Triple

T2830227
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Helvering v. Gregory E62216 entity
Predicate relatedDoctrine P436 FINISHED
Object step transaction doctrine
The step transaction doctrine is a U.S. tax law principle that collapses formally separate but related steps into a single integrated transaction to determine their true tax consequences.
E302258 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: step transaction doctrine | Statement: [Helvering v. Gregory, relatedDoctrine, step transaction doctrine]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: step transaction doctrine
Context triple: [Helvering v. Gregory, relatedDoctrine, step transaction doctrine]
  • A. Noerr-Pennington doctrine
    The Noerr-Pennington doctrine is a U.S. legal principle that shields individuals and entities from antitrust liability when they petition the government, even if their efforts have anticompetitive effects.
  • B. substantial effects doctrine
    The substantial effects doctrine is a constitutional law principle allowing Congress to regulate even local, non-commercial activity under the Commerce Clause if, in the aggregate, it exerts a substantial effect on interstate commerce.
  • C. Clifford trust doctrine
    The Clifford trust doctrine is a U.S. tax law principle that treats certain short-term or highly controlled trusts as effectively owned by the grantor, causing the trust’s income to be taxed to that grantor.
  • D. Regulation T
    Regulation T is a Federal Reserve Board rule that governs the extension of credit by securities brokers and dealers, including margin requirements for purchasing securities.
  • E. Sanctuary doctrine
    The Sanctuary doctrine is a distinctive Seventh-day Adventist teaching that interprets Christ’s ongoing heavenly ministry and the investigative judgment through the symbolism of the Old Testament sanctuary services.
  • 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: step transaction doctrine
Triple: [Helvering v. Gregory, relatedDoctrine, step transaction doctrine]
Generated description
The step transaction doctrine is a U.S. tax law principle that collapses formally separate but related steps into a single integrated transaction to determine their true tax consequences.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: step transaction doctrine
Target entity description: The step transaction doctrine is a U.S. tax law principle that collapses formally separate but related steps into a single integrated transaction to determine their true tax consequences.
  • A. Noerr-Pennington doctrine
    The Noerr-Pennington doctrine is a U.S. legal principle that shields individuals and entities from antitrust liability when they petition the government, even if their efforts have anticompetitive effects.
  • B. substantial effects doctrine
    The substantial effects doctrine is a constitutional law principle allowing Congress to regulate even local, non-commercial activity under the Commerce Clause if, in the aggregate, it exerts a substantial effect on interstate commerce.
  • C. Clifford trust doctrine
    The Clifford trust doctrine is a U.S. tax law principle that treats certain short-term or highly controlled trusts as effectively owned by the grantor, causing the trust’s income to be taxed to that grantor.
  • D. Regulation T
    Regulation T is a Federal Reserve Board rule that governs the extension of credit by securities brokers and dealers, including margin requirements for purchasing securities.
  • E. Sanctuary doctrine
    The Sanctuary doctrine is a distinctive Seventh-day Adventist teaching that interprets Christ’s ongoing heavenly ministry and the investigative judgment through the symbolism of the Old Testament sanctuary services.
  • 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_69ab4c3c39188190955b9c49d98463d8 completed March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdebbde4881908dfa78e28c7018e0 completed March 7, 2026, 8:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afceb771d48190a1467a6e58f756ad completed March 10, 2026, 7:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afd21bf66481909d0416cf591fc2cf completed March 10, 2026, 8:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afd28839a881909c758e2ea202242a completed March 10, 2026, 8:12 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:01 p.m.