Triple

T16115454
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. E390990 entity
Predicate areaOfLaw P2167 FINISHED
Object Alien Tort Statute
The Alien Tort Statute is a U.S. federal law that allows non-U.S. citizens to bring civil lawsuits in U.S. courts for certain violations of international law.
E1194049 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: Alien Tort Statute | Statement: [Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., areaOfLaw, Alien Tort Statute]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alien Tort Statute
Context triple: [Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., areaOfLaw, Alien Tort Statute]
  • A. Bivens doctrine
    The Bivens doctrine is a judicially created legal principle that allows individuals to seek damages in federal court against U.S. federal officials for certain constitutional rights violations, despite the general barrier of sovereign immunity.
  • B. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
    The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 is a U.S. federal law that tightened standards for securities fraud lawsuits, aiming to curb frivolous shareholder litigation while enhancing protections for investors through improved disclosure and accountability requirements.
  • C. United States sovereign immunity law
    United States sovereign immunity law is the body of legal principles and doctrines that limit when and how the federal government, states, and their agencies can be sued without their consent.
  • D. Federal Tort Claims Act
    The Federal Tort Claims Act is a U.S. federal statute that allows private individuals to sue the United States government for certain torts committed by federal employees acting within the scope of their employment.
  • E. Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.
    Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. is a landmark 2013 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited the extraterritorial application of the Alien Tort Statute in human rights lawsuits against corporations for conduct occurring abroad.
  • 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: Alien Tort Statute
Triple: [Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., areaOfLaw, Alien Tort Statute]
Generated description
The Alien Tort Statute is a U.S. federal law that allows non-U.S. citizens to bring civil lawsuits in U.S. courts for certain violations of international law.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alien Tort Statute
Target entity description: The Alien Tort Statute is a U.S. federal law that allows non-U.S. citizens to bring civil lawsuits in U.S. courts for certain violations of international law.
  • A. Bivens doctrine
    The Bivens doctrine is a judicially created legal principle that allows individuals to seek damages in federal court against U.S. federal officials for certain constitutional rights violations, despite the general barrier of sovereign immunity.
  • B. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
    The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 is a U.S. federal law that tightened standards for securities fraud lawsuits, aiming to curb frivolous shareholder litigation while enhancing protections for investors through improved disclosure and accountability requirements.
  • C. United States sovereign immunity law
    United States sovereign immunity law is the body of legal principles and doctrines that limit when and how the federal government, states, and their agencies can be sued without their consent.
  • D. Federal Tort Claims Act
    The Federal Tort Claims Act is a U.S. federal statute that allows private individuals to sue the United States government for certain torts committed by federal employees acting within the scope of their employment.
  • E. Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.
    Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. is a landmark 2013 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited the extraterritorial application of the Alien Tort Statute in human rights lawsuits against corporations for conduct occurring abroad.
  • 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_69e2016a9dd48190bca3f58778ed865f completed April 17, 2026, 9:46 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.