Triple

T11974553
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Define and Punish Clause E285004 entity
Predicate citationForm P4468 FINISHED
Object U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 10
U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 10 is the constitutional provision granting Congress the power to define and punish offenses against the law of nations, including piracy and felonies committed on the high seas.
E957904 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: U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 10 | Statement: [Define and Punish Clause, citationForm, U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 10]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 10
Context triple: [Define and Punish Clause, citationForm, U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 10]
  • A. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution
    Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution is the provision granting Congress exclusive legislative authority over the federal district (now Washington, D.C.) and certain federal properties.
  • B. Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
    Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution enumerates the specific powers of Congress, including the Necessary and Proper Clause that underpins much of federal legislative authority.
  • C. Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution
    Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution is the provision that restricts the powers of individual states by prohibiting them from engaging in activities such as making treaties, coining money, or passing laws that impair contractual obligations.
  • D. Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution
    Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution is the provision that empowers Congress to promote progress in science and the useful arts by granting authors and inventors exclusive rights to their writings and discoveries for limited times.
  • E. United States Constitution Article I Section 8 Clause 4
    United States Constitution Article I Section 8 Clause 4 is the provision granting Congress the power to establish uniform laws on bankruptcy and naturalization throughout the United States.
  • 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: U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 10
Triple: [Define and Punish Clause, citationForm, U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 10]
Generated description
U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 10 is the constitutional provision granting Congress the power to define and punish offenses against the law of nations, including piracy and felonies committed on the high seas.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 10
Target entity description: U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 10 is the constitutional provision granting Congress the power to define and punish offenses against the law of nations, including piracy and felonies committed on the high seas.
  • A. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution
    Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution is the provision granting Congress exclusive legislative authority over the federal district (now Washington, D.C.) and certain federal properties.
  • B. Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
    Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution enumerates the specific powers of Congress, including the Necessary and Proper Clause that underpins much of federal legislative authority.
  • C. Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution
    Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution is the provision that restricts the powers of individual states by prohibiting them from engaging in activities such as making treaties, coining money, or passing laws that impair contractual obligations.
  • D. Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution
    Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution is the provision that empowers Congress to promote progress in science and the useful arts by granting authors and inventors exclusive rights to their writings and discoveries for limited times.
  • E. United States Constitution Article I Section 8 Clause 4
    United States Constitution Article I Section 8 Clause 4 is the provision granting Congress the power to establish uniform laws on bankruptcy and naturalization throughout the United States.
  • 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_69d6ab2eaeb881909f7914758f859413 completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9039107e48190ae4c4efd6257dd3c completed April 10, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f471e608e881908d45558d6251af9e completed May 1, 2026, 9:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f47b7ac4048190ae09f18f1a90338f completed May 1, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f47db91f38819092b7b5c5e2bb489b completed May 1, 2026, 10:17 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:46 p.m.