Triple
T78263
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Watergate scandal |
E1565
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasEvidence |
P3168
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
White House tapes
The White House tapes are secretly recorded conversations from President Richard Nixon’s Oval Office that became crucial evidence in the Watergate scandal and led to his resignation.
|
E7329
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: White House tapes | Statement: [Watergate scandal, hasEvidence, White House tapes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: White House tapes Context triple: [Watergate scandal, hasEvidence, White House tapes]
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A.
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.
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B.
Deep Throat
Deep Throat is the pseudonym of the secret informant who provided key information to Washington Post reporters about the Watergate scandal, helping to expose the Nixon administration’s involvement.
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C.
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.
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D.
Backstairs at the White House
Backstairs at the White House is a 1979 television miniseries that dramatizes the lives and experiences of domestic staff serving U.S. presidents across several administrations.
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E.
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.
- 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: White House tapes Triple: [Watergate scandal, hasEvidence, White House tapes]
Generated description
The White House tapes are secretly recorded conversations from President Richard Nixon’s Oval Office that became crucial evidence in the Watergate scandal and led to his resignation.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: White House tapes Target entity description: The White House tapes are secretly recorded conversations from President Richard Nixon’s Oval Office that became crucial evidence in the Watergate scandal and led to his resignation.
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A.
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.
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B.
Deep Throat
Deep Throat is the pseudonym of the secret informant who provided key information to Washington Post reporters about the Watergate scandal, helping to expose the Nixon administration’s involvement.
-
C.
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.
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D.
RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon
RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon is the former U.S. president’s autobiographical account reflecting on his political career, presidency, and resignation in the wake of the Watergate scandal.
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E.
Presidential Records Act
The Presidential Records Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the creation, management, and public ownership of official records of presidents and vice presidents.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasEvidence Context triple: [Watergate scandal, hasEvidence, White House tapes]
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A.
usedEvidenceType
chosen
Indicates that a particular type or category of evidence was employed or relied upon in a given context or activity.
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B.
hasExample
Indicates that one entity serves as an instance, illustration, or concrete example of another entity.
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C.
demonstratedBy
Indicates that something is shown, proven, or made evident through the actions, behavior, or example of a particular entity.
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D.
hasRepresentationIn
Indicates that one entity is represented, depicted, or encoded within another entity, such as a concept, object, or data structure having a corresponding representation in a specific medium or context.
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E.
held
Indicates that one entity physically grasped, carried, or kept another entity in its possession or control.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69a2559892dc81909303f2eefdc0025f |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:40 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a25abc7b648190b8a83a05f4c76af0 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:02 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a25caa409881909eb7dfe7d038cc39 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:10 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a25e287cc88190b2eb5ae02bd2f9d1 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:16 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a24eaf99e481908e8d314577e22ecf |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:10 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.