Triple
T3759660
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Good Night, and Good Luck |
E82129
|
entity |
| Predicate | narrativeFocus |
P31
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
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.
|
E387037
|
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: Murrow’s challenge to McCarthy | Statement: [Good Night, and Good Luck, narrativeFocus, Murrow’s challenge to McCarthy]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Murrow’s challenge to McCarthy Context triple: [Good Night, and Good Luck, narrativeFocus, Murrow’s challenge to McCarthy]
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A.
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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B.
Douglas Edwards with the News
Douglas Edwards with the News was an early American television network evening newscast on CBS, anchored by journalist Douglas Edwards.
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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.
The MacNeil/Lehrer Report
The MacNeil/Lehrer Report was a pioneering American public television news program known for its in-depth, sober analysis of national and international events, which later evolved into what is now PBS NewsHour.
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E.
The Brass Check
The Brass Check is a 1919 exposé by Upton Sinclair that harshly criticizes the American newspaper industry for corruption, bias, and manipulation of public opinion.
- 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: Murrow’s challenge to McCarthy Triple: [Good Night, and Good Luck, narrativeFocus, Murrow’s challenge to McCarthy]
Generated description
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.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Murrow’s challenge to McCarthy Target entity description: 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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A.
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.
-
B.
Douglas Edwards with the News
Douglas Edwards with the News was an early American television network evening newscast on CBS, anchored by journalist Douglas Edwards.
-
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.
The MacNeil/Lehrer Report
The MacNeil/Lehrer Report was a pioneering American public television news program known for its in-depth, sober analysis of national and international events, which later evolved into what is now PBS NewsHour.
-
E.
The Brass Check
The Brass Check is a 1919 exposé by Upton Sinclair that harshly criticizes the American newspaper industry for corruption, bias, and manipulation of public opinion.
- 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_69ad8b1db40081908b61ffa6b78afd4d |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adcbc3d3f48190974cec104080949f |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4e5133ba48190a18ea170e3b9e1cd |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:33 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4e62d284881908531b93645649f45 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:38 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4ea2b19e48190864d2114603865ed |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:55 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:35 p.m.