Triple
T509818
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Flint, Michigan |
E10580
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedEvent |
P149
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Flint water crisis |
E63245
|
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: Flint water crisis | Statement: [Flint, Michigan, associatedEvent, Flint water crisis]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flint water crisis Context triple: [Flint, Michigan, associatedEvent, Flint water crisis]
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A.
Flint water crisis
chosen
The Flint water crisis was a public health disaster in Flint, Michigan, where cost-cutting measures led to lead-contaminated drinking water and widespread exposure, prompting national outrage and reforms in water safety oversight.
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B.
Flint, Michigan
Flint, Michigan is an industrial city in the United States best known as the birthplace of General Motors and for its central role in the American automotive industry.
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C.
BioWatch program
The BioWatch program is a U.S. national biosurveillance system designed to detect the airborne release of biological agents as early as possible to help prevent or mitigate bioterrorism attacks.
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D.
Teapot Dome scandal
The Teapot Dome scandal was a major 1920s U.S. political corruption case involving the secret leasing of federal oil reserves that severely damaged public trust in the Harding administration.
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E.
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was a 2011 catastrophic failure at a Japanese nuclear power plant triggered by a massive earthquake and tsunami, leading to core meltdowns, radioactive releases, and long-term environmental and policy impacts worldwide.
- 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_69a2e848adf881908e5e04f7af030093 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2f164a9d48190b525a97b5c06ffe2 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a49ebaf5c48190b24614b2a1ab9466 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:16 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.