Triple

T414997
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Teapot Dome scandal E9572 entity
Predicate participant P858 FINISHED
Object Harry F. Sinclair
Harry F. Sinclair was an American oil industrialist and founder of Sinclair Oil who became infamous for his central role in the Teapot Dome scandal of the 1920s.
E55107 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: Harry F. Sinclair | Statement: [Teapot Dome scandal, participant, Harry F. Sinclair]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harry F. Sinclair
Context triple: [Teapot Dome scandal, participant, Harry F. Sinclair]
  • A. Frederic L. Smith
    Frederic L. Smith was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who played a key role in the creation and development of General Motors.
  • B. Cecil H. Green
    Cecil H. Green was a British-born American geophysicist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Texas Instruments and a major benefactor of educational and research institutions.
  • C. Ford Beebe
    Ford Beebe was an American film director and screenwriter best known for his prolific work on low-budget serials and B-movies during the early to mid-20th century.
  • D. C. R. Smith
    C. R. Smith was a pioneering American airline executive who transformed American Airlines into a major global carrier and helped shape the modern commercial aviation industry.
  • E. Henry Billings Brown
    Henry Billings Brown was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court best known for authoring the decision that upheld racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine.
  • 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: Harry F. Sinclair
Triple: [Teapot Dome scandal, participant, Harry F. Sinclair]
Generated description
Harry F. Sinclair was an American oil industrialist and founder of Sinclair Oil who became infamous for his central role in the Teapot Dome scandal of the 1920s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harry F. Sinclair
Target entity description: Harry F. Sinclair was an American oil industrialist and founder of Sinclair Oil who became infamous for his central role in the Teapot Dome scandal of the 1920s.
  • A. Frederic L. Smith
    Frederic L. Smith was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who played a key role in the creation and development of General Motors.
  • B. Cecil H. Green
    Cecil H. Green was a British-born American geophysicist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Texas Instruments and a major benefactor of educational and research institutions.
  • C. Ford Beebe
    Ford Beebe was an American film director and screenwriter best known for his prolific work on low-budget serials and B-movies during the early to mid-20th century.
  • D. C. R. Smith
    C. R. Smith was a pioneering American airline executive who transformed American Airlines into a major global carrier and helped shape the modern commercial aviation industry.
  • E. Henry Billings Brown
    Henry Billings Brown was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court best known for authoring the decision that upheld racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine.
  • 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_69a2e80111fc8190961d5b7c6154123f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ee8d835881908403ea23901e52b3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a43667f180819099661c2cc5d8b188 completed March 1, 2026, 12:51 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a436e9fc9081909faf007c593e9537 completed March 1, 2026, 12:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a43755152881909a4dfa8b31a0aad6 completed March 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:09 p.m.