Triple
T7880966
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ulysses S. Grant administration |
E182977
|
entity |
| Predicate | significantEvent |
P259
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Credit Mobilier scandal
The Credit Mobilier scandal was a major 1870s political corruption affair involving fraudulent railroad construction contracts and widespread bribery of U.S. congressmen and officials.
|
E697867
|
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: Credit Mobilier scandal | Statement: [Ulysses S. Grant administration, significantEvent, Credit Mobilier scandal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Credit Mobilier scandal Context triple: [Ulysses S. Grant administration, significantEvent, Credit Mobilier scandal]
-
A.
Bettencourt affair
The Bettencourt affair was a major French political and financial scandal involving L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, allegations of tax evasion, illegal political donations, and influence peddling at the highest levels of the French government.
-
B.
Straperlo scandal
The Straperlo scandal was a major political corruption affair in 1930s Spain involving rigged gambling concessions that severely damaged the reputation of the Radical Republican Party and contributed to the destabilization of the Second Spanish Republic.
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C.
Calas affair
The Calas affair was an 18th-century French legal case involving the wrongful execution of Protestant merchant Jean Calas, which became a symbol of religious intolerance and judicial injustice and inspired Voltaire’s campaign for civil rights and legal reform.
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D.
Teapot Dome scandal
The Teapot Dome scandal was a major 1920s U.S. political corruption case involving the secret leasing of federal oil reserves that severely damaged public trust in the Harding administration.
-
E.
Saltergate
Saltergate is a small hamlet in North Yorkshire, England, known as a popular stopping point on the A169 road overlooking the scenic Hole of Horcum in the North York Moors.
- 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: Credit Mobilier scandal Triple: [Ulysses S. Grant administration, significantEvent, Credit Mobilier scandal]
Generated description
The Credit Mobilier scandal was a major 1870s political corruption affair involving fraudulent railroad construction contracts and widespread bribery of U.S. congressmen and officials.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Credit Mobilier scandal Target entity description: The Credit Mobilier scandal was a major 1870s political corruption affair involving fraudulent railroad construction contracts and widespread bribery of U.S. congressmen and officials.
-
A.
Bettencourt affair
The Bettencourt affair was a major French political and financial scandal involving L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, allegations of tax evasion, illegal political donations, and influence peddling at the highest levels of the French government.
-
B.
Straperlo scandal
The Straperlo scandal was a major political corruption affair in 1930s Spain involving rigged gambling concessions that severely damaged the reputation of the Radical Republican Party and contributed to the destabilization of the Second Spanish Republic.
-
C.
Calas affair
The Calas affair was an 18th-century French legal case involving the wrongful execution of Protestant merchant Jean Calas, which became a symbol of religious intolerance and judicial injustice and inspired Voltaire’s campaign for civil rights and legal reform.
-
D.
Teapot Dome scandal
The Teapot Dome scandal was a major 1920s U.S. political corruption case involving the secret leasing of federal oil reserves that severely damaged public trust in the Harding administration.
-
E.
Saltergate
Saltergate is a small hamlet in North Yorkshire, England, known as a popular stopping point on the A169 road overlooking the scenic Hole of Horcum in the North York Moors.
- 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_69ca828af6e48190a06ee7010d8f0e64 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb39bffbc481908e868ab98a38e10a |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:04 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cb5b8c812481909663119a02f6d756 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 5:28 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cb5f1daac88190a162132bbd40fdc6 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 5:43 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cb768ac1a48190bc6a59a64adf7144 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 7:23 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:58 p.m.