Triple
T1461264
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John N. Mitchell |
E31515
|
entity |
| Predicate | subjectOf |
P38
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
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.
|
E166620
|
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: United States v. John N. Mitchell et al. | Statement: [John N. Mitchell, subjectOf, United States v. John N. Mitchell et al.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States v. John N. Mitchell et al. Context triple: [John N. Mitchell, subjectOf, United States v. John N. Mitchell et al.]
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A.
Nixon v. Fitzgerald
Nixon v. Fitzgerald is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case that established absolute immunity from civil damages liability for a President’s official acts.
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B.
United States v. Nixon
United States v. Nixon was a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited presidential privilege and compelled President Richard Nixon to release the Watergate tapes, reinforcing the principle that not even the president is above the law.
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C.
United States v. Daniel Ellsberg
United States v. Daniel Ellsberg was the landmark criminal case against the former military analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers, leading to dismissed charges after revelations of government misconduct.
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D.
United States v. Eichman
United States v. Eichman is a 1990 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down a federal law banning flag desecration as unconstitutional under the First Amendment’s protection of free speech.
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E.
Reynolds v. United States
Reynolds v. United States is an 1879 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the distinction between protected religious belief and regulable religiously motivated conduct, holding that the Free Exercise Clause does not excuse individuals from compliance with otherwise valid criminal laws such as those banning polygamy.
- 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: United States v. John N. Mitchell et al. Triple: [John N. Mitchell, subjectOf, United States v. John N. Mitchell et al.]
Generated description
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.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States v. John N. Mitchell et al. Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Nixon v. Fitzgerald
Nixon v. Fitzgerald is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case that established absolute immunity from civil damages liability for a President’s official acts.
-
B.
United States v. Nixon
United States v. Nixon was a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited presidential privilege and compelled President Richard Nixon to release the Watergate tapes, reinforcing the principle that not even the president is above the law.
-
C.
United States v. Daniel Ellsberg
United States v. Daniel Ellsberg was the landmark criminal case against the former military analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers, leading to dismissed charges after revelations of government misconduct.
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D.
United States v. Eichman
United States v. Eichman is a 1990 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down a federal law banning flag desecration as unconstitutional under the First Amendment’s protection of free speech.
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E.
Reynolds v. United States
Reynolds v. United States is an 1879 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the distinction between protected religious belief and regulable religiously motivated conduct, holding that the Free Exercise Clause does not excuse individuals from compliance with otherwise valid criminal laws such as those banning polygamy.
- 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_69a49917dfc081909acdbdf5d684f1ef |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c59ecb60819082217b034e18381f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:02 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad0e7ab538819090bc3e3ed1bbff64 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:51 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad0f5106fc8190ab03c4e5a0287424 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:55 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad0fa4c7d48190ac84267c16c6eb00 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:56 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.