Triple
T8231703
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Iran–Contra affair |
E192307
|
entity |
| Predicate | follows |
P134
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Boland Amendment
The Boland Amendment was a series of U.S. legislative provisions in the early 1980s that restricted American government support for the Contra rebels in Nicaragua, setting the legal backdrop for the Iran–Contra affair.
|
E720616
|
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: Boland Amendment | Statement: [Iran–Contra affair, follows, Boland Amendment]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boland Amendment Context triple: [Iran–Contra affair, follows, Boland Amendment]
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A.
Powell Amendment
The Powell Amendment was a legislative proposal introduced by Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr. to deny federal funds to institutions that practiced racial discrimination, becoming a key tool in the fight for civil rights in mid-20th-century America.
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B.
Nunn–Cohen Amendment
The Nunn–Cohen Amendment is a 1987 U.S. law that created a unified special operations command and funding authority, significantly strengthening and institutionalizing American special operations forces.
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C.
Jackson–Vanik amendment
The Jackson–Vanik amendment is a U.S. Cold War–era trade provision that restricted normal trade relations with non-market economies that limited their citizens’ freedom to emigrate, most notably targeting the Soviet Union.
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D.
Helms–Burton Act
The Helms–Burton Act is a 1996 U.S. law that tightened and extended the economic embargo against Cuba, including extraterritorial sanctions on foreign companies doing business with the island.
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E.
Hughes Amendment
The Hughes Amendment is a 1986 U.S. federal provision that effectively banned civilian ownership of newly manufactured fully automatic firearms by freezing the machine gun registry.
- 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: Boland Amendment Triple: [Iran–Contra affair, follows, Boland Amendment]
Generated description
The Boland Amendment was a series of U.S. legislative provisions in the early 1980s that restricted American government support for the Contra rebels in Nicaragua, setting the legal backdrop for the Iran–Contra affair.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boland Amendment Target entity description: The Boland Amendment was a series of U.S. legislative provisions in the early 1980s that restricted American government support for the Contra rebels in Nicaragua, setting the legal backdrop for the Iran–Contra affair.
-
A.
Powell Amendment
The Powell Amendment was a legislative proposal introduced by Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr. to deny federal funds to institutions that practiced racial discrimination, becoming a key tool in the fight for civil rights in mid-20th-century America.
-
B.
Nunn–Cohen Amendment
The Nunn–Cohen Amendment is a 1987 U.S. law that created a unified special operations command and funding authority, significantly strengthening and institutionalizing American special operations forces.
-
C.
Jackson–Vanik amendment
The Jackson–Vanik amendment is a U.S. Cold War–era trade provision that restricted normal trade relations with non-market economies that limited their citizens’ freedom to emigrate, most notably targeting the Soviet Union.
-
D.
Helms–Burton Act
The Helms–Burton Act is a 1996 U.S. law that tightened and extended the economic embargo against Cuba, including extraterritorial sanctions on foreign companies doing business with the island.
-
E.
Hughes Amendment
The Hughes Amendment is a 1986 U.S. federal provision that effectively banned civilian ownership of newly manufactured fully automatic firearms by freezing the machine gun registry.
- 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_69ca82db5b90819085d1ad7c2e27bfcc |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb7824a6c48190a3abb76c4c3dcc71 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 7:30 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cd34e77fd08190a76f81de96d4e605 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:08 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cd37a290508190b598f96220056041 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cd4eb519608190b5d0f534170214b5 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 4:58 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:46 p.m.