Triple

T11647778

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Ex parte Merryman	`E276818`	entity
Predicate	court	`P242`	FINISHED
Object	United States Circuit Court for the District of Maryland The United States Circuit Court for the District of Maryland was a federal appellate and trial court in the early U.S. judiciary, historically notable for Chief Justice Roger B. Taney’s 1861 decision in Ex parte Merryman challenging President Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus.	`E938884`	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: United States Circuit Court for the District of Maryland | Statement: [Ex parte Merryman, court, United States Circuit Court for the District of Maryland]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States Circuit Court for the District of Maryland
Context triple: [Ex parte Merryman, court, United States Circuit Court for the District of Maryland]

A. United States District Court for the District of Maryland
The United States District Court for the District of Maryland is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law within the state of Maryland.
B. District Court of Maryland
The District Court of Maryland is a statewide lower-level trial court with limited jurisdiction over civil, criminal, and traffic cases, designed to provide accessible and efficient justice across Maryland.
C. Circuit Courts of Maryland
The Circuit Courts of Maryland are the state's primary trial courts of general jurisdiction, handling major civil and criminal cases, family law matters, and jury trials across Maryland’s counties.
D. United States Circuit Court for the District of Virginia
The United States Circuit Court for the District of Virginia was a federal appellate and trial court in early U.S. history, notable for presiding over high-profile cases such as the Aaron Burr treason trial.
E. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia is a federal trial court known for its fast-paced docket and significant civil rights and national security cases.
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: United States Circuit Court for the District of Maryland
Triple: [Ex parte Merryman, court, United States Circuit Court for the District of Maryland]

Generated description

The United States Circuit Court for the District of Maryland was a federal appellate and trial court in the early U.S. judiciary, historically notable for Chief Justice Roger B. Taney’s 1861 decision in Ex parte Merryman challenging President Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States Circuit Court for the District of Maryland
Target entity description: The United States Circuit Court for the District of Maryland was a federal appellate and trial court in the early U.S. judiciary, historically notable for Chief Justice Roger B. Taney’s 1861 decision in Ex parte Merryman challenging President Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus.

A. United States District Court for the District of Maryland
The United States District Court for the District of Maryland is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law within the state of Maryland.
B. District Court of Maryland
The District Court of Maryland is a statewide lower-level trial court with limited jurisdiction over civil, criminal, and traffic cases, designed to provide accessible and efficient justice across Maryland.
C. Circuit Courts of Maryland
The Circuit Courts of Maryland are the state's primary trial courts of general jurisdiction, handling major civil and criminal cases, family law matters, and jury trials across Maryland’s counties.
D. United States Circuit Court for the District of Virginia
The United States Circuit Court for the District of Virginia was a federal appellate and trial court in early U.S. history, notable for presiding over high-profile cases such as the Aaron Burr treason trial.
E. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia is a federal trial court known for its fast-paced docket and significant civil rights and national security cases.
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_69d6aafbb3c081908a9cdb4ecb8d981d`	completed	April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69d8a2cd9bb0819093d107204bed2fe0`	completed	April 10, 2026, 7:12 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69ee87f903c48190b9055ad4cfebb1e1`	completed	April 26, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69eeb314eef0819091a949bbfc820ee9`	completed	April 27, 2026, 12:51 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69eee9a79d348190bb3e15f0d37b9d57`	completed	April 27, 2026, 4:44 a.m.

Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:39 p.m.