Triple
T11598394
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alien Registration Act of 1940 |
E275062
|
entity |
| Predicate | subjectOf |
P38
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Scales v. United States
Scales v. United States is a 1961 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of prosecuting active members of organizations advocating violent overthrow of the government under the Smith Act, while requiring proof of specific intent to further those illegal aims.
|
E936062
|
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: Scales v. United States | Statement: [Alien Registration Act of 1940, subjectOf, Scales v. United States]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scales v. United States Context triple: [Alien Registration Act of 1940, subjectOf, Scales v. United States]
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A.
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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B.
Screws v. United States
Screws v. United States is a 1945 U.S. Supreme Court decision that narrowly interpreted federal civil rights protections in prosecuting state officials for the brutal killing of a Black man, shaping the “willful intent” standard under 18 U.S.C. § 242.
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C.
Yates v. United States
Yates v. United States is a 1957 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly narrowed the application of the Smith Act by distinguishing between the advocacy of abstract doctrine and the advocacy of concrete action to overthrow the government.
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D.
Gall v. United States
Gall v. United States is a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court decision that clarified federal sentencing discretion by holding that appellate courts must review all sentences, including those outside the Sentencing Guidelines, under a deferential abuse-of-discretion standard.
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E.
Herring v. United States
Herring v. United States is a 2009 U.S. Supreme Court case that further limited the application of the exclusionary rule by holding that evidence need not be suppressed when obtained through isolated police negligence rather than deliberate or reckless misconduct.
- 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: Scales v. United States Triple: [Alien Registration Act of 1940, subjectOf, Scales v. United States]
Generated description
Scales v. United States is a 1961 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of prosecuting active members of organizations advocating violent overthrow of the government under the Smith Act, while requiring proof of specific intent to further those illegal aims.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scales v. United States Target entity description: Scales v. United States is a 1961 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of prosecuting active members of organizations advocating violent overthrow of the government under the Smith Act, while requiring proof of specific intent to further those illegal aims.
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A.
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.
-
B.
Screws v. United States
Screws v. United States is a 1945 U.S. Supreme Court decision that narrowly interpreted federal civil rights protections in prosecuting state officials for the brutal killing of a Black man, shaping the “willful intent” standard under 18 U.S.C. § 242.
-
C.
Yates v. United States
Yates v. United States is a 1957 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly narrowed the application of the Smith Act by distinguishing between the advocacy of abstract doctrine and the advocacy of concrete action to overthrow the government.
-
D.
Gall v. United States
Gall v. United States is a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court decision that clarified federal sentencing discretion by holding that appellate courts must review all sentences, including those outside the Sentencing Guidelines, under a deferential abuse-of-discretion standard.
-
E.
Herring v. United States
Herring v. United States is a 2009 U.S. Supreme Court case that further limited the application of the exclusionary rule by holding that evidence need not be suppressed when obtained through isolated police negligence rather than deliberate or reckless misconduct.
- 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_69d6aae6b14c81908dc5a74bad7591f9 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d89549c870819086e16e9110bbad87 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 6:14 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e8a7dd83d48190b281a6fcfc3e4087 |
completed | April 22, 2026, 10:50 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e8af93e07c8190aecb040cac6db146 |
completed | April 22, 2026, 11:23 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ee5b254a2081909cba97a6ecb10601 |
completed | April 26, 2026, 6:36 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:38 p.m.