Triple
T16475231
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hicklin |
E400169
|
entity |
| Predicate | decisionAuthoredBy |
P2210
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William J. Brennan Jr. |
E24165
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: William J. Brennan Jr. | Statement: [Hicklin, decisionAuthoredBy, William J. Brennan Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William J. Brennan Jr. Context triple: [Hicklin, decisionAuthoredBy, William J. Brennan Jr.]
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A.
William J. Brennan Jr.
chosen
William J. Brennan Jr. was a long-serving associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his influential liberal opinions expanding civil rights and civil liberties.
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B.
William Brennan
William Brennan is a Roman Catholic bishop who has served as the ecclesiastical leader of the Diocese of Toowoomba in Australia.
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C.
William L. Douglas
William L. Douglas was an American shoe manufacturer and Democratic politician who served as Governor of Massachusetts in the early 20th century.
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D.
Harry A. Blackmun
Harry A. Blackmun was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, best known for authoring the landmark abortion rights decision in Roe v. Wade.
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E.
William Douglas
William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and influential landowner known for his political roles and extravagant lifestyle.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: decisionAuthoredBy Context triple: [Hicklin, decisionAuthoredBy, William J. Brennan Jr.]
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A.
draftedBy
chosen
Indicates that something (such as a document, plan, or version) was created or written in its initial form by a particular agent or author.
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B.
documentedBy
Indicates that something is recorded, described, or evidenced in a specific document or set of documents.
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C.
canonicalAuthor
Indicates that an entity is the officially recognized or standard author of a given work or resource.
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D.
subjectDraftedBy
Indicates that the subject was selected or recruited (typically via a formal draft process) by the associated agent or organization.
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E.
hasAuthorOf
Indicates that one entity is the author or creator of another entity (such as a work, document, or publication).
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69d883813098819084f5409539723b59 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e32dd43cf88190881a5cbc80da1490 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 7:08 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a004f5f238881909b5f2fb41da3f932 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 9:26 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e22706b0588190a48a951c5211a617 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 12:26 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:13 a.m.