Triple

T21190017

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Minnesota v. Dickerson	`E522186`	entity
Predicate	respondent	`P2238`	FINISHED
Object	Timothy Dickerson	`—`	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: Timothy Dickerson | Statement: [Minnesota v. Dickerson, respondent, Timothy Dickerson]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Timothy Dickerson
Context triple: [Minnesota v. Dickerson, respondent, Timothy Dickerson]

A. Timothy Meadows
Timothy Meadows is an American actor and comedian best known as one of the longest-serving cast members on "Saturday Night Live."
B. Timothy Bigelow
Timothy Bigelow was an American Revolutionary-era figure whose legacy is commemorated by the naming of the Bigelow Mountain Range in Maine.
C. John Kiffmeyer
John Kiffmeyer is an American drummer best known for being the original drummer of the punk rock band Green Day during their early years.
D. Curtis Hixon
Curtis Hixon was a prominent Tampa, Florida mayor and civic leader whose contributions to the city led to major public landmarks being named in his honor.
E. John Kennish
John Kennish is a central character in the television series "Switched at Birth," portrayed as a former professional baseball player and affluent, protective father navigating the challenges of his family's life-changing discovery.
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: Timothy Dickerson
Target entity description: Timothy Dickerson is the criminal defendant whose case led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 1993 decision in Minnesota v. Dickerson, which clarified the limits of the “plain feel” doctrine under the Fourth Amendment.

A. Timothy Meadows
Timothy Meadows is an American actor and comedian best known as one of the longest-serving cast members on "Saturday Night Live."
B. Timothy Bigelow
Timothy Bigelow was an American Revolutionary-era figure whose legacy is commemorated by the naming of the Bigelow Mountain Range in Maine.
C. John Kiffmeyer
John Kiffmeyer is an American drummer best known for being the original drummer of the punk rock band Green Day during their early years.
D. Curtis Hixon
Curtis Hixon was a prominent Tampa, Florida mayor and civic leader whose contributions to the city led to major public landmarks being named in his honor.
E. John Kennish
John Kennish is a central character in the television series "Switched at Birth," portrayed as a former professional baseball player and affluent, protective father navigating the challenges of his family's life-changing discovery.
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_69e0b51061388190aa03f19700d3ef04`	completed	April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e733372b488190920174955b4b9172`	completed	April 21, 2026, 8:20 a.m.

Created at: April 16, 2026, 3:07 p.m.