Triple
T18669827
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Zenger trial |
E456443
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasPlaintiff |
P15074
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Crown v. Zenger |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Crown v. Zenger | Statement: [Zenger trial, hasPlaintiff, Crown v. Zenger]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crown v. Zenger Context triple: [Zenger trial, hasPlaintiff, Crown v. Zenger]
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A.
Zenger trial
chosen
The Zenger trial was a landmark 1735 colonial American court case that helped establish the principle of freedom of the press by acquitting printer John Peter Zenger of libel for criticizing the royal governor.
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B.
United States v. Callender
United States v. Callender was a prominent 1800 Sedition Act prosecution of journalist James Thomson Callender that became historically significant for the controversial conduct of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase during the trial.
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C.
John Peter Zenger
John Peter Zenger was a German-American printer and journalist whose 1735 acquittal in a landmark libel trial helped establish the principle of freedom of the press in America.
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D.
Of the Liberty of the Press
Of the Liberty of the Press is an essay by David Hume that examines the importance, limits, and political implications of freedom of the press in civil society.
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E.
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan is a landmark 1964 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established the “actual malice” standard, greatly expanding First Amendment protections for the press in defamation cases involving public officials.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69d8d38f72b4819090a935175d9ca8af |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e556b1140c81908002c27a33c03ae2 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:48 a.m.