Triple
T20773426
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Joseph N. Welch |
E511294
|
entity |
| Predicate | participantIn |
P149
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Army–McCarthy hearings |
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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: Army–McCarthy hearings | Statement: [Joseph N. Welch, participantIn, Army–McCarthy hearings]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Army–McCarthy hearings Context triple: [Joseph N. Welch, participantIn, Army–McCarthy hearings]
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A.
McClellan Committee hearings
The McClellan Committee hearings were a series of high-profile U.S. Senate investigations in the late 1950s that exposed corruption, racketeering, and criminal infiltration in labor unions and organized crime.
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B.
Kefauver Committee
The Kefauver Committee was a U.S. Senate investigative committee in the early 1950s that exposed organized crime’s influence in American politics and business through nationally televised hearings.
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C.
Senate trial of Bill Clinton
The Senate trial of Bill Clinton was the 1999 U.S. Senate proceeding to determine whether President Bill Clinton should be removed from office following his impeachment by the House of Representatives.
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D.
Watergate
Watergate is a historic gateway incorporated into the medieval defensive walls of Southampton, England.
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E.
McCarthyism
chosen
McCarthyism was a period of intense anti-communist suspicion and political repression in the United States during the early Cold War, marked by aggressive investigations, blacklisting, and accusations often made without proper evidence.
- 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_69e0b4ca01148190ac018e57e0cab46f |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c269638881909d96b847f7de5585 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:18 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:37 p.m.