Triple
T525002
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Early Republic of the United States |
E10897
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasPart |
P35
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
XYZ Affair
The XYZ Affair was a late 1790s diplomatic scandal between the United States and France, in which French agents demanded bribes from American envoys, inflaming anti-French sentiment and helping spark the Quasi-War.
|
E65633
|
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: XYZ Affair | Statement: [Early Republic of the United States, hasPart, XYZ Affair]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: XYZ Affair Context triple: [Early Republic of the United States, hasPart, XYZ Affair]
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A.
Monica Lewinsky scandal
The Monica Lewinsky scandal was a late-1990s political and sexual controversy involving U.S. President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky that led to Clinton’s impeachment by the House of Representatives.
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B.
Wikkit Gate
Wikkit Gate is a powerful, universe-encompassing force field and key plot device in Douglas Adams' "Life, the Universe and Everything," central to a scheme to destroy the universe.
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C.
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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D.
Border Conference
The Border Conference was a mid-20th-century American college athletic conference that included several universities from the southwestern United States.
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E.
Lockheed bribery scandals
The Lockheed bribery scandals were a series of high-profile corruption cases in the 1970s involving the U.S. aerospace company Lockheed paying illegal bribes to foreign officials and politicians to secure aircraft contracts, leading to major political fallout in several countries.
- 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: XYZ Affair Triple: [Early Republic of the United States, hasPart, XYZ Affair]
Generated description
The XYZ Affair was a late 1790s diplomatic scandal between the United States and France, in which French agents demanded bribes from American envoys, inflaming anti-French sentiment and helping spark the Quasi-War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: XYZ Affair Target entity description: The XYZ Affair was a late 1790s diplomatic scandal between the United States and France, in which French agents demanded bribes from American envoys, inflaming anti-French sentiment and helping spark the Quasi-War.
-
A.
Monica Lewinsky scandal
The Monica Lewinsky scandal was a late-1990s political and sexual controversy involving U.S. President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky that led to Clinton’s impeachment by the House of Representatives.
-
B.
Wikkit Gate
Wikkit Gate is a powerful, universe-encompassing force field and key plot device in Douglas Adams' "Life, the Universe and Everything," central to a scheme to destroy the universe.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Border Conference
The Border Conference was a mid-20th-century American college athletic conference that included several universities from the southwestern United States.
-
E.
Lockheed bribery scandals
The Lockheed bribery scandals were a series of high-profile corruption cases in the 1970s involving the U.S. aerospace company Lockheed paying illegal bribes to foreign officials and politicians to secure aircraft contracts, leading to major political fallout in several countries.
- 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_69a2e84b16c4819088d284c47c3a7968 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2f1b7f448819087e5e7f3b37d7142 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a4b23f97448190bd85a8c85d338039 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:40 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a4b2c975ec8190bc16f146f89c3f05 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4b343f8f88190bd011924dd485bef |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:44 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.