Triple
T6748859
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Theodore Tilton |
E154289
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableFor |
P22
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Beecher–Tilton scandal |
E79063
|
NE FINISHED |
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: Beecher–Tilton scandal | Statement: [Theodore Tilton, notableFor, Beecher–Tilton scandal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beecher–Tilton scandal Context triple: [Theodore Tilton, notableFor, Beecher–Tilton scandal]
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A.
Beecher–Tilton scandal
chosen
The Beecher–Tilton scandal was a highly publicized 1870s adultery and seduction controversy involving famed preacher Henry Ward Beecher and Elizabeth Tilton that captivated and divided Victorian-era American society.
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B.
Thornton Affair
The Thornton Affair was an 1846 skirmish between Mexican and U.S. troops along the disputed Texas–Mexico border that helped trigger the Mexican–American War.
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C.
Peggy Eaton affair
The Peggy Eaton affair was a political and social scandal in the early 1830s involving the ostracism of the Secretary of War’s wife, which deepened divisions within Andrew Jackson’s cabinet and contributed to the resignation of several members.
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D.
1889 Cleveland Street scandal
The 1889 Cleveland Street scandal was a notorious Victorian-era British sex scandal involving a male brothel in London that implicated members of the aristocracy and raised suspicions of a cover-up to protect high-ranking figures.
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E.
Bascom Affair
The Bascom Affair was an 1861 confrontation between the U.S. Army and the Chiricahua Apache that sparked a cycle of violence and is often seen as the event that ignited the Apache Wars.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c6880ef37881909268a5a7299b9293 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d1d8bfa48190a7fc48102258ae17 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 6:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c70b180f188190b380909c46fbce40 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:56 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:11 p.m.