Triple
T18706369
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Eaton |
E457376
|
entity |
| Predicate | causeOfResignation |
P15987
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Petticoat affair |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: Petticoat affair | Statement: [John Eaton, causeOfResignation, Petticoat affair]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Petticoat affair Context triple: [John Eaton, causeOfResignation, Petticoat affair]
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A.
Thornton Affair
The Thornton Affair was an 1846 skirmish between Mexican and U.S. troops along the disputed Texas–Mexico border that helped trigger the Mexican–American War.
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B.
Peggy Eaton affair
chosen
The Peggy Eaton affair was a political and social scandal in the early 1830s involving the ostracism of the Secretary of War’s wife, which deepened divisions within Andrew Jackson’s cabinet and contributed to the resignation of several members.
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C.
Morgan affair
The Morgan affair was an 1826 incident involving the disappearance of William Morgan after he threatened to expose Masonic secrets, which sparked widespread anti-Masonic sentiment in the United States.
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D.
Beecher–Tilton scandal
The Beecher–Tilton scandal was a highly publicized 1870s adultery and seduction controversy involving famed preacher Henry Ward Beecher and Elizabeth Tilton that captivated and divided Victorian-era American society.
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E.
Straperlo scandal
The Straperlo scandal was a major political corruption affair in 1930s Spain involving rigged gambling concessions that severely damaged the reputation of the Radical Republican Party and contributed to the destabilization of the Second Spanish Republic.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8d392aad081909fe31aa03e6e97d1 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e5671717b88190974f542015f641e8 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 11:36 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:50 a.m.