Triple
T20773447
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Joseph N. Welch |
E511294
|
entity |
| Predicate | mediaAppearance |
P997
|
FINISHED |
| Object | televised Army–McCarthy hearings |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: televised Army–McCarthy hearings | Statement: [Joseph N. Welch, mediaAppearance, televised Army–McCarthy hearings]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: televised Army–McCarthy hearings Context triple: [Joseph N. Welch, mediaAppearance, televised Army–McCarthy hearings]
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A.
Murrow’s challenge to McCarthy
Murrow’s challenge to McCarthy refers to broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow’s televised exposé and principled on-air criticism of Senator Joseph McCarthy’s anti-Communist tactics during the Red Scare.
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B.
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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C.
Firing Line
Firing Line was a long-running American public affairs television program known for its intellectual debates and conservative perspective, moderated by William F. Buckley Jr.
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D.
Saturday Night Massacre
The Saturday Night Massacre was the 1973 constitutional crisis during the Watergate scandal in which President Richard Nixon ordered the firing of special prosecutor Archibald Cox, prompting the resignations of top Justice Department officials.
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E.
United States presidential election, 1964
The United States presidential election of 1964 was a landslide victory in which incumbent Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Republican Barry Goldwater, marking a pivotal moment in the realignment of American party politics during the Fifth Party System.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: televised Army–McCarthy hearings Target entity description: The televised Army–McCarthy hearings were a 1954 U.S. Senate inquiry into Senator Joseph McCarthy’s conduct and accusations against the Army that, broadcast nationwide, dramatically exposed his tactics and hastened his political downfall.
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A.
Murrow’s challenge to McCarthy
Murrow’s challenge to McCarthy refers to broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow’s televised exposé and principled on-air criticism of Senator Joseph McCarthy’s anti-Communist tactics during the Red Scare.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
Firing Line
Firing Line was a long-running American public affairs television program known for its intellectual debates and conservative perspective, moderated by William F. Buckley Jr.
-
D.
Saturday Night Massacre
The Saturday Night Massacre was the 1973 constitutional crisis during the Watergate scandal in which President Richard Nixon ordered the firing of special prosecutor Archibald Cox, prompting the resignations of top Justice Department officials.
-
E.
United States presidential election, 1964
The United States presidential election of 1964 was a landslide victory in which incumbent Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Republican Barry Goldwater, marking a pivotal moment in the realignment of American party politics during the Fifth Party System.
- F. None of above. chosen
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.