Triple
T2492039
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981–1987 |
E52064
|
entity |
| Predicate | topic |
P261
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Iran–Contra affair |
E192307
|
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: Iran–Contra affair | Statement: [Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981–1987, topic, Iran–Contra affair]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iran–Contra affair Context triple: [Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981–1987, topic, Iran–Contra affair]
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A.
Iran–Contra affair
chosen
The Iran–Contra affair was a major 1980s U.S. political scandal in which senior officials secretly facilitated arms sales to Iran and diverted the proceeds to fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua, circumventing congressional restrictions.
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B.
Mayaguez incident
The Mayaguez incident was a 1975 confrontation between the United States and Cambodia in which U.S. forces attempted to rescue the crew of the seized American merchant ship SS Mayaguez, often regarded as one of the last official battles of the Vietnam War era.
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C.
Operation Just Cause
Operation Just Cause was the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama aimed at deposing military leader Manuel Noriega and securing American strategic interests in the region.
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D.
Watergate scandal
The Watergate scandal was a major 1970s American political scandal involving the Nixon administration’s attempts to cover up a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters, ultimately leading to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
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E.
Reagan Doctrine
The Reagan Doctrine was a U.S. foreign policy strategy in the 1980s that aimed to roll back Soviet influence by providing support to anti-communist resistance movements around the world.
- 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_69ab4955111c8190835bf619adec21ff |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd1914ca48190ab0a6cc5f1bd2f56 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:19 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af1f93a29081908de1107bf0f96647 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:45 p.m.