Triple

T16599949
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject West v. Atkins, 487 U.S. 42 (1988) E403304 entity
Predicate respondent P2238 FINISHED
Object Samuel Atkins
Samuel Atkins is a physician who served as the respondent in the U.S. Supreme Court case West v. Atkins, which addressed the liability of private doctors under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 when providing medical care to state prisoners.
 E1222639 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Samuel Atkins | Statement: [West v. Atkins, 487 U.S. 42 (1988), respondent, Samuel Atkins]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Samuel Atkins
Context triple: [West v. Atkins, 487 U.S. 42 (1988), respondent, Samuel Atkins]
  • A. Benjamin Atkinson
    Benjamin Atkinson is a member of the Atkinson family, known publicly as the brother of Lily Atkinson and son of British actor and comedian Rowan Atkinson.
  • B. Samuel Appleton
    Samuel Appleton was a 17th-century Massachusetts military officer and colonial leader known for his role in King Philip’s War.
  • C. Samuel Barnes
    Samuel Barnes is an author known for his work with the Juicy brand.
  • D. Samuel Barnes
    Samuel Barnes is a music producer best known for his work on the album "Faith."
  • E. Samuel Murray
    Samuel Murray was an American sculptor known for his public monuments and portrait statues in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Samuel Atkins
Target entity description: Samuel Atkins is a physician who served as the respondent in the U.S. Supreme Court case West v. Atkins, which addressed the liability of private doctors under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 when providing medical care to state prisoners.
  • A. Benjamin Atkinson
    Benjamin Atkinson is a member of the Atkinson family, known publicly as the brother of Lily Atkinson and son of British actor and comedian Rowan Atkinson.
  • B. Samuel Appleton
    Samuel Appleton was a 17th-century Massachusetts military officer and colonial leader known for his role in King Philip’s War.
  • C. Samuel Barnes
    Samuel Barnes is an author known for his work with the Juicy brand.
  • D. Samuel Barnes
    Samuel Barnes is a music producer best known for his work on the album "Faith."
  • E. Samuel Murray
    Samuel Murray was an American sculptor known for his public monuments and portrait statues in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Samuel Atkins
Triple: [West v. Atkins, 487 U.S. 42 (1988), respondent, Samuel Atkins]
Generated description
Samuel Atkins is a physician who served as the respondent in the U.S. Supreme Court case West v. Atkins, which addressed the liability of private doctors under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 when providing medical care to state prisoners.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d883880d0c81908b5fcd454e767b60 elicitation completed
NER batch_69e35d75772c8190b02aef02ea6788e1 ner completed
NED1 batch_6a0075a48c088190b6585e42dcd73705 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_6a007728680c819082a3bd7e84edb2b0 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_6a0076468d588190972639d0a22f0e3e nedg completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:16 a.m.