Triple
T20921917
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Robert McFarlane |
E515229
|
entity |
| Predicate | legalCase |
P3996
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Iran–Contra prosecutions |
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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: Iran–Contra prosecutions | Statement: [Robert McFarlane, legalCase, Iran–Contra prosecutions]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iran–Contra prosecutions Context triple: [Robert McFarlane, legalCase, Iran–Contra prosecutions]
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A.
Iran–Contra affair
chosen
The Iran–Contra affair was a major 1980s U.S. political scandal in which senior officials secretly facilitated arms sales to Iran and diverted the proceeds to fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua, circumventing congressional restrictions.
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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.
United States v. John W. Dean III
United States v. John W. Dean III is the federal criminal case in which former White House Counsel John Dean pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for his role in the Watergate scandal.
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D.
United States v. John D. Ehrlichman
United States v. John D. Ehrlichman was a criminal case arising from the Watergate scandal in which former Nixon adviser John Ehrlichman was prosecuted for his role in the administration’s illegal activities and subsequent cover-up.
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E.
Dujail trial
The Dujail trial was a high-profile Iraqi tribunal that prosecuted Saddam Hussein and several associates for crimes against humanity related to the 1982 crackdown on residents of the town of Dujail.
- 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_69e0b4fb431c8190b9d40e6a72f0cc87 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6f64e56bc81908aa86f2176fcc0db |
completed | April 21, 2026, 4 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:48 p.m.