Triple

T16600029
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Heck v. Humphrey E403305 entity
Predicate precedentFor P3138 FINISHED
Object McDonough v. Smith
McDonough v. Smith is a 2019 U.S. Supreme Court decision that clarified when the statute of limitations begins to run for a fabricated-evidence due process claim under Section 1983, holding that it accrues only once the underlying criminal proceedings have terminated in the defendant’s favor.
 E1222642 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: McDonough v. Smith | Statement: [Heck v. Humphrey, precedentFor, McDonough v. Smith]

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: McDonough v. Smith
Context triple: [Heck v. Humphrey, precedentFor, McDonough v. Smith]
  • A. McDonald v. Smith
    McDonald v. Smith is a 1985 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the First Amendment’s Petition Clause does not grant absolute immunity from libel suits for statements made in petitions to government officials.
  • B. Collin v. Smith
    Collin v. Smith is a U.S. federal court case that addressed the constitutionality of local ordinances restricting a planned Nazi march in Skokie, Illinois, ultimately affirming strong First Amendment protections for offensive political speech.
  • C. Ogden v. Saunders
    Ogden v. Saunders is an 1827 U.S. Supreme Court case, known for Justice Bushrod Washington’s opinion addressing the constitutionality of state bankruptcy laws under the Contract Clause.
  • D. Coyle v. Smith
    Coyle v. Smith was a 1911 U.S. Supreme Court case that held Congress cannot dictate the permanent location of a state’s capital as a condition of its admission to the Union, affirming the equal footing of new states with existing ones.
  • E. Gooding v. Wilson
    Gooding v. Wilson is a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that narrowed the “fighting words” doctrine and struck down a Georgia statute as unconstitutionally overbroad under the First Amendment.
  • 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: McDonough v. Smith
Target entity description: McDonough v. Smith is a 2019 U.S. Supreme Court decision that clarified when the statute of limitations begins to run for a fabricated-evidence due process claim under Section 1983, holding that it accrues only once the underlying criminal proceedings have terminated in the defendant’s favor.
  • A. McDonald v. Smith
    McDonald v. Smith is a 1985 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the First Amendment’s Petition Clause does not grant absolute immunity from libel suits for statements made in petitions to government officials.
  • B. Collin v. Smith
    Collin v. Smith is a U.S. federal court case that addressed the constitutionality of local ordinances restricting a planned Nazi march in Skokie, Illinois, ultimately affirming strong First Amendment protections for offensive political speech.
  • C. Ogden v. Saunders
    Ogden v. Saunders is an 1827 U.S. Supreme Court case, known for Justice Bushrod Washington’s opinion addressing the constitutionality of state bankruptcy laws under the Contract Clause.
  • D. Coyle v. Smith
    Coyle v. Smith was a 1911 U.S. Supreme Court case that held Congress cannot dictate the permanent location of a state’s capital as a condition of its admission to the Union, affirming the equal footing of new states with existing ones.
  • E. Gooding v. Wilson
    Gooding v. Wilson is a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that narrowed the “fighting words” doctrine and struck down a Georgia statute as unconstitutionally overbroad under the First Amendment.
  • 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: McDonough v. Smith
Triple: [Heck v. Humphrey, precedentFor, McDonough v. Smith]
Generated description
McDonough v. Smith is a 2019 U.S. Supreme Court decision that clarified when the statute of limitations begins to run for a fabricated-evidence due process claim under Section 1983, holding that it accrues only once the underlying criminal proceedings have terminated in the defendant’s favor.

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.