Triple

T78238
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Watergate scandal E1565 entity
Predicate involves P1256 FINISHED
Object Bob Woodward
Bob Woodward is an American investigative journalist and author best known for his reporting on the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post, which helped lead to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
E9514 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: Bob Woodward | Statement: [Watergate scandal, involves, Bob Woodward]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bob Woodward
Context triple: [Watergate scandal, involves, Bob Woodward]
  • A. Jeffrey Wigand
    Jeffrey Wigand is an American former tobacco executive turned whistleblower who exposed health risks and corporate misconduct in the cigarette industry, most famously depicted in the film "The Insider."
  • B. Stephen E. Smith
    Stephen E. Smith was an American businessman and political strategist closely associated with the Kennedy family, notably serving as a key adviser and organizer in their political campaigns.
  • C. Edward S. Herman
    Edward S. Herman was an American economist, media analyst, and critic of U.S. foreign policy best known for co-developing the "propaganda model" of the media.
  • D. John Pilger
    John Pilger was an Australian journalist, author, and documentary filmmaker renowned for his investigative reporting and outspoken criticism of Western foreign policy and media.
  • E. Sylvia Nasar
    Sylvia Nasar is an American journalist and author best known for writing the acclaimed biography "A Beautiful Mind" about mathematician John Nash.
  • 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: Bob Woodward
Triple: [Watergate scandal, involves, Bob Woodward]
Generated description
Bob Woodward is an American investigative journalist and author best known for his reporting on the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post, which helped lead to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bob Woodward
Target entity description: Bob Woodward is an American investigative journalist and author best known for his reporting on the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post, which helped lead to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
  • A. Jeffrey Wigand
    Jeffrey Wigand is an American former tobacco executive turned whistleblower who exposed health risks and corporate misconduct in the cigarette industry, most famously depicted in the film "The Insider."
  • B. Stephen E. Smith
    Stephen E. Smith was an American businessman and political strategist closely associated with the Kennedy family, notably serving as a key adviser and organizer in their political campaigns.
  • C. Kai Bird
    Kai Bird is an American historian, biographer, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for co-writing the J. Robert Oppenheimer biography "American Prometheus."
  • D. Edward S. Herman
    Edward S. Herman was an American economist, media analyst, and critic of U.S. foreign policy best known for co-developing the "propaganda model" of the media.
  • E. John Pilger
    John Pilger was an Australian journalist, author, and documentary filmmaker renowned for his investigative reporting and outspoken criticism of Western foreign policy and media.
  • 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_69a24c60d19c8190a1b6c105ca59ef5b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24f30e5848190a8edcb37c356ce0a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a266ea53f48190a0a09700697ffd45 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a26ada5f908190afcc754be9fffd07 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 4:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a26b668a948190811c208dae793975 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 4:13 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.