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E.
John N. Mitchell
John N. Mitchell was a U.S. Attorney General under President Richard Nixon who became a central figure in the Watergate scandal and was later convicted for his role in it.
- 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_69a257c3d0708190b0871c4269d273e6 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a260c42060819089eb772202e504f5 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:28 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a38b8ac09c81908181fb0f15482e66 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 12:42 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.