Triple

T726175

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	News Corporation	`E14729`	entity
Predicate	notableControversy	`P1783`	FINISHED
Object	News International phone hacking scandal The News International phone hacking scandal was a major British media controversy in which journalists and private investigators illegally intercepted voicemails of celebrities, politicians, and crime victims, leading to public outrage, criminal prosecutions, and the closure of the News of the World newspaper.	`E86243`	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: News International phone hacking scandal | Statement: [News Corporation, notableControversy, News International phone hacking scandal]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: News International phone hacking scandal
Context triple: [News Corporation, notableControversy, News International phone hacking scandal]

A. Canongate
Canongate is a historic street and district in Edinburgh’s Old Town, known for its royal connections and significant civic and religious buildings.
B. The Fifth Estate
The Fifth Estate is a 2013 biographical thriller film that dramatizes the rise of WikiLeaks and its controversial founder Julian Assange.
C. The Fifth Estate
The Fifth Estate is a long-running Canadian investigative journalism television program known for its in-depth reporting and exposés on major public-interest issues.
D. Howard Reports
Howard Reports is an early series of officially reported decisions of the United States Supreme Court, compiled by court reporter Benjamin C. Howard before the adoption of the United States Reports title.
E. A Very English Scandal
A Very English Scandal is a British television miniseries that dramatizes the real-life 1970s political scandal involving Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe and an alleged conspiracy to murder his former lover.
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: News International phone hacking scandal
Triple: [News Corporation, notableControversy, News International phone hacking scandal]

Generated description

The News International phone hacking scandal was a major British media controversy in which journalists and private investigators illegally intercepted voicemails of celebrities, politicians, and crime victims, leading to public outrage, criminal prosecutions, and the closure of the News of the World newspaper.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: News International phone hacking scandal
Target entity description: The News International phone hacking scandal was a major British media controversy in which journalists and private investigators illegally intercepted voicemails of celebrities, politicians, and crime victims, leading to public outrage, criminal prosecutions, and the closure of the News of the World newspaper.

A. Canongate
Canongate is a historic street and district in Edinburgh’s Old Town, known for its royal connections and significant civic and religious buildings.
B. The Fifth Estate
The Fifth Estate is a 2013 biographical thriller film that dramatizes the rise of WikiLeaks and its controversial founder Julian Assange.
C. The Fifth Estate
The Fifth Estate is a long-running Canadian investigative journalism television program known for its in-depth reporting and exposés on major public-interest issues.
D. Howard Reports
Howard Reports is an early series of officially reported decisions of the United States Supreme Court, compiled by court reporter Benjamin C. Howard before the adoption of the United States Reports title.
E. A Very English Scandal
A Very English Scandal is a British television miniseries that dramatizes the real-life 1970s political scandal involving Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe and an alleged conspiracy to murder his former lover.
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_69a4934c753c81909b309027e48b9b3a`	completed	March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69a4a5a9adf08190bf2baade7e2e1c1c`	completed	March 1, 2026, 8:46 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69a6375e24248190b53efa0bfc29567a`	completed	March 3, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69a63b580b3c81909fe2ba1b0aa958b6`	completed	March 3, 2026, 1:37 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69a63bbb8e9881909d5ab68c4a47eb5c`	completed	March 3, 2026, 1:39 a.m.

Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.