Triple
T17998299
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas Erskine May |
E430557
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Taxing Master for Election Petitions |
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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: Taxing Master for Election Petitions | Statement: [Thomas Erskine May, positionHeld, Taxing Master for Election Petitions]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Taxing Master for Election Petitions Context triple: [Thomas Erskine May, positionHeld, Taxing Master for Election Petitions]
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A.
McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission
McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down aggregate limits on individual contributions to federal political campaigns as a violation of the First Amendment.
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B.
The Same Subject Continued: The Powers of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members
"The Same Subject Continued: The Powers of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members" is an essay in The Federalist Papers, written by Alexander Hamilton, that defends and explains the constitutional authority of Congress over the regulation of congressional elections.
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C.
Texas v. Pennsylvania (election lawsuit)
Texas v. Pennsylvania was a high-profile 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case in which Texas sought to overturn presidential election results in several battleground states, ultimately being rejected for lack of standing.
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D.
McConnell v. Federal Election Commission
McConnell v. Federal Election Commission is a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court case that largely upheld the constitutionality of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (McCain–Feingold Act), significantly shaping modern campaign finance law.
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E.
Electoral Integrity Project
The Electoral Integrity Project is a research initiative that evaluates and compares the quality and fairness of elections worldwide using systematic data and expert assessments.
- 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: Taxing Master for Election Petitions Target entity description: The Taxing Master for Election Petitions was a specialized legal official in the British parliamentary system responsible for assessing and determining the legal costs associated with election petition cases.
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A.
McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission
McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down aggregate limits on individual contributions to federal political campaigns as a violation of the First Amendment.
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B.
The Same Subject Continued: The Powers of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members
"The Same Subject Continued: The Powers of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members" is an essay in The Federalist Papers, written by Alexander Hamilton, that defends and explains the constitutional authority of Congress over the regulation of congressional elections.
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C.
Texas v. Pennsylvania (election lawsuit)
Texas v. Pennsylvania was a high-profile 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case in which Texas sought to overturn presidential election results in several battleground states, ultimately being rejected for lack of standing.
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D.
McConnell v. Federal Election Commission
McConnell v. Federal Election Commission is a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court case that largely upheld the constitutionality of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (McCain–Feingold Act), significantly shaping modern campaign finance law.
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E.
Electoral Integrity Project
The Electoral Integrity Project is a research initiative that evaluates and compares the quality and fairness of elections worldwide using systematic data and expert assessments.
- 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_69d8b90364248190a37381adea932f42 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:46 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4b3e6a2a881908af2d0a4a5053916 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 10:52 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:23 a.m.