Triple
T10126883
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | David Leigh |
E226236
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableInvestigation |
P16515
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
arms-to-Iraq affair
The arms-to-Iraq affair was a major British political scandal involving the covert and often illegal supply of weapons and military equipment to Saddam Hussein’s Iraq in the 1980s and early 1990s, leading to inquiries about government complicity and export control abuses.
|
E841539
|
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: arms-to-Iraq affair | Statement: [David Leigh, notableInvestigation, arms-to-Iraq affair]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: arms-to-Iraq affair Context triple: [David Leigh, notableInvestigation, arms-to-Iraq affair]
-
A.
Lavon Affair
The Lavon Affair was a 1954 Israeli covert operation in Egypt that went disastrously wrong, leading to a major political scandal and crisis within Israel’s leadership.
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B.
Iran–Contra affair
The Iran–Contra affair was a major 1980s U.S. political scandal in which senior officials secretly facilitated arms sales to Iran and diverted the proceeds to fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua, circumventing congressional restrictions.
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C.
Iran hostage crisis
The Iran hostage crisis was a 444-day diplomatic standoff from 1979 to 1981 in which 52 American diplomats and citizens were held captive at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, profoundly damaging U.S.–Iran relations.
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D.
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.
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E.
Iraq disarmament crisis of the 1990s
The Iraq disarmament crisis of the 1990s was a prolonged standoff between Iraq and the United Nations over weapons inspections and compliance with disarmament obligations imposed after the Gulf War.
- 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: arms-to-Iraq affair Triple: [David Leigh, notableInvestigation, arms-to-Iraq affair]
Generated description
The arms-to-Iraq affair was a major British political scandal involving the covert and often illegal supply of weapons and military equipment to Saddam Hussein’s Iraq in the 1980s and early 1990s, leading to inquiries about government complicity and export control abuses.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: arms-to-Iraq affair Target entity description: The arms-to-Iraq affair was a major British political scandal involving the covert and often illegal supply of weapons and military equipment to Saddam Hussein’s Iraq in the 1980s and early 1990s, leading to inquiries about government complicity and export control abuses.
-
A.
Lavon Affair
The Lavon Affair was a 1954 Israeli covert operation in Egypt that went disastrously wrong, leading to a major political scandal and crisis within Israel’s leadership.
-
B.
Iran–Contra affair
The Iran–Contra affair was a major 1980s U.S. political scandal in which senior officials secretly facilitated arms sales to Iran and diverted the proceeds to fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua, circumventing congressional restrictions.
-
C.
Iran hostage crisis
The Iran hostage crisis was a 444-day diplomatic standoff from 1979 to 1981 in which 52 American diplomats and citizens were held captive at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, profoundly damaging U.S.–Iran relations.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
Iraq disarmament crisis of the 1990s
The Iraq disarmament crisis of the 1990s was a prolonged standoff between Iraq and the United Nations over weapons inspections and compliance with disarmament obligations imposed after the Gulf War.
- 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_69ca843057b48190a86730167f5d6b98 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdd2eef7388190b95ffd02814f2d1f |
completed | April 2, 2026, 2:22 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d2cc69a5c88190ab7b108e1aab20ba |
completed | April 5, 2026, 8:56 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d2cd90fb888190833ca68dd644860d |
completed | April 5, 2026, 9:01 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d2ce02525881908a5394acb7967ba2 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 9:02 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:05 p.m.