Triple

T13351751
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject FBI ABSCAM operation E318085 entity
Predicate notableParticipant P6467 FINISHED
Object Melvin Weinberg
Melvin Weinberg was a con artist turned FBI informant who played a central role in orchestrating the ABSCAM political corruption sting operation in the late 1970s.
E1232795 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: Melvin Weinberg | Statement: [FBI ABSCAM operation, notableParticipant, Melvin Weinberg]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Melvin Weinberg
Context triple: [FBI ABSCAM operation, notableParticipant, Melvin Weinberg]
  • A. Julius R. Weinberg
    Julius R. Weinberg is a British academic and educational leader known for serving as Vice-Chancellor of Kingston University and later as Chair of Ofsted.
  • B. William M. Finkelstein
    William M. Finkelstein is an American television writer and producer known for his work on acclaimed legal and crime dramas such as L.A. Law and NYPD Blue.
  • C. Morris Weinstein
    Morris Weinstein, better known by his stage name Jack Weston, was an American character actor recognized for his work in film, television, and theater from the 1950s through the 1980s.
  • D. Milton Shulman
    Milton Shulman was a Canadian-born British theatre, film, and television critic best known for his long tenure at the London Evening Standard and his influential writings on popular culture.
  • E. Joseph Wechsler
    Joseph Wechsler was an individual of sufficient local or historical significance to be recognized as a notable burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Frederick, Maryland.
  • 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: Melvin Weinberg
Triple: [FBI ABSCAM operation, notableParticipant, Melvin Weinberg]
Generated description
Melvin Weinberg was a con artist turned FBI informant who played a central role in orchestrating the ABSCAM political corruption sting operation in the late 1970s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Melvin Weinberg
Target entity description: Melvin Weinberg was a con artist turned FBI informant who played a central role in orchestrating the ABSCAM political corruption sting operation in the late 1970s.
  • A. Julius R. Weinberg
    Julius R. Weinberg is a British academic and educational leader known for serving as Vice-Chancellor of Kingston University and later as Chair of Ofsted.
  • B. William M. Finkelstein
    William M. Finkelstein is an American television writer and producer known for his work on acclaimed legal and crime dramas such as L.A. Law and NYPD Blue.
  • C. Morris Weinstein
    Morris Weinstein, better known by his stage name Jack Weston, was an American character actor recognized for his work in film, television, and theater from the 1950s through the 1980s.
  • D. Milton Shulman
    Milton Shulman was a Canadian-born British theatre, film, and television critic best known for his long tenure at the London Evening Standard and his influential writings on popular culture.
  • E. Joseph Wechsler
    Joseph Wechsler was an individual of sufficient local or historical significance to be recognized as a notable burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Frederick, Maryland.
  • 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_69d806b5a3c08190b42c267fb092f98a completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d99e8c2f1c819094f0970f35f18afa completed April 11, 2026, 1:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00aade82788190a5f3cedbc22065c4 completed May 10, 2026, 3:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00ab6a378c81909617da9720b51161 completed May 10, 2026, 3:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00abf09fe4819082ee0c6c6f702822 completed May 10, 2026, 4:01 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:32 p.m.