Triple
T2265426
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Samuel Nelson |
E50131
|
entity |
| Predicate | precededInOfficeBy |
P2999
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Smith Thompson (as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court)
Smith Thompson was a 19th-century American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court after previously holding positions such as U.S. Secretary of the Navy and Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court.
|
E251556
|
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: Smith Thompson (as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court) | Statement: [Samuel Nelson, precededInOfficeBy, Smith Thompson (as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Smith Thompson (as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court) Context triple: [Samuel Nelson, precededInOfficeBy, Smith Thompson (as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court)]
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A.
Edward T. Sanford (on the U.S. Supreme Court)
Edward T. Sanford was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, appointed by President Warren G. Harding and serving from 1923 until his death in 1930.
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B.
Potter Stewart
Potter Stewart was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, known for his influential opinions on civil liberties, criminal justice, and obscenity law during the mid-20th century.
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C.
Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Lewis F. Powell Jr. was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1972–1987) known as a pivotal moderate whose swing votes shaped landmark decisions on issues such as abortion, affirmative action, and the death penalty.
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D.
Justice George Sutherland
Justice George Sutherland was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his conservative jurisprudence and influential role in the Court’s early 20th-century decisions limiting federal power.
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E.
John M. Harlan II
John M. Harlan II was a prominent mid-20th-century U.S. Supreme Court Justice known for his influential opinions on civil rights, due process, and a restrained, precedent-focused approach to constitutional interpretation.
- 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: Smith Thompson (as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court) Triple: [Samuel Nelson, precededInOfficeBy, Smith Thompson (as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court)]
Generated description
Smith Thompson was a 19th-century American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court after previously holding positions such as U.S. Secretary of the Navy and Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Smith Thompson (as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court) Target entity description: Smith Thompson was a 19th-century American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court after previously holding positions such as U.S. Secretary of the Navy and Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court.
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A.
Edward T. Sanford (on the U.S. Supreme Court)
Edward T. Sanford was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, appointed by President Warren G. Harding and serving from 1923 until his death in 1930.
-
B.
Potter Stewart
Potter Stewart was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, known for his influential opinions on civil liberties, criminal justice, and obscenity law during the mid-20th century.
-
C.
Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Lewis F. Powell Jr. was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1972–1987) known as a pivotal moderate whose swing votes shaped landmark decisions on issues such as abortion, affirmative action, and the death penalty.
-
D.
Justice George Sutherland
Justice George Sutherland was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his conservative jurisprudence and influential role in the Court’s early 20th-century decisions limiting federal power.
-
E.
John M. Harlan II
John M. Harlan II was a prominent mid-20th-century U.S. Supreme Court Justice known for his influential opinions on civil rights, due process, and a restrained, precedent-focused approach to constitutional interpretation.
- 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_69a88b01e0048190ba96431b5f990ba9 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc18fff0c8190acd73d8db8a41cff |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae71d243608190bbfe5784fa06e26b |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:08 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae728e46608190b4192519c705bc32 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:11 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae72ff572081909b7c4aebb9e26180 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:13 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:48 p.m.