Triple

T630350
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Henry Ward Beecher E15911 entity
Predicate notableEvent P259 FINISHED
Object Beecher–Tilton scandal
The Beecher–Tilton scandal was a highly publicized 1870s adultery and seduction controversy involving famed preacher Henry Ward Beecher and Elizabeth Tilton that captivated and divided Victorian-era American society.
E79063 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: Beecher–Tilton scandal | Statement: [Henry Ward Beecher, notableEvent, Beecher–Tilton scandal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beecher–Tilton scandal
Context triple: [Henry Ward Beecher, notableEvent, Beecher–Tilton scandal]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Canongate
    Canongate is a historic street and district in Edinburgh’s Old Town, known for its royal connections and significant civic and religious buildings.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Rampart scandal
    The Rampart scandal was a major late-1990s corruption and misconduct controversy involving the Los Angeles Police Department’s Rampart Division anti-gang unit, exposing widespread abuses, evidence tampering, and wrongful convictions.
  • E. Dreyfus affair
    The Dreyfus affair was a late 19th-century French political scandal involving the wrongful conviction of Jewish army officer Alfred Dreyfus, which exposed deep-rooted antisemitism and sharply polarized French society.
  • 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: Beecher–Tilton scandal
Triple: [Henry Ward Beecher, notableEvent, Beecher–Tilton scandal]
Generated description
The Beecher–Tilton scandal was a highly publicized 1870s adultery and seduction controversy involving famed preacher Henry Ward Beecher and Elizabeth Tilton that captivated and divided Victorian-era American society.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beecher–Tilton scandal
Target entity description: The Beecher–Tilton scandal was a highly publicized 1870s adultery and seduction controversy involving famed preacher Henry Ward Beecher and Elizabeth Tilton that captivated and divided Victorian-era American society.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Canongate
    Canongate is a historic street and district in Edinburgh’s Old Town, known for its royal connections and significant civic and religious buildings.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Rampart scandal
    The Rampart scandal was a major late-1990s corruption and misconduct controversy involving the Los Angeles Police Department’s Rampart Division anti-gang unit, exposing widespread abuses, evidence tampering, and wrongful convictions.
  • E. Dreyfus affair
    The Dreyfus affair was a late 19th-century French political scandal involving the wrongful conviction of Jewish army officer Alfred Dreyfus, which exposed deep-rooted antisemitism and sharply polarized French society.
  • 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_69a4935c131c8190a5378c6bf101e8cc completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49ec051bc8190b3e3f8651a367d77 completed March 1, 2026, 8:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a56c4d84d8819095afbf0ee9c7bd82 completed March 2, 2026, 10:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a56c99153c8190bb457b19c2f97052 completed March 2, 2026, 10:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a56d31be8881909155f2eac7131798 completed March 2, 2026, 10:57 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.