Triple

T16115230
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject October Term 2011 E390985 entity
Predicate heardCase P75119 FINISHED
Object United States v. Alvarez
United States v. Alvarez is a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down the Stolen Valor Act’s criminalization of lying about receiving military honors as a violation of the First Amendment’s free speech protections.
E1194028 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 v. Alvarez | Statement: [October Term 2011, heardCase, United States v. Alvarez]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States v. Alvarez
Context triple: [October Term 2011, heardCase, United States v. Alvarez]
  • A. Bucklew v. Precythe
    Bucklew v. Precythe is a 2019 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld Missouri’s method of execution against an Eighth Amendment challenge, clarifying the standards for inmates claiming that a particular execution protocol would cause them severe pain.
  • B. Garcetti v. Ceballos
    Garcetti v. Ceballos is a 2006 U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that public employees do not have First Amendment protection for speech made pursuant to their official job duties.
  • C. United States v. Lopez
    United States v. Lopez is a 1995 U.S. Supreme Court case that marked the first time in decades the Court struck down a federal law for exceeding Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause, signaling a revival of limits on federal regulatory authority.
  • D. Salinas v. United States
    Salinas v. United States is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court decision that broadened the scope of RICO liability by holding that a defendant can be convicted of racketeering conspiracy without personally committing or agreeing to commit two predicate acts.
  • E. Washington v. Texas
    Washington v. Texas is a 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held criminal defendants have a constitutional right to obtain testimony from favorable witnesses, incorporating the Compulsory Process Clause against the 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: United States v. Alvarez
Triple: [October Term 2011, heardCase, United States v. Alvarez]
Generated description
United States v. Alvarez is a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down the Stolen Valor Act’s criminalization of lying about receiving military honors as a violation of the First Amendment’s free speech protections.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States v. Alvarez
Target entity description: United States v. Alvarez is a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down the Stolen Valor Act’s criminalization of lying about receiving military honors as a violation of the First Amendment’s free speech protections.
  • A. Bucklew v. Precythe
    Bucklew v. Precythe is a 2019 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld Missouri’s method of execution against an Eighth Amendment challenge, clarifying the standards for inmates claiming that a particular execution protocol would cause them severe pain.
  • B. Garcetti v. Ceballos
    Garcetti v. Ceballos is a 2006 U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that public employees do not have First Amendment protection for speech made pursuant to their official job duties.
  • C. United States v. Lopez
    United States v. Lopez is a 1995 U.S. Supreme Court case that marked the first time in decades the Court struck down a federal law for exceeding Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause, signaling a revival of limits on federal regulatory authority.
  • D. Salinas v. United States
    Salinas v. United States is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court decision that broadened the scope of RICO liability by holding that a defendant can be convicted of racketeering conspiracy without personally committing or agreeing to commit two predicate acts.
  • E. Washington v. Texas
    Washington v. Texas is a 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held criminal defendants have a constitutional right to obtain testimony from favorable witnesses, incorporating the Compulsory Process Clause against the 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_69d87f1a8dd881909f1de6ef78849874 completed April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e21a02172c8190978f7951ccd80928 completed April 17, 2026, 11:31 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffebab779c8190b466c26f4024aa31 completed May 10, 2026, 2:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffec4898088190bed531e33418c7e5 completed May 10, 2026, 2:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffecce96508190a53f100e3207ebac completed May 10, 2026, 2:26 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5 a.m.