Triple
T1154705
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Dean |
E23756
|
entity |
| Predicate | wrote |
P2831
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Worse Than Watergate
Worse Than Watergate is a political exposé book by former White House counsel John Dean that critically examines the secrecy and abuses of power in the George W. Bush administration.
|
E132453
|
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: Worse Than Watergate | Statement: [John Dean, wrote, Worse Than Watergate]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Worse Than Watergate Context triple: [John Dean, wrote, Worse Than Watergate]
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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.
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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.
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C.
Canongate
Canongate is a historic street and district in Edinburgh’s Old Town, known for its royal connections and significant civic and religious buildings.
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D.
White House Plumbers
White House Plumbers was a covert Nixon White House unit created to stop and retaliate against leaks, best known for its role in the Watergate scandal.
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E.
Pentagon Papers
The Pentagon Papers are a classified U.S. Department of Defense study, leaked in 1971, that revealed previously undisclosed information about American political and military involvement in the Vietnam 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: Worse Than Watergate Triple: [John Dean, wrote, Worse Than Watergate]
Generated description
Worse Than Watergate is a political exposé book by former White House counsel John Dean that critically examines the secrecy and abuses of power in the George W. Bush administration.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Worse Than Watergate Target entity description: Worse Than Watergate is a political exposé book by former White House counsel John Dean that critically examines the secrecy and abuses of power in the George W. Bush administration.
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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.
Canongate
Canongate is a historic street and district in Edinburgh’s Old Town, known for its royal connections and significant civic and religious buildings.
-
D.
White House Plumbers
White House Plumbers was a covert Nixon White House unit created to stop and retaliate against leaks, best known for its role in the Watergate scandal.
-
E.
Pentagon Papers
The Pentagon Papers are a classified U.S. Department of Defense study, leaked in 1971, that revealed previously undisclosed information about American political and military involvement in the Vietnam 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_69a493f0d32c8190ac74bad3c87f2641 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bc8fbb548190865b1bf019f2bde4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac5eb81790819087016b1620353417 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:22 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac612fee3881908abba96acf1b60ef |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:32 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac621c445081908bd3aa6f9c258caf |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.