Triple
T21079223
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Sirica |
E519315
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableEvent |
P259
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Watergate burglary trial |
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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: Watergate burglary trial | Statement: [John Sirica, notableEvent, Watergate burglary trial]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Watergate burglary trial Context triple: [John Sirica, notableEvent, Watergate burglary trial]
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A.
Watergate Seven
The Watergate Seven were a group of former Nixon administration and campaign officials indicted and prosecuted for their roles in the Watergate scandal, which ultimately led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
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B.
Watergate
Watergate is a historic gateway incorporated into the medieval defensive walls of Southampton, England.
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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.
Watergate Special Prosecution Force
The Watergate Special Prosecution Force was a temporary, independent team of U.S. federal prosecutors established in the 1970s to investigate and prosecute crimes related to the Watergate scandal involving President Richard Nixon’s administration.
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E.
Watergate scandal
chosen
The Watergate scandal was a major 1970s American political scandal involving the Nixon administration’s attempts to cover up a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters, ultimately leading to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
- 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_69e0b506e59c8190849b71ed07929215 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e702d939e08190a37d7b7cc1872ad5 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 4:53 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:49 p.m.