Triple
T13759117
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Stone v. Mississippi |
E330552
|
entity |
| Predicate | holding |
P2237
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Contract Clause does not prevent a state from exercising its police power to suppress lotteries.
The Contract Clause does not prevent a state from exercising its police power to suppress lotteries is a constitutional principle, articulated in Stone v. Mississippi, that allows states to prohibit lotteries despite prior contractual or charter rights.
|
E1059246
|
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: The Contract Clause does not prevent a state from exercising its police power to suppress lotteries. | Statement: [Stone v. Mississippi, holding, The Contract Clause does not prevent a state from exercising its police power to suppress lotteries.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Contract Clause does not prevent a state from exercising its police power to suppress lotteries. Context triple: [Stone v. Mississippi, holding, The Contract Clause does not prevent a state from exercising its police power to suppress lotteries.]
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A.
Ex Post Facto Clause
The Ex Post Facto Clause is a constitutional prohibition that prevents governments from retroactively criminalizing conduct or increasing punishments after the fact.
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B.
Supremacy Clause
The Supremacy Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that establishes federal law and the Constitution as the highest law of the land, overriding conflicting state laws.
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C.
the Exceptions and Regulations Clause
The Exceptions and Regulations Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that grants Congress authority to limit and shape the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
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D.
The Fifth Amendment Takings Clause does not apply to the states
The Fifth Amendment Takings Clause does not apply to the states is the constitutional principle, established in the 1833 Supreme Court case Barron v. Baltimore, that the federal Bill of Rights’ just-compensation requirement originally restricted only the federal government and not state or local governments.
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E.
Interstate Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution
The Interstate Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution is a provision in Article I, Section 8 that grants Congress the power to regulate trade and commerce among the several states, forming a key basis for federal regulatory authority.
- 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: The Contract Clause does not prevent a state from exercising its police power to suppress lotteries. Triple: [Stone v. Mississippi, holding, The Contract Clause does not prevent a state from exercising its police power to suppress lotteries.]
Generated description
The Contract Clause does not prevent a state from exercising its police power to suppress lotteries is a constitutional principle, articulated in Stone v. Mississippi, that allows states to prohibit lotteries despite prior contractual or charter rights.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Contract Clause does not prevent a state from exercising its police power to suppress lotteries. Target entity description: The Contract Clause does not prevent a state from exercising its police power to suppress lotteries is a constitutional principle, articulated in Stone v. Mississippi, that allows states to prohibit lotteries despite prior contractual or charter rights.
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A.
Ex Post Facto Clause
The Ex Post Facto Clause is a constitutional prohibition that prevents governments from retroactively criminalizing conduct or increasing punishments after the fact.
-
B.
Supremacy Clause
The Supremacy Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that establishes federal law and the Constitution as the highest law of the land, overriding conflicting state laws.
-
C.
the Exceptions and Regulations Clause
The Exceptions and Regulations Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that grants Congress authority to limit and shape the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
-
D.
The Fifth Amendment Takings Clause does not apply to the states
The Fifth Amendment Takings Clause does not apply to the states is the constitutional principle, established in the 1833 Supreme Court case Barron v. Baltimore, that the federal Bill of Rights’ just-compensation requirement originally restricted only the federal government and not state or local governments.
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E.
Interstate Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution
The Interstate Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution is a provision in Article I, Section 8 that grants Congress the power to regulate trade and commerce among the several states, forming a key basis for federal regulatory authority.
- 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_69d81c573f288190aa2403d484fa3d49 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de0223ab9081909db05334860405e0 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 9 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f7a85dfa6881908da90886db4aa1bb |
completed | May 3, 2026, 7:56 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f7a994cd688190a077a4854c5c71c9 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 8:01 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f7aa32b8c8819088bbc9e478c21c06 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 8:04 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:09 p.m.