Triple
T13597546
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Special Counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections |
E324859
|
entity |
| Predicate | indictedPerson |
P21461
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Rick Gates
Rick Gates is a former Trump campaign aide and longtime associate of Paul Manafort who became a key cooperating witness in the Special Counsel’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election.
|
E1049228
|
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: Rick Gates | Statement: [Special Counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, indictedPerson, Rick Gates]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rick Gates Context triple: [Special Counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, indictedPerson, Rick Gates]
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A.
John
John is the first name of J. Michael Luttig, a prominent American conservative jurist and former federal appellate judge.
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B.
John
John B. Magruder was a Confederate major general during the American Civil War, known for his leadership in the Peninsula Campaign and his flamboyant personality.
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C.
John
John is the given name of John Vlissides, a software engineer best known as one of the “Gang of Four” authors of the influential book *Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software*.
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D.
John
John is the given name of John Foxe the Younger, an English clergyman and son of the martyrologist John Foxe.
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E.
John
John of Brandenburg-Küstrin was a 16th-century German nobleman who ruled the Margraviate of Brandenburg-Küstrin and played a notable role in the politics of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 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: Rick Gates Triple: [Special Counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, indictedPerson, Rick Gates]
Generated description
Rick Gates is a former Trump campaign aide and longtime associate of Paul Manafort who became a key cooperating witness in the Special Counsel’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rick Gates Target entity description: Rick Gates is a former Trump campaign aide and longtime associate of Paul Manafort who became a key cooperating witness in the Special Counsel’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election.
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A.
John
John is the first name of J. Michael Luttig, a prominent American conservative jurist and former federal appellate judge.
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B.
John
John B. Magruder was a Confederate major general during the American Civil War, known for his leadership in the Peninsula Campaign and his flamboyant personality.
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C.
John
John is the given name of John Vlissides, a software engineer best known as one of the “Gang of Four” authors of the influential book *Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software*.
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D.
John
John is the given name of John Foxe the Younger, an English clergyman and son of the martyrologist John Foxe.
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E.
John
John of Brandenburg-Küstrin was a 16th-century German nobleman who ruled the Margraviate of Brandenburg-Küstrin and played a notable role in the politics of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 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_69d80769eaf081909d82f44e484d6113 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69dbbe99ddc08190a8d79107c8e176fa |
completed | April 12, 2026, 3:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f76bc99dac8190bc267fdf405e8d58 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 3:37 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f77643b0348190962bf23a9857edbe |
completed | May 3, 2026, 4:22 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f7792110e48190a29b6e89c6ebcc03 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 4:34 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:49 p.m.