Triple

T1950161
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject living Constitution theory E42138 entity
Predicate relatedConcept P37 FINISHED
Object living tree doctrine (in comparative constitutional law)
The living tree doctrine is a principle in comparative constitutional law that views a constitution as an evolving, organic instrument whose meaning can grow and adapt over time to contemporary conditions and values.
E219780 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: living tree doctrine (in comparative constitutional law) | Statement: [living Constitution theory, relatedConcept, living tree doctrine (in comparative constitutional law)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: living tree doctrine (in comparative constitutional law)
Context triple: [living Constitution theory, relatedConcept, living tree doctrine (in comparative constitutional law)]
  • A. living Constitution theory
    The living Constitution theory is a legal philosophy holding that the U.S. Constitution’s meaning can evolve over time to address contemporary social, political, and technological realities without formal amendment.
  • B. Law and religion in the United States
    Law and religion in the United States is the field that examines how constitutional principles, statutes, and court decisions govern the relationship between religious institutions, individual religious freedom, and government actions.
  • C. The Principle of Federation
    The Principle of Federation is a political treatise by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon that outlines his vision of a decentralized, federalist social order as an alternative to both centralized state power and capitalism.
  • D. The Court and the Constitution
    The Court and the Constitution is a scholarly book by legal scholar and former U.S. Solicitor General Archibald Cox examining the role and evolution of the Supreme Court in interpreting the U.S. Constitution.
  • E. The Right to the Use of the Earth
    "The Right to the Use of the Earth" is a chapter in Herbert Spencer’s 1851 work *Social Statics* in which he argues, from a natural-rights perspective, that land is a common heritage of all people and critiques private land ownership.
  • 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: living tree doctrine (in comparative constitutional law)
Triple: [living Constitution theory, relatedConcept, living tree doctrine (in comparative constitutional law)]
Generated description
The living tree doctrine is a principle in comparative constitutional law that views a constitution as an evolving, organic instrument whose meaning can grow and adapt over time to contemporary conditions and values.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: living tree doctrine (in comparative constitutional law)
Target entity description: The living tree doctrine is a principle in comparative constitutional law that views a constitution as an evolving, organic instrument whose meaning can grow and adapt over time to contemporary conditions and values.
  • A. living Constitution theory
    The living Constitution theory is a legal philosophy holding that the U.S. Constitution’s meaning can evolve over time to address contemporary social, political, and technological realities without formal amendment.
  • B. Law and religion in the United States
    Law and religion in the United States is the field that examines how constitutional principles, statutes, and court decisions govern the relationship between religious institutions, individual religious freedom, and government actions.
  • C. The Principle of Federation
    The Principle of Federation is a political treatise by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon that outlines his vision of a decentralized, federalist social order as an alternative to both centralized state power and capitalism.
  • D. The Court and the Constitution
    The Court and the Constitution is a scholarly book by legal scholar and former U.S. Solicitor General Archibald Cox examining the role and evolution of the Supreme Court in interpreting the U.S. Constitution.
  • E. The Right to the Use of the Earth
    "The Right to the Use of the Earth" is a chapter in Herbert Spencer’s 1851 work *Social Statics* in which he argues, from a natural-rights perspective, that land is a common heritage of all people and critiques private land ownership.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69a8870e08fc8190a319cbf2600db15f completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb332b014819085bfc88d66cfc10a completed March 7, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adfbc17ce08190bd74c9c62d260326 completed March 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adfc3d37e4819082673b84eb5a19f2 completed March 8, 2026, 10:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adfd7ef5588190ab85f3981466d1e0 completed March 8, 2026, 10:51 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.