Triple
T6032472
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Witness to Power |
E134338
|
entity |
| Predicate | aboutAuthorRole |
P11527
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Ehrlichman was a senior aide to President Richard Nixon |
E24592
|
NE FINISHED |
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: John Ehrlichman was a senior aide to President Richard Nixon | Statement: [Witness to Power, aboutAuthorRole, John Ehrlichman was a senior aide to President Richard Nixon]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Ehrlichman was a senior aide to President Richard Nixon Context triple: [Witness to Power, aboutAuthorRole, John Ehrlichman was a senior aide to President Richard Nixon]
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A.
John Ehrlichman
chosen
John Ehrlichman was a top domestic policy aide to U.S. President Richard Nixon who became a central figure in the Watergate scandal and was later convicted for his role in its cover-up.
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B.
H. R. Haldeman
H. R. Haldeman was a powerful and influential aide to President Richard Nixon, best known for his central role in the Watergate scandal.
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C.
CIA officer Richard M. Bissell Jr.
Richard M. Bissell Jr. was a senior CIA officer best known for overseeing major Cold War covert operations, including the U-2 spy plane program and the Bay of Pigs invasion.
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D.
Pete Rouse (as White House Chief of Staff)
Pete Rouse is an American political consultant and longtime adviser to Barack Obama who briefly served as acting White House Chief of Staff during the Obama administration.
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E.
John Colville
John Colville was a British colonial administrator who served as a senior official in British India during the 19th century.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: aboutAuthorRole Context triple: [Witness to Power, aboutAuthorRole, John Ehrlichman was a senior aide to President Richard Nixon]
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A.
authorOccupation
Indicates the professional role or job that an author holds or is associated with.
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B.
authorOfDescription
Indicates that an entity is the creator or writer of a particular description or explanatory text about something.
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C.
featuresAuthor
Indicates that something includes or highlights a particular author as a primary associated contributor.
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D.
roleInText
chosen
Indicates that an entity participates in a text with a specific function or capacity (e.g., author, editor, character).
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E.
intellectualRole
Indicates that an entity holds or performs a specific intellectual function, capacity, or responsibility in relation to another entity or work.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69c0087515148190a97475d412563865 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c056b0a8d081909035e2e85e851ca1 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c113855ad08190b9ff826a2f39c356 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 10:18 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69c049e9a68c81909da0cfe4779ce9b5 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 7:58 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:08 p.m.