Triple
T10673828
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Samuel Nelson |
E251561
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableCase |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Murray v. The Charming Betsy (applied as precedent, not author)
Murray v. The Charming Betsy is an early 19th-century U.S. Supreme Court case best known for establishing the “Charming Betsy” canon, which holds that U.S. laws should be interpreted, where fairly possible, not to conflict with international law.
|
E879582
|
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: Murray v. The Charming Betsy (applied as precedent, not author) | Statement: [Samuel Nelson, notableCase, Murray v. The Charming Betsy (applied as precedent, not author)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Murray v. The Charming Betsy (applied as precedent, not author) Context triple: [Samuel Nelson, notableCase, Murray v. The Charming Betsy (applied as precedent, not author)]
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A.
Murray v. Curlett
Murray v. Curlett was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that, alongside Abington School District v. Schempp, held mandatory Bible readings in public schools unconstitutional under the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause.
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B.
Cooley v. Board of Wardens
Cooley v. Board of Wardens is an 1852 U.S. Supreme Court decision that helped define the scope of the Commerce Clause by allowing states to regulate certain local aspects of commerce, such as port pilotage, without violating federal authority.
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C.
Guerin v. The Queen
Guerin v. The Queen is a landmark 1984 Supreme Court of Canada decision that established the federal government’s fiduciary duty toward Indigenous peoples in its management of reserve lands.
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D.
Ogden v. Saunders
Ogden v. Saunders is an 1827 U.S. Supreme Court case, known for Justice Bushrod Washington’s opinion addressing the constitutionality of state bankruptcy laws under the Contract Clause.
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E.
Foss v Harbottle
Foss v Harbottle is an 1843 English company law case that established the rule that only a company itself, rather than individual shareholders, can sue for wrongs done to the company, subject to limited exceptions.
- 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: Murray v. The Charming Betsy (applied as precedent, not author) Triple: [Samuel Nelson, notableCase, Murray v. The Charming Betsy (applied as precedent, not author)]
Generated description
Murray v. The Charming Betsy is an early 19th-century U.S. Supreme Court case best known for establishing the “Charming Betsy” canon, which holds that U.S. laws should be interpreted, where fairly possible, not to conflict with international law.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Murray v. The Charming Betsy (applied as precedent, not author) Target entity description: Murray v. The Charming Betsy is an early 19th-century U.S. Supreme Court case best known for establishing the “Charming Betsy” canon, which holds that U.S. laws should be interpreted, where fairly possible, not to conflict with international law.
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A.
Murray v. Curlett
Murray v. Curlett was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that, alongside Abington School District v. Schempp, held mandatory Bible readings in public schools unconstitutional under the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause.
-
B.
Cooley v. Board of Wardens
Cooley v. Board of Wardens is an 1852 U.S. Supreme Court decision that helped define the scope of the Commerce Clause by allowing states to regulate certain local aspects of commerce, such as port pilotage, without violating federal authority.
-
C.
Guerin v. The Queen
Guerin v. The Queen is a landmark 1984 Supreme Court of Canada decision that established the federal government’s fiduciary duty toward Indigenous peoples in its management of reserve lands.
-
D.
Ogden v. Saunders
Ogden v. Saunders is an 1827 U.S. Supreme Court case, known for Justice Bushrod Washington’s opinion addressing the constitutionality of state bankruptcy laws under the Contract Clause.
-
E.
Foss v Harbottle
Foss v Harbottle is an 1843 English company law case that established the rule that only a company itself, rather than individual shareholders, can sue for wrongs done to the company, subject to limited exceptions.
- 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_69d6aa5b0d2881909584b20efc5877f0 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d6fb9299708190a0a3818f2e4e9bf5 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 1:06 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d98876222c8190be638bdfa3ce4ceb |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:32 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d98ae8403c81908a229aa06bd0388a |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:42 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d98ce9ba0c8190a7c62fa670e23705 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:51 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:09 p.m.