Triple

T1769264
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Willis Van Devanter E38834 entity
Predicate precededInSupremeCourtSeatBy P31683 FINISHED
Object Edward Douglass White
Edward Douglass White was an American jurist who served as Chief Justice of the United States from 1910 to 1921, known for his influential role in antitrust and constitutional law decisions.
E213365 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Edward Douglass White | Statement: [Willis Van Devanter, precededInSupremeCourtSeatBy, Edward Douglass White]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Douglass White
Context triple: [Willis Van Devanter, precededInSupremeCourtSeatBy, Edward Douglass White]
  • A. Owen Josephus Roberts
    Owen Josephus Roberts was an American lawyer and U.S. Supreme Court associate justice (1930–1945) known for his pivotal role in shifting the Court’s stance on New Deal legislation.
  • B. Charles Evans Hughes
    Charles Evans Hughes was an American statesman and jurist who served as governor of New York, U.S. Supreme Court justice and later chief justice, and U.S. secretary of state, and was the Republican nominee for president in 1916.
  • C. Paul V. McNutt
    Paul V. McNutt was an American politician and diplomat who served as governor of Indiana, U.S. high commissioner to the Philippines, and a prominent New Deal-era federal administrator.
  • D. Alphonso Taft
    Alphonso Taft was an American politician and jurist who served as U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of War, and was the father of President William Howard Taft.
  • E. President William Howard Taft
    President William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States, known for his trust-busting policies, later service as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and significant administrative reforms.
  • 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: Edward Douglass White
Triple: [Willis Van Devanter, precededInSupremeCourtSeatBy, Edward Douglass White]
Generated description
Edward Douglass White was an American jurist who served as Chief Justice of the United States from 1910 to 1921, known for his influential role in antitrust and constitutional law decisions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Douglass White
Target entity description: Edward Douglass White was an American jurist who served as Chief Justice of the United States from 1910 to 1921, known for his influential role in antitrust and constitutional law decisions.
  • A. Owen Josephus Roberts
    Owen Josephus Roberts was an American lawyer and U.S. Supreme Court associate justice (1930–1945) known for his pivotal role in shifting the Court’s stance on New Deal legislation.
  • B. Charles Evans Hughes
    Charles Evans Hughes was an American statesman and jurist who served as governor of New York, U.S. Supreme Court justice and later chief justice, and U.S. secretary of state, and was the Republican nominee for president in 1916.
  • C. Paul V. McNutt
    Paul V. McNutt was an American politician and diplomat who served as governor of Indiana, U.S. high commissioner to the Philippines, and a prominent New Deal-era federal administrator.
  • D. Alphonso Taft
    Alphonso Taft was an American politician and jurist who served as U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of War, and was the father of President William Howard Taft.
  • E. President William Howard Taft
    President William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States, known for his trust-busting policies, later service as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and significant administrative reforms.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: precededInSupremeCourtSeatBy
Context triple: [Willis Van Devanter, precededInSupremeCourtSeatBy, Edward Douglass White]
  • A. precededInSenateBy
    Indicates that one officeholder directly held a given Senate seat before another officeholder, in terms of succession to that seat.
  • B. succeededByAsChiefJustice
    Indicates that one individual directly followed another in the role of Chief Justice.
  • C. chiefJustice
    Indicates that one entity serves as the chief justice (the highest-ranking judicial officer) of another entity, such as a court or jurisdiction.
  • D. nominatedAsChiefJusticeOn
    Indicates that an entity was formally selected or proposed to serve as Chief Justice on a specific date or occasion.
  • E. nominatedAsAssociateJusticeOn
    Indicates that an entity was formally selected or put forward to serve as an Associate Justice on a court or judicial body on a specific date or occasion.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69a8862e61708190af97b9838cc3f5de completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ab39fc2c448190bfaf1ee8d474632a completed March 6, 2026, 8:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adeaceae088190a5ee93e6b46360cc completed March 8, 2026, 9:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adeb8a0a64819087e4505089e93093 completed March 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adec6fcaac8190b43d0cd1aa613c95 completed March 8, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69aa61cbb1288190a7ba38b61905f578 completed March 6, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69ab39faf69c8190bae98d3e3911078f completed March 6, 2026, 8:32 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.