Triple
T8231682
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Iran–Contra affair |
E192307
|
entity |
| Predicate | significantParticipant |
P6467
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Oliver North |
E366798
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Oliver North | Statement: [Iran–Contra affair, significantParticipant, Oliver North]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oliver North Context triple: [Iran–Contra affair, significantParticipant, Oliver North]
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A.
Oliver North
chosen
Oliver North is a former U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel best known for his central role in the Iran-Contra affair during the Reagan administration and later work as a conservative political commentator and author.
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B.
Jack F. Matlock Jr.
Jack F. Matlock Jr. is an American diplomat and scholar best known for serving as the final U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union during the closing years of the Cold War.
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C.
Michael Maddox
Michael Maddox was an English theatrical entrepreneur who played a key role in developing Russian theatre in the late 18th century, notably helping establish what became the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
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D.
R. James Woolsey Jr.
R. James Woolsey Jr. is an American lawyer, diplomat, and national security expert who served as Director of Central Intelligence under President Bill Clinton in the early 1990s.
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E.
G. Gordon Liddy
G. Gordon Liddy was an American lawyer, FBI agent, and political operative best known as a key architect of the Watergate break-in and later a conservative media personality.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca82db5b90819085d1ad7c2e27bfcc |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb7824a6c48190a3abb76c4c3dcc71 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 7:30 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cd34e77fd08190a76f81de96d4e605 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:08 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:46 p.m.