Triple
T577974
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Frost/Nixon |
E13797
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainSubject |
P3
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Watergate scandal |
E1565
|
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: Watergate scandal | Statement: [Frost/Nixon, mainSubject, Watergate scandal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Watergate scandal Context triple: [Frost/Nixon, mainSubject, Watergate scandal]
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A.
Watergate scandal
chosen
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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B.
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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C.
Saturday Night Massacre
The Saturday Night Massacre was the 1973 constitutional crisis during the Watergate scandal in which President Richard Nixon ordered the firing of special prosecutor Archibald Cox, prompting the resignations of top Justice Department officials.
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D.
Pentagon Papers
The Pentagon Papers are a classified U.S. Department of Defense study, leaked in 1971, that revealed previously undisclosed information about American political and military involvement in the Vietnam War.
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E.
United States v. Nixon
United States v. Nixon was a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited presidential privilege and compelled President Richard Nixon to release the Watergate tapes, reinforcing the principle that not even the president is above the law.
- 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_69a4933fa4d88190a7949cc83c08c5c1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49b69fed88190b5558d4ebd5047a1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:02 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a501bfb6408190bf7e1f462f39723d |
completed | March 2, 2026, 3:19 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.