Triple
T243018
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Scopes "Monkey" Trial |
E4973
|
entity |
| Predicate | prosecutedPerson |
P1692
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John T. Scopes
John T. Scopes was an American high school teacher best known for being tried in 1925 for teaching evolution in the landmark Scopes "Monkey" Trial.
|
E31046
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: John T. Scopes | Statement: [Scopes "Monkey" Trial, prosecutedPerson, John T. Scopes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John T. Scopes Context triple: [Scopes "Monkey" Trial, prosecutedPerson, John T. Scopes]
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A.
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow was a prominent American defense attorney and civil libertarian best known for his high-profile cases like the Scopes "Monkey" Trial and his advocacy for individual rights and social justice.
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B.
William P. Frye
William P. Frye was an American politician and long-serving U.S. Senator from Maine who played a prominent role in late 19th- and early 20th-century national politics.
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C.
Henry Wade
Henry Wade was the Dallas County district attorney whose role in enforcing Texas abortion laws led to his being the named respondent in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade.
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D.
Thomas Tinker
Thomas Tinker was an English Separatist and early Pilgrim who sailed on the Mayflower and died during the first harsh winter at Plymouth Colony.
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E.
Dewey
Dewey is the main town and administrative center of the island-municipality of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
- 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: John T. Scopes Triple: [Scopes "Monkey" Trial, prosecutedPerson, John T. Scopes]
Generated description
John T. Scopes was an American high school teacher best known for being tried in 1925 for teaching evolution in the landmark Scopes "Monkey" Trial.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John T. Scopes Target entity description: John T. Scopes was an American high school teacher best known for being tried in 1925 for teaching evolution in the landmark Scopes "Monkey" Trial.
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A.
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow was a prominent American defense attorney and civil libertarian best known for his high-profile cases like the Scopes "Monkey" Trial and his advocacy for individual rights and social justice.
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B.
William P. Frye
William P. Frye was an American politician and long-serving U.S. Senator from Maine who played a prominent role in late 19th- and early 20th-century national politics.
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C.
Henry Wade
Henry Wade was the Dallas County district attorney whose role in enforcing Texas abortion laws led to his being the named respondent in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade.
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D.
Thomas Tinker
Thomas Tinker was an English Separatist and early Pilgrim who sailed on the Mayflower and died during the first harsh winter at Plymouth Colony.
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E.
Dewey
Dewey is the main town and administrative center of the island-municipality of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: prosecutedPerson Context triple: [Scopes "Monkey" Trial, prosecutedPerson, John T. Scopes]
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A.
prosecuted
chosen
Indicates that legal authorities have formally brought criminal charges against an entity and pursued a case against them in a court of law.
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B.
notableProsecutor
Indicates that the person served as a prosecutor in a way that is widely recognized as significant or noteworthy.
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C.
prosecutingAuthority
Indicates that an entity serves as the official body responsible for bringing and conducting legal proceedings against another party in a criminal or regulatory case.
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D.
defendant
Indicates that an entity is the party accused or sued in a legal action or proceeding.
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E.
convictedBy
Indicates that an authority, typically a court or judge, has formally found an entity guilty of a crime or offense.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69a257c3d0708190b0871c4269d273e6 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25dcd2b208190855d5d8d70a3acfc |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:15 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a36961e5688190b3a1ff61bb06233c |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 10:17 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a369de04048190b2dc01cc328e644d |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 10:19 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a36a48d5a88190a727fec1c25a1d5b |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 10:20 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a25b62839c8190824064fe5da6a92a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:05 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.