Triple
T26425
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Paul A. Volcker |
E528
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entity |
| Predicate | knownFor |
P22
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FINISHED |
| Object |
the "Volcker shock" in U.S. monetary policy
The "Volcker shock" in U.S. monetary policy refers to the dramatic interest rate hikes and tight monetary stance of the early 1980s aimed at breaking entrenched inflation, which triggered a deep recession but ultimately restored price stability and reshaped central banking practice.
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E2014
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: the "Volcker shock" in U.S. monetary policy | Statement: [Paul A. Volcker, knownFor, the "Volcker shock" in U.S. monetary policy]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: the "Volcker shock" in U.S. monetary policy Context triple: [Paul A. Volcker, knownFor, the "Volcker shock" in U.S. monetary policy]
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A.
Bretton Woods system
The Bretton Woods system was a post–World War II international monetary order in which major currencies were pegged to the U.S. dollar, and the dollar was convertible to gold, creating a fixed exchange rate regime that lasted until the early 1970s.
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B.
NSC-68
NSC-68 was a pivotal 1950 U.S. national security policy paper that called for a massive military buildup and global containment strategy against Soviet expansion during the early Cold War.
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C.
Emergency Banking Act
The Emergency Banking Act was a 1933 U.S. law passed early in Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency to stabilize the collapsing banking system during the Great Depression by regulating bank operations and restoring public confidence.
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D.
Board of Governors
The Board of Governors is the senior governing body of the University of Manchester, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, finances, and overall governance.
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E.
Consortium on Financing Higher Education
The Consortium on Financing Higher Education is an organization of highly selective, private colleges and universities in the United States that collaborates on issues related to financial aid, affordability, and access to higher education.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: the "Volcker shock" in U.S. monetary policy Triple: [Paul A. Volcker, knownFor, the "Volcker shock" in U.S. monetary policy]
Generated description
The "Volcker shock" in U.S. monetary policy refers to the dramatic interest rate hikes and tight monetary stance of the early 1980s aimed at breaking entrenched inflation, which triggered a deep recession but ultimately restored price stability and reshaped central banking practice.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: the "Volcker shock" in U.S. monetary policy Target entity description: The "Volcker shock" in U.S. monetary policy refers to the dramatic interest rate hikes and tight monetary stance of the early 1980s aimed at breaking entrenched inflation, which triggered a deep recession but ultimately restored price stability and reshaped central banking practice.
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A.
Bretton Woods system
The Bretton Woods system was a post–World War II international monetary order in which major currencies were pegged to the U.S. dollar, and the dollar was convertible to gold, creating a fixed exchange rate regime that lasted until the early 1970s.
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B.
Glass–Steagall Act
The Glass–Steagall Act was a landmark U.S. banking law of the 1930s that separated commercial and investment banking to curb financial speculation and prevent future banking crises.
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C.
Asian financial crisis of 1997–1998
The Asian financial crisis of 1997–1998 was a severe regional economic meltdown that began with currency devaluations in East and Southeast Asia, triggering widespread financial instability, recessions, and international policy responses.
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D.
Five-Year Plans for the National Economy of the Soviet Union
The Five-Year Plans for the National Economy of the Soviet Union were a series of centralized, state-directed economic programs that rapidly industrialized the USSR and transformed its agrarian economy under communist rule.
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E.
American Power and the New Mandarins
American Power and the New Mandarins is a 1969 collection of political essays by Noam Chomsky that sharply criticizes U.S. foreign policy and intellectual complicity in the Vietnam War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 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_69a243b4ac2c8190b93c303df797b7b2 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a246776cf48190aca9855cb07e8d89 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:35 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a248e88e588190a704e7b83d3dc07c |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:46 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a24c29bf64819087a7b51e8a94c278 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a24cb52c9c8190a27dcb969b989649 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:02 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:34 a.m.