Triple

T1362360
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject DeBoer v. Snyder E29124 entity
Predicate districtJudge P16689 FINISHED
Object Bernard A. Friedman
Bernard A. Friedman is a United States federal judge known for his rulings on significant civil rights and constitutional law cases.
E284896 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Bernard A. Friedman | Statement: [DeBoer v. Snyder, districtJudge, Bernard A. Friedman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernard A. Friedman
Context triple: [DeBoer v. Snyder, districtJudge, Bernard A. Friedman]
  • A. John L. Friedman
    John L. Friedman is an American theoretical physicist known for his contributions to relativistic astrophysics and gravitational physics, including work on instabilities in rotating stars.
  • B. Max Abramovitz
    Max Abramovitz was a prominent American architect known for his modernist designs of major cultural and institutional buildings, including notable performance arts centers and university facilities.
  • C. Harold T. Shapiro
    Harold T. Shapiro is an economist and academic leader best known for serving as president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan and for his influential work at the intersection of higher education and public policy.
  • D. Bernard M. Gordon
    Bernard M. Gordon is an American engineer, inventor, and philanthropist known for pioneering work in high-speed analog-to-digital conversion and for major contributions to engineering education.
  • E. Irving Brecher
    Irving Brecher was an American screenwriter best known for his work on Marx Brothers comedies and classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
  • 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: Bernard A. Friedman
Triple: [DeBoer v. Snyder, districtJudge, Bernard A. Friedman]
Generated description
Bernard A. Friedman is a United States federal judge known for his rulings on significant civil rights and constitutional law cases.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernard A. Friedman
Target entity description: Bernard A. Friedman is a United States federal judge known for his rulings on significant civil rights and constitutional law cases.
  • A. John L. Friedman
    John L. Friedman is an American theoretical physicist known for his contributions to relativistic astrophysics and gravitational physics, including work on instabilities in rotating stars.
  • B. Max Abramovitz
    Max Abramovitz was a prominent American architect known for his modernist designs of major cultural and institutional buildings, including notable performance arts centers and university facilities.
  • C. Harold T. Shapiro
    Harold T. Shapiro is an economist and academic leader best known for serving as president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan and for his influential work at the intersection of higher education and public policy.
  • D. Bernard M. Gordon
    Bernard M. Gordon is an American engineer, inventor, and philanthropist known for pioneering work in high-speed analog-to-digital conversion and for major contributions to engineering education.
  • E. Irving Brecher
    Irving Brecher was an American screenwriter best known for his work on Marx Brothers comedies and classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: districtJudge
Context triple: [DeBoer v. Snyder, districtJudge, Bernard A. Friedman]
  • A. judge
    Indicates that one entity evaluates, forms an opinion about, or makes a decision regarding another entity or situation.
  • B. juryProvidedBy
    Indicates that a particular jury is supplied, appointed, or made available by a specified source or authority.
  • C. trialCourt
    Indicates that a legal matter, decision, or proceeding is associated with, handled by, or occurring in a court of first instance (the trial-level court).
  • D. courtOfficial chosen
    Indicates that an entity serves in an official capacity within a court, holding an authorized role in judicial or legal proceedings.
  • E. judgeAppointmentBy
    Indicates that one entity is appointed to the role of judging or evaluating another entity by a specific authority or process.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a498d77abc8190913bf57e5f51d2c4 completed March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c2b4ab3c8190ad692e32eee05976 completed March 1, 2026, 10:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af903825d881909c3f2ec2c307019d completed March 10, 2026, 3:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af944a9cd481908693706d7601c5a1 completed March 10, 2026, 3:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af94801ae88190b41ac27660674506 completed March 10, 2026, 3:48 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4bef945c08190a027472fdd695ea5 completed March 1, 2026, 10:34 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:57 p.m.