Triple

T78247
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Watergate scandal E1565 entity
Predicate significantEvent P259 FINISHED
Object Watergate break-in
The Watergate break-in was the 1972 burglary at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., whose discovery and cover-up attempts ultimately led to the Watergate scandal and the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
E1565 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: Watergate break-in | Statement: [Watergate scandal, significantEvent, Watergate break-in]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Watergate break-in
Context triple: [Watergate scandal, significantEvent, Watergate break-in]
  • A. Watergate scandal
    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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. U-2 incident of 1960
    The U-2 incident of 1960 was a Cold War crisis in which an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union, severely damaging U.S.–Soviet relations and derailing a planned summit between their leaders.
  • D. Chappaquiddick incident
    The Chappaquiddick incident was a 1969 car accident on Chappaquiddick Island involving Senator Edward M. Kennedy that resulted in the death of Mary Jo Kopechne and had lasting political repercussions for Kennedy's career.
  • 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. 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: Watergate break-in
Triple: [Watergate scandal, significantEvent, Watergate break-in]
Generated description
The Watergate break-in was the 1972 burglary at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., whose discovery and cover-up attempts ultimately led to the Watergate scandal and the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Watergate break-in
Target entity description: The Watergate break-in was the 1972 burglary at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., whose discovery and cover-up attempts ultimately led to the Watergate scandal and the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
  • 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. U-2 incident of 1960
    The U-2 incident of 1960 was a Cold War crisis in which an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union, severely damaging U.S.–Soviet relations and derailing a planned summit between their leaders.
  • D. Chappaquiddick incident
    The Chappaquiddick incident was a 1969 car accident on Chappaquiddick Island involving Senator Edward M. Kennedy that resulted in the death of Mary Jo Kopechne and had lasting political repercussions for Kennedy's career.
  • 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.

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_69a284fb8c1481908d7796593836c925 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 6:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2860807c48190a0073124dba847e7 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 6:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a286c53b348190bcec6ff70fa3ac16 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 6:10 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.