Triple
T8067932
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Office of Independent Counsel |
E188291
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Special Counsel (United States Department of Justice) |
E324858
|
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: Special Counsel (United States Department of Justice) | Statement: [Office of Independent Counsel, successor, Special Counsel (United States Department of Justice)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Special Counsel (United States Department of Justice) Context triple: [Office of Independent Counsel, successor, Special Counsel (United States Department of Justice)]
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A.
Special Counsel for the United States Department of Justice
chosen
The Special Counsel for the United States Department of Justice is an independent prosecutor appointed to investigate and potentially prosecute sensitive matters where the Department’s own involvement could present a conflict of interest.
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B.
Office of Special Counsel
The Office of Special Counsel is an independent U.S. federal agency that protects federal employees and applicants from prohibited personnel practices, including whistleblower retaliation, and enforces certain employment rights laws.
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C.
United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice is the federal executive department responsible for enforcing U.S. law, ensuring public safety, and overseeing agencies such as the FBI and the Bureau of Prisons.
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D.
Robert Mueller
Robert Mueller is an American lawyer and former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who later served as Special Counsel overseeing the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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E.
William Barr (as Attorney General of the United States)
William Barr is an American lawyer and government official who served as the 77th and 85th United States Attorney General under Presidents George H. W. Bush and Donald Trump.
- 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_69ca82b42674819086840efea12478e5 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb3ff8a4fc8190a97fc7111ca7ec4d |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:31 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cc63e587908190980f1f026f4aa153 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:16 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:27 p.m.