Triple
T2019476
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Kwame Kilpatrick |
E44070
|
entity |
| Predicate | participantIn |
P149
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
United States federal corruption investigation in Detroit
The United States federal corruption investigation in Detroit was a major probe into widespread public corruption that led to the conviction and imprisonment of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and several associates.
|
E224687
|
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 federal corruption investigation in Detroit | Statement: [Kwame Kilpatrick, participantIn, United States federal corruption investigation in Detroit]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States federal corruption investigation in Detroit Context triple: [Kwame Kilpatrick, participantIn, United States federal corruption investigation in Detroit]
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A.
Rampart scandal
The Rampart scandal was a major late-1990s corruption and misconduct controversy involving the Los Angeles Police Department’s Rampart Division anti-gang unit, exposing widespread abuses, evidence tampering, and wrongful convictions.
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B.
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.
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C.
Teapot Dome scandal
The Teapot Dome scandal was a major 1920s U.S. political corruption case involving the secret leasing of federal oil reserves that severely damaged public trust in the Harding administration.
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D.
Mani Pulite investigations
Mani Pulite investigations were a landmark early-1990s Italian judicial probe into widespread political corruption that exposed systemic bribery and led to the collapse of much of the country’s postwar party system.
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E.
Lockheed bribery scandals
The Lockheed bribery scandals were a series of high-profile corruption cases in the 1970s involving the U.S. aerospace company Lockheed paying illegal bribes to foreign officials and politicians to secure aircraft contracts, leading to major political fallout in several countries.
- 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 federal corruption investigation in Detroit Triple: [Kwame Kilpatrick, participantIn, United States federal corruption investigation in Detroit]
Generated description
The United States federal corruption investigation in Detroit was a major probe into widespread public corruption that led to the conviction and imprisonment of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and several associates.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States federal corruption investigation in Detroit Target entity description: The United States federal corruption investigation in Detroit was a major probe into widespread public corruption that led to the conviction and imprisonment of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and several associates.
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A.
Rampart scandal
The Rampart scandal was a major late-1990s corruption and misconduct controversy involving the Los Angeles Police Department’s Rampart Division anti-gang unit, exposing widespread abuses, evidence tampering, and wrongful convictions.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
Teapot Dome scandal
The Teapot Dome scandal was a major 1920s U.S. political corruption case involving the secret leasing of federal oil reserves that severely damaged public trust in the Harding administration.
-
D.
Mani Pulite investigations
Mani Pulite investigations were a landmark early-1990s Italian judicial probe into widespread political corruption that exposed systemic bribery and led to the collapse of much of the country’s postwar party system.
-
E.
Lockheed bribery scandals
The Lockheed bribery scandals were a series of high-profile corruption cases in the 1970s involving the U.S. aerospace company Lockheed paying illegal bribes to foreign officials and politicians to secure aircraft contracts, leading to major political fallout in several countries.
- 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_69a8891201bc8190aca837be6de41579 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb8cfa5c88190b55bce5db968665b |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:34 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae0af3f484819085e18a1f9c2e7f9a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:49 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae0b78340c8190897a8cbba418cb00 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:51 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae0c01b30c81908394e31aa3238bfa |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:53 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.