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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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]
  • A. defendant
    Indicates that an entity is the party accused or sued in a legal action or proceeding.
  • B. hasDefenseCounsel chosen
    Indicates that a person or party is represented or assisted by a defense attorney or legal counsel in a legal matter.
  • C. defender
    Indicates a relationship where one entity protects, guards, or supports another entity against threats, attacks, or criticism.
  • D. typeOfDefense
    Indicates the specific kind or category of defense employed or possessed in a given context.
  • 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.