Triple
T1437882
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities |
E30997
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWitness |
P9232
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Dean |
E23756
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: John Dean | Statement: [Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, notableWitness, John Dean]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Dean Context triple: [Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, notableWitness, John Dean]
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A.
John Dean
chosen
John Dean is a former White House Counsel best known for his central role in the Watergate scandal and his testimony against President Richard Nixon.
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B.
Theodore Dwight Woolsey
Theodore Dwight Woolsey was a 19th-century American scholar and theologian who served as president of Yale College and was influential in the fields of classical studies and international law.
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C.
H. R. Haldeman
H. R. Haldeman was a powerful and influential aide to President Richard Nixon, best known for his central role in the Watergate scandal.
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D.
John Ehrlichman
John Ehrlichman was a top domestic policy aide to U.S. President Richard Nixon who became a central figure in the Watergate scandal and was later convicted for his role in its cover-up.
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E.
Don McGahn
Don McGahn is an American lawyer who served as White House Counsel to President Donald Trump and played a key role in shaping the administration’s judicial appointments and legal strategy.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a4991633388190a4d61b5a98aa407a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c5059ef88190af20e796acdb2058 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad08b81a2c8190a47b1f960cf17f9d |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:27 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.