Triple

T12545132
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ken Starr E299941 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Independent Counsel in the Whitewater investigation
The Independent Counsel in the Whitewater investigation was the special prosecutor appointed to investigate President Bill Clinton and associated figures over the Whitewater real estate controversy and related matters in the 1990s.
E989518 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: Independent Counsel in the Whitewater investigation | Statement: [Ken Starr, positionHeld, Independent Counsel in the Whitewater investigation]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Independent Counsel in the Whitewater investigation
Context triple: [Ken Starr, positionHeld, Independent Counsel in the Whitewater investigation]
  • A. Whitewater controversy
    The Whitewater controversy was a 1990s political scandal involving Bill and Hillary Clinton’s past real estate investments in Arkansas that prompted multiple investigations into alleged financial and ethical misconduct.
  • B. United States v. John W. Dean III
    United States v. John W. Dean III is the federal criminal case in which former White House Counsel John Dean pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for his role in the Watergate scandal.
  • C. Watergate Special Prosecution Force
    The Watergate Special Prosecution Force was a temporary, independent team of U.S. federal prosecutors established in the 1970s to investigate and prosecute crimes related to the Watergate scandal involving President Richard Nixon’s administration.
  • D. Bill Clinton–Paula Jones scandal
    The Bill Clinton–Paula Jones scandal refers to the sexual harassment allegations Paula Jones made against then–President Bill Clinton, which led to a high-profile lawsuit and played a significant role in the events surrounding his impeachment.
  • E. United States v. John N. Mitchell et al.
    United States v. John N. Mitchell et al. was a major Watergate-era criminal case in which former U.S. Attorney General John N. Mitchell and other top Nixon administration officials were prosecuted for their roles in the scandal.
  • 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: Independent Counsel in the Whitewater investigation
Triple: [Ken Starr, positionHeld, Independent Counsel in the Whitewater investigation]
Generated description
The Independent Counsel in the Whitewater investigation was the special prosecutor appointed to investigate President Bill Clinton and associated figures over the Whitewater real estate controversy and related matters in the 1990s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Independent Counsel in the Whitewater investigation
Target entity description: The Independent Counsel in the Whitewater investigation was the special prosecutor appointed to investigate President Bill Clinton and associated figures over the Whitewater real estate controversy and related matters in the 1990s.
  • A. Whitewater controversy
    The Whitewater controversy was a 1990s political scandal involving Bill and Hillary Clinton’s past real estate investments in Arkansas that prompted multiple investigations into alleged financial and ethical misconduct.
  • B. United States v. John W. Dean III
    United States v. John W. Dean III is the federal criminal case in which former White House Counsel John Dean pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for his role in the Watergate scandal.
  • C. Watergate Special Prosecution Force
    The Watergate Special Prosecution Force was a temporary, independent team of U.S. federal prosecutors established in the 1970s to investigate and prosecute crimes related to the Watergate scandal involving President Richard Nixon’s administration.
  • D. Bill Clinton–Paula Jones scandal
    The Bill Clinton–Paula Jones scandal refers to the sexual harassment allegations Paula Jones made against then–President Bill Clinton, which led to a high-profile lawsuit and played a significant role in the events surrounding his impeachment.
  • E. United States v. John N. Mitchell et al.
    United States v. John N. Mitchell et al. was a major Watergate-era criminal case in which former U.S. Attorney General John N. Mitchell and other top Nixon administration officials were prosecuted for their roles in the scandal.
  • 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_69d6ada707008190aaec1238117c9379 completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9547f9a1c81908f54c58a116a8446 completed April 10, 2026, 7:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f655801cac8190b1f9a72f8fed0399 completed May 2, 2026, 7:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6566f40c08190baec227fb660c948 completed May 2, 2026, 7:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f657b1b13c8190984300f24c0b2083 completed May 2, 2026, 7:59 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:57 p.m.