Triple
T16151461
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney |
E391917
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entity |
| Predicate | challengedLaw |
P10247
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Massachusetts veterans’ preference statute for civil service positions
The Massachusetts veterans’ preference statute for civil service positions was a state law that gave hiring priority to military veterans for public jobs, ultimately challenged as discriminatory against women in the U.S. Supreme Court case Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney.
|
E391917
|
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: Massachusetts veterans’ preference statute for civil service positions | Statement: [Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney, challengedLaw, Massachusetts veterans’ preference statute for civil service positions]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Massachusetts veterans’ preference statute for civil service positions Context triple: [Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney, challengedLaw, Massachusetts veterans’ preference statute for civil service positions]
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A.
Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney
Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney is a 1979 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the standard for proving unconstitutional sex discrimination by requiring a showing of discriminatory intent rather than merely discriminatory impact.
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B.
Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service
The Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service was a 1933 Nazi statute that purged Jews and political opponents from Germany’s civil service, marking an early legal step in the regime’s systematic persecution and exclusion policies.
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C.
United States veterans benefits legislation
United States veterans benefits legislation comprises federal laws that provide and regulate compensation, healthcare, education, housing, and other support services for military veterans and their families.
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D.
Veterans’ Judicial Review Act
The Veterans’ Judicial Review Act is a landmark 1988 U.S. law that first granted veterans the right to judicial review of Department of Veterans Affairs benefits decisions by creating an independent federal court system for their appeals.
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E.
Massachusetts state veterans homes system
The Massachusetts state veterans homes system is a network of state-run long-term care and residential facilities that provide medical, nursing, and supportive services to eligible military veterans in Massachusetts.
- 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: Massachusetts veterans’ preference statute for civil service positions Triple: [Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney, challengedLaw, Massachusetts veterans’ preference statute for civil service positions]
Generated description
The Massachusetts veterans’ preference statute for civil service positions was a state law that gave hiring priority to military veterans for public jobs, ultimately challenged as discriminatory against women in the U.S. Supreme Court case Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Massachusetts veterans’ preference statute for civil service positions Target entity description: The Massachusetts veterans’ preference statute for civil service positions was a state law that gave hiring priority to military veterans for public jobs, ultimately challenged as discriminatory against women in the U.S. Supreme Court case Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney.
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A.
Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney
chosen
Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney is a 1979 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the standard for proving unconstitutional sex discrimination by requiring a showing of discriminatory intent rather than merely discriminatory impact.
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B.
Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service
The Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service was a 1933 Nazi statute that purged Jews and political opponents from Germany’s civil service, marking an early legal step in the regime’s systematic persecution and exclusion policies.
-
C.
United States veterans benefits legislation
United States veterans benefits legislation comprises federal laws that provide and regulate compensation, healthcare, education, housing, and other support services for military veterans and their families.
-
D.
Veterans’ Judicial Review Act
The Veterans’ Judicial Review Act is a landmark 1988 U.S. law that first granted veterans the right to judicial review of Department of Veterans Affairs benefits decisions by creating an independent federal court system for their appeals.
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E.
Massachusetts state veterans homes system
The Massachusetts state veterans homes system is a network of state-run long-term care and residential facilities that provide medical, nursing, and supportive services to eligible military veterans in Massachusetts.
- F. None of above.
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_69d87f1c65e48190aa2b4c472e9bafc4 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e21d981950819087fdacc7879dca97 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 11:46 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fff7a9ebf08190aa21cdff051f4ba2 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 3:12 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fff86a556c819096bc008e1ca76e8c |
completed | May 10, 2026, 3:15 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fff926120081909f1042bf3a16ea10 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 3:19 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:01 a.m.