Triple
T17458388
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Biz Markie |
E425088
|
entity |
| Predicate | legalCase |
P3996
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc. |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc. | Statement: [Biz Markie, legalCase, Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc. Context triple: [Biz Markie, legalCase, Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc.]
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A.
Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc.
Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc. is a landmark U.S. copyright and trademark case in which the Ninth Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Alex Kozinski, held that the song "Barbie Girl" was protected parody and did not infringe Mattel’s rights in the Barbie doll.
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B.
Apple Corps v. Apple Computer
Apple Corps v. Apple Computer was a series of high-profile trademark lawsuits between the Beatles’ record company and the technology firm over the use of the “Apple” name and logo in music-related products and services.
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C.
Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court copyright case that held the equitable doctrine of laches cannot bar claims for damages brought within the Copyright Act’s three-year statute of limitations.
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D.
Hicklin v. Orbeck
Hicklin v. Orbeck is a 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down Alaska’s local-hire law for violating the Privileges and Immunities Clause by discriminating against nonresident workers.
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E.
Lugosi v. Universal Pictures
Lugosi v. Universal Pictures was a landmark California legal case that addressed whether a celebrity’s right of publicity could be inherited and controlled by their heirs after death.
- 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: Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc. Target entity description: Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc. is a landmark 1991 U.S. copyright case that effectively transformed the legal treatment of digital sampling in hip-hop and popular music by ruling against Biz Markie for unauthorized use of a Gilbert O’Sullivan song.
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A.
Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc.
Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc. is a landmark U.S. copyright and trademark case in which the Ninth Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Alex Kozinski, held that the song "Barbie Girl" was protected parody and did not infringe Mattel’s rights in the Barbie doll.
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B.
Apple Corps v. Apple Computer
Apple Corps v. Apple Computer was a series of high-profile trademark lawsuits between the Beatles’ record company and the technology firm over the use of the “Apple” name and logo in music-related products and services.
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C.
Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court copyright case that held the equitable doctrine of laches cannot bar claims for damages brought within the Copyright Act’s three-year statute of limitations.
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D.
Hicklin v. Orbeck
Hicklin v. Orbeck is a 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down Alaska’s local-hire law for violating the Privileges and Immunities Clause by discriminating against nonresident workers.
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E.
Lugosi v. Universal Pictures
Lugosi v. Universal Pictures was a landmark California legal case that addressed whether a celebrity’s right of publicity could be inherited and controlled by their heirs after death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69d889db0ba481908402409af3b37917 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4514385e48190b97a257bb3d07d2d |
completed | April 19, 2026, 3:51 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:47 a.m.