Triple
T1217787
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Paul Stevens |
E26144
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
opinion in Atkins v. Virginia
The opinion in Atkins v. Virginia is a landmark 2002 U.S. Supreme Court decision, authored by Justice John Paul Stevens, that held executing individuals with intellectual disabilities violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
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E139206
|
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: opinion in Atkins v. Virginia | Statement: [John Paul Stevens, notableWork, opinion in Atkins v. Virginia]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: opinion in Atkins v. Virginia Context triple: [John Paul Stevens, notableWork, opinion in Atkins v. Virginia]
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A.
majority opinion in Bowers v. Hardwick
The majority opinion in Bowers v. Hardwick is the 1986 U.S. Supreme Court decision, authored by Justice Byron White, that upheld the constitutionality of a Georgia law criminalizing consensual homosexual sodomy, later overturned by Lawrence v. Texas.
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B.
Boynton v. Virginia
Boynton v. Virginia was a 1960 U.S. Supreme Court decision that extended federal prohibitions against racial discrimination in interstate bus terminals, helping lay the legal groundwork for the Freedom Rides.
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C.
Supreme Court of Virginia v. Friedman
Supreme Court of Virginia v. Friedman is a 1988 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down Virginia’s residency requirement for bar admission on motion as a violation of the Privileges and Immunities Clause.
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D.
Buck v. Bell opinion
The Buck v. Bell opinion is a 1927 U.S. Supreme Court decision, authored by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., that notoriously upheld the constitutionality of compulsory sterilization laws and became a symbol of the excesses of the American eugenics movement.
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E.
opinion in Ginzburg v. United States
The opinion in Ginzburg v. United States is a U.S. Supreme Court decision authored by Justice Potter Stewart that addressed the standards for determining obscenity in mailed publications.
- 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: opinion in Atkins v. Virginia Triple: [John Paul Stevens, notableWork, opinion in Atkins v. Virginia]
Generated description
The opinion in Atkins v. Virginia is a landmark 2002 U.S. Supreme Court decision, authored by Justice John Paul Stevens, that held executing individuals with intellectual disabilities violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: opinion in Atkins v. Virginia Target entity description: The opinion in Atkins v. Virginia is a landmark 2002 U.S. Supreme Court decision, authored by Justice John Paul Stevens, that held executing individuals with intellectual disabilities violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
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A.
majority opinion in Bowers v. Hardwick
The majority opinion in Bowers v. Hardwick is the 1986 U.S. Supreme Court decision, authored by Justice Byron White, that upheld the constitutionality of a Georgia law criminalizing consensual homosexual sodomy, later overturned by Lawrence v. Texas.
-
B.
Boynton v. Virginia
Boynton v. Virginia was a 1960 U.S. Supreme Court decision that extended federal prohibitions against racial discrimination in interstate bus terminals, helping lay the legal groundwork for the Freedom Rides.
-
C.
Supreme Court of Virginia v. Friedman
Supreme Court of Virginia v. Friedman is a 1988 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down Virginia’s residency requirement for bar admission on motion as a violation of the Privileges and Immunities Clause.
-
D.
Buck v. Bell opinion
The Buck v. Bell opinion is a 1927 U.S. Supreme Court decision, authored by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., that notoriously upheld the constitutionality of compulsory sterilization laws and became a symbol of the excesses of the American eugenics movement.
-
E.
opinion in Ginzburg v. United States
The opinion in Ginzburg v. United States is a U.S. Supreme Court decision authored by Justice Potter Stewart that addressed the standards for determining obscenity in mailed publications.
- 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_69a4948331fc8190b531ac9bec71c491 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4be08157c8190b248bb75b922644f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac831fb6bc8190907f36e52489ec5c |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac839076708190882fe59c80bd3e7e |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:59 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac84092f088190894b3ca2a268e5c1 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:01 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:46 p.m.