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]
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.