Triple
T707165
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Archibald Cox |
E14125
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
United States Watergate Special Prosecutor
The United States Watergate Special Prosecutor was the independent legal authority appointed to investigate the Watergate scandal and related abuses of power in the Nixon administration.
|
E84236
|
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: United States Watergate Special Prosecutor | Statement: [Archibald Cox, positionHeld, United States Watergate Special Prosecutor]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Watergate Special Prosecutor Context triple: [Archibald Cox, positionHeld, United States Watergate Special Prosecutor]
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A.
Robert Mueller
Robert Mueller is an American lawyer and former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who later served as Special Counsel overseeing the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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B.
John N. Mitchell
John N. Mitchell was a U.S. Attorney General under President Richard Nixon who became a central figure in the Watergate scandal and was later convicted for his role in it.
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C.
William Colby
William Colby was an American intelligence officer who became Director of Central Intelligence, overseeing the CIA during a turbulent period in the 1970s.
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D.
Elliot Richardson
Elliot Richardson was a prominent American lawyer and politician who served in multiple high-level U.S. government positions and is best known for resigning as Attorney General during the Watergate scandal rather than obey President Nixon’s order to fire the special prosecutor.
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E.
Mark Felt
Mark Felt was the former FBI associate director who secretly served as the key Watergate informant known as "Deep Throat," helping expose the Nixon administration's misconduct.
- 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: United States Watergate Special Prosecutor Triple: [Archibald Cox, positionHeld, United States Watergate Special Prosecutor]
Generated description
The United States Watergate Special Prosecutor was the independent legal authority appointed to investigate the Watergate scandal and related abuses of power in the Nixon administration.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Watergate Special Prosecutor Target entity description: The United States Watergate Special Prosecutor was the independent legal authority appointed to investigate the Watergate scandal and related abuses of power in the Nixon administration.
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A.
Robert Mueller
Robert Mueller is an American lawyer and former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who later served as Special Counsel overseeing the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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B.
John N. Mitchell
John N. Mitchell was a U.S. Attorney General under President Richard Nixon who became a central figure in the Watergate scandal and was later convicted for his role in it.
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C.
William Colby
William Colby was an American intelligence officer who became Director of Central Intelligence, overseeing the CIA during a turbulent period in the 1970s.
-
D.
Elliot Richardson
Elliot Richardson was a prominent American lawyer and politician who served in multiple high-level U.S. government positions and is best known for resigning as Attorney General during the Watergate scandal rather than obey President Nixon’s order to fire the special prosecutor.
-
E.
Mark Felt
Mark Felt was the former FBI associate director who secretly served as the key Watergate informant known as "Deep Throat," helping expose the Nixon administration's misconduct.
- 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_69a493494ec48190ae6751683625a9ba |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a5477bb48190a2032edc83a24720 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a5dcb1795c8190a178e14509b8b271 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 6:53 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a5de4387f081909fc3f7c7db03a375 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 7 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a5ff6bcbd8819089f7a303a6a491a8 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 9:21 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.