Triple
T19287900
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Magic Circle |
E482360
|
entity |
| Predicate | comparedWith |
P278
|
FINISHED |
| Object | White Shoe firms |
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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: White Shoe firms | Statement: [Magic Circle, comparedWith, White Shoe firms]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: White Shoe firms Context triple: [Magic Circle, comparedWith, White Shoe firms]
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A.
Shearman & Sterling
Shearman & Sterling is a prominent international law firm headquartered in New York City, known for its work in corporate, financial, and transactional law.
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B.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is a prominent international law firm based in New York City, renowned for its corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and litigation practices.
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C.
Caplin & Drysdale
Caplin & Drysdale is a prominent Washington, D.C.–based law firm known for its expertise in tax, bankruptcy, and political law.
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D.
Ropes & Gray
Ropes & Gray is a global law firm headquartered in Boston, known for its work in private equity, asset management, healthcare, and complex litigation.
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E.
Covington & Burling
Covington & Burling is a prominent international law firm based in Washington, D.C., known for its work in regulatory, litigation, and corporate matters.
- 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: White Shoe firms Target entity description: White Shoe firms are a traditional group of elite, historically white Anglo-Saxon Protestant–dominated U.S. law firms known for their prestige, conservative culture, and focus on corporate and financial clients.
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A.
Shearman & Sterling
Shearman & Sterling is a prominent international law firm headquartered in New York City, known for its work in corporate, financial, and transactional law.
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B.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
chosen
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is a prominent international law firm based in New York City, renowned for its corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and litigation practices.
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C.
Caplin & Drysdale
Caplin & Drysdale is a prominent Washington, D.C.–based law firm known for its expertise in tax, bankruptcy, and political law.
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D.
Ropes & Gray
Ropes & Gray is a global law firm headquartered in Boston, known for its work in private equity, asset management, healthcare, and complex litigation.
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E.
Covington & Burling
Covington & Burling is a prominent international law firm based in Washington, D.C., known for its work in regulatory, litigation, and corporate matters.
- F. None of above.
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_69d8e8cf61b0819096fe3e4107827c4e |
completed | April 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e5fc032f108190a89e47d1458f3f55 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 10:12 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:30 p.m.