Triple

T11390977
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject United States v. Harry F. Sinclair E269833 entity
Predicate concerns P1256 FINISHED
Object Teapot Dome oil reserves E52554 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Teapot Dome oil reserves | Statement: [United States v. Harry F. Sinclair, concerns, Teapot Dome oil reserves]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Teapot Dome oil reserves
Context triple: [United States v. Harry F. Sinclair, concerns, Teapot Dome oil reserves]
  • A. Teapot Dome oil field chosen
    The Teapot Dome oil field is a federally owned petroleum reserve in Wyoming that became infamous as the center of a major 1920s U.S. political corruption scandal.
  • B. Teapot Dome scandal
    The Teapot Dome scandal was a major 1920s U.S. political corruption case involving the secret leasing of federal oil reserves that severely damaged public trust in the Harding administration.
  • C. Elk Hills oil field
    The Elk Hills oil field is a major petroleum reserve in California that gained historical notoriety for its central role in the Teapot Dome scandal, one of the most infamous corruption cases in U.S. political history.
  • D. Glenn Pool oil field boom
    The Glenn Pool oil field boom was an early 20th-century petroleum discovery in Oklahoma that triggered rapid industrial growth and helped establish Tulsa as a major global center of the oil industry.
  • E. Pennsylvania oil rush
    The Pennsylvania oil rush was a mid-19th-century boom sparked by the first successful commercial oil well in the United States, which rapidly transformed the Oil Creek region into the world’s earliest major petroleum-producing area.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d6aacdbc6c8190af6dc3d5f5d22836 elicitation completed
NER batch_69d800160a1c81909d115bf89fe54a49 ner completed
NED1 batch_69e58c8f5ed88190b9cc55c0a73993ec ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.