Triple
T243027
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Scopes "Monkey" Trial |
E4973
|
entity |
| Predicate | defenseAttorney |
P3011
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Dudley Field Malone
Dudley Field Malone was an American lawyer, politician, and civil liberties advocate best known for his role on the defense team in the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial challenging laws against teaching evolution.
|
E143780
|
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: Dudley Field Malone | Statement: [Scopes "Monkey" Trial, defenseAttorney, Dudley Field Malone]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dudley Field Malone Context triple: [Scopes "Monkey" Trial, defenseAttorney, Dudley Field Malone]
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A.
Sidney Darlington
Sidney Darlington was an American electrical engineer and inventor best known for his pioneering work in network theory and the invention of the Darlington transistor configuration.
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B.
John Billington
John Billington was an English settler best known as one of the Mayflower passengers at Plymouth Colony and the first person executed for murder in what became the United States.
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C.
Mortimer Wilson
Mortimer Wilson was an American composer and music educator best known for his orchestral scores for early silent films and concert works in the early 20th century.
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D.
Dwight Merriman
Dwight Merriman is an American entrepreneur and technologist best known as a co-founder of DoubleClick and later MongoDB.
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E.
Francis Griffin
Francis Griffin is a recurring character on the animated television series "Family Guy," known as Peter Griffin's stern, devoutly Catholic father.
- 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: Dudley Field Malone Triple: [Scopes "Monkey" Trial, defenseAttorney, Dudley Field Malone]
Generated description
Dudley Field Malone was an American lawyer, politician, and civil liberties advocate best known for his role on the defense team in the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial challenging laws against teaching evolution.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dudley Field Malone Target entity description: Dudley Field Malone was an American lawyer, politician, and civil liberties advocate best known for his role on the defense team in the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial challenging laws against teaching evolution.
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A.
Sidney Darlington
Sidney Darlington was an American electrical engineer and inventor best known for his pioneering work in network theory and the invention of the Darlington transistor configuration.
-
B.
John Billington
John Billington was an English settler best known as one of the Mayflower passengers at Plymouth Colony and the first person executed for murder in what became the United States.
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C.
Mortimer Wilson
Mortimer Wilson was an American composer and music educator best known for his orchestral scores for early silent films and concert works in the early 20th century.
-
D.
Dwight Merriman
Dwight Merriman is an American entrepreneur and technologist best known as a co-founder of DoubleClick and later MongoDB.
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E.
Francis Griffin
Francis Griffin is a recurring character on the animated television series "Family Guy," known as Peter Griffin's stern, devoutly Catholic father.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: defenseAttorney Context triple: [Scopes "Monkey" Trial, defenseAttorney, Dudley Field Malone]
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A.
defendant
Indicates that an entity is the party accused or sued in a legal action or proceeding.
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B.
hasDefenseCounsel
chosen
Indicates that a person or party is represented or assisted by a defense attorney or legal counsel in a legal matter.
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C.
defender
Indicates a relationship where one entity protects, guards, or supports another entity against threats, attacks, or criticism.
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D.
typeOfDefense
Indicates the specific kind or category of defense employed or possessed in a given context.
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E.
defends
Indicates that one entity protects or supports another entity against attack, criticism, or harm.
- 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_69ac93942b1c819087f6fdef027f115e |
completed | March 7, 2026, 9:07 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac94dc45d0819098a79d9e387a838e |
completed | March 7, 2026, 9:13 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac95e2fd68819088f0ad4d5ed922e5 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 9:17 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a25b62839c8190824064fe5da6a92a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:05 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.