Triple
T243028
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Scopes "Monkey" Trial |
E4973
|
entity |
| Predicate | defenseAttorney |
P3011
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Arthur Garfield Hays
Arthur Garfield Hays was a prominent American civil liberties lawyer and general counsel for the ACLU, known for defending controversial causes and clients in landmark trials of the early 20th century.
|
E118173
|
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: Arthur Garfield Hays | Statement: [Scopes "Monkey" Trial, defenseAttorney, Arthur Garfield Hays]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arthur Garfield Hays Context triple: [Scopes "Monkey" Trial, defenseAttorney, Arthur Garfield Hays]
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A.
Harry M. Wegeforth
Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
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B.
John H. Ferguson
John H. Ferguson was the Louisiana judge whose ruling upholding racial segregation in the Plessy v. Ferguson case led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark “separate but equal” decision.
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C.
Joseph E. Sheffield
Joseph E. Sheffield was a 19th-century American railroad executive and philanthropist whose major donations to Yale University led to the establishment of the Sheffield Scientific School.
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D.
Artemas Ward
Artemas Ward was an American Revolutionary War general and early Continental Army leader who played a key role in organizing colonial forces against the British.
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E.
William C. Foster
William C. Foster was an American government official and diplomat best known for his leadership roles in U.S. foreign aid and arms control policy during the mid-20th century.
- 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: Arthur Garfield Hays Triple: [Scopes "Monkey" Trial, defenseAttorney, Arthur Garfield Hays]
Generated description
Arthur Garfield Hays was a prominent American civil liberties lawyer and general counsel for the ACLU, known for defending controversial causes and clients in landmark trials of the early 20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arthur Garfield Hays Target entity description: Arthur Garfield Hays was a prominent American civil liberties lawyer and general counsel for the ACLU, known for defending controversial causes and clients in landmark trials of the early 20th century.
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A.
Harry M. Wegeforth
Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
-
B.
John H. Ferguson
John H. Ferguson was the Louisiana judge whose ruling upholding racial segregation in the Plessy v. Ferguson case led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark “separate but equal” decision.
-
C.
Joseph E. Sheffield
Joseph E. Sheffield was a 19th-century American railroad executive and philanthropist whose major donations to Yale University led to the establishment of the Sheffield Scientific School.
-
D.
Artemas Ward
Artemas Ward was an American Revolutionary War general and early Continental Army leader who played a key role in organizing colonial forces against the British.
-
E.
William C. Foster
William C. Foster was an American government official and diplomat best known for his leadership roles in U.S. foreign aid and arms control policy during the mid-20th century.
- 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_69a257c3d0708190b0871c4269d273e6 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a260c592cc8190bc642fcd248a1f1b |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:28 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac2a016f68819098d8fa3ec0f6adfa |
completed | March 7, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac2a6dedb88190b2943c056d99e02f |
completed | March 7, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac2ae2a5748190ba518f29d7564822 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 1:40 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.