Triple
T11085058
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | political question doctrine |
E262097
|
entity |
| Predicate | leadingCase |
P82359
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Nixon v. United States
Nixon v. United States is a 1993 U.S. Supreme Court case that held challenges to the Senate’s procedures for conducting impeachment trials are nonjusticiable political questions beyond judicial review.
|
E903974
|
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: Nixon v. United States | Statement: [political question doctrine, leadingCase, Nixon v. United States]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nixon v. United States Context triple: [political question doctrine, leadingCase, Nixon v. United States]
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A.
Nixon v. Fitzgerald
Nixon v. Fitzgerald is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case that established absolute immunity from civil damages liability for a President’s official acts.
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B.
Nixon v. Condon
Nixon v. Condon is a 1932 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down Texas’s delegation of authority to the Democratic Party to exclude Black voters from primary elections as unconstitutional state action under the Fourteenth Amendment.
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C.
United States v. Nixon
United States v. Nixon was a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited presidential privilege and compelled President Richard Nixon to release the Watergate tapes, reinforcing the principle that not even the president is above the law.
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D.
Reynolds v. United States
Reynolds v. United States is an 1879 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the distinction between protected religious belief and regulable religiously motivated conduct, holding that the Free Exercise Clause does not excuse individuals from compliance with otherwise valid criminal laws such as those banning polygamy.
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E.
United States v. John D. Ehrlichman
United States v. John D. Ehrlichman was a criminal case arising from the Watergate scandal in which former Nixon adviser John Ehrlichman was prosecuted for his role in the administration’s illegal activities and subsequent cover-up.
- 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: Nixon v. United States Triple: [political question doctrine, leadingCase, Nixon v. United States]
Generated description
Nixon v. United States is a 1993 U.S. Supreme Court case that held challenges to the Senate’s procedures for conducting impeachment trials are nonjusticiable political questions beyond judicial review.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nixon v. United States Target entity description: Nixon v. United States is a 1993 U.S. Supreme Court case that held challenges to the Senate’s procedures for conducting impeachment trials are nonjusticiable political questions beyond judicial review.
-
A.
Nixon v. Fitzgerald
Nixon v. Fitzgerald is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case that established absolute immunity from civil damages liability for a President’s official acts.
-
B.
Nixon v. Condon
Nixon v. Condon is a 1932 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down Texas’s delegation of authority to the Democratic Party to exclude Black voters from primary elections as unconstitutional state action under the Fourteenth Amendment.
-
C.
United States v. Nixon
United States v. Nixon was a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited presidential privilege and compelled President Richard Nixon to release the Watergate tapes, reinforcing the principle that not even the president is above the law.
-
D.
Reynolds v. United States
Reynolds v. United States is an 1879 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the distinction between protected religious belief and regulable religiously motivated conduct, holding that the Free Exercise Clause does not excuse individuals from compliance with otherwise valid criminal laws such as those banning polygamy.
-
E.
United States v. John D. Ehrlichman
United States v. John D. Ehrlichman was a criminal case arising from the Watergate scandal in which former Nixon adviser John Ehrlichman was prosecuted for his role in the administration’s illegal activities and subsequent cover-up.
- 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_69d6aa9983c08190b0ef61603b69feac |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d799c2c7d4819087ac793153340178 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e3e7a6dfa8819096f822294eb64dd1 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 8:20 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e3f2cafc008190a3504999297f1e4e |
completed | April 18, 2026, 9:08 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e3f488819081908f9a4225279cde6b |
completed | April 18, 2026, 9:15 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:27 p.m.