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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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]
  • 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.
  • B. notableProsecutor
    Indicates that the person served as a prosecutor in a way that is widely recognized as significant or noteworthy.
  • 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.
  • D. defendant
    Indicates that an entity is the party accused or sued in a legal action or proceeding.
  • 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.