Triple
T2874736
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William R. Day |
E56848
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableCase |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Northern Securities Co. v. United States
Northern Securities Co. v. United States was a landmark 1904 U.S. Supreme Court antitrust case that broke up a major railroad holding company and strengthened federal power to regulate monopolies under the Sherman Act.
|
E305779
|
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: Northern Securities Co. v. United States | Statement: [William R. Day, notableCase, Northern Securities Co. v. United States]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern Securities Co. v. United States Context triple: [William R. Day, notableCase, Northern Securities Co. v. United States]
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A.
United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association
United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association is a landmark 1944 U.S. Supreme Court case that held insurance transactions across state lines are subject to federal regulation under the Commerce Clause.
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B.
Reynolds v. United States
Reynolds v. United States is an 1879 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the distinction between protected religious belief and regulable religiously motivated conduct, holding that the Free Exercise Clause does not excuse individuals from compliance with otherwise valid criminal laws such as those banning polygamy.
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C.
United States v. Butler
United States v. Butler was a 1936 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down key provisions of the New Deal’s Agricultural Adjustment Act as an unconstitutional use of federal taxing and spending power.
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D.
Humphrey’s Executor v. United States
Humphrey’s Executor v. United States is a 1935 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited the president’s power to remove officials of independent regulatory agencies, reinforcing their insulation from direct executive control.
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E.
In re Debs Supreme Court case
In re Debs was an 1895 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the federal government’s authority to use injunctions and troops to end the Pullman Strike, significantly expanding federal power over labor disputes and interstate commerce.
- 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: Northern Securities Co. v. United States Triple: [William R. Day, notableCase, Northern Securities Co. v. United States]
Generated description
Northern Securities Co. v. United States was a landmark 1904 U.S. Supreme Court antitrust case that broke up a major railroad holding company and strengthened federal power to regulate monopolies under the Sherman Act.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern Securities Co. v. United States Target entity description: Northern Securities Co. v. United States was a landmark 1904 U.S. Supreme Court antitrust case that broke up a major railroad holding company and strengthened federal power to regulate monopolies under the Sherman Act.
-
A.
United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association
United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association is a landmark 1944 U.S. Supreme Court case that held insurance transactions across state lines are subject to federal regulation under the Commerce Clause.
-
B.
Reynolds v. United States
Reynolds v. United States is an 1879 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the distinction between protected religious belief and regulable religiously motivated conduct, holding that the Free Exercise Clause does not excuse individuals from compliance with otherwise valid criminal laws such as those banning polygamy.
-
C.
United States v. Butler
United States v. Butler was a 1936 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down key provisions of the New Deal’s Agricultural Adjustment Act as an unconstitutional use of federal taxing and spending power.
-
D.
Humphrey’s Executor v. United States
Humphrey’s Executor v. United States is a 1935 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited the president’s power to remove officials of independent regulatory agencies, reinforcing their insulation from direct executive control.
-
E.
In re Debs Supreme Court case
In re Debs was an 1895 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the federal government’s authority to use injunctions and troops to end the Pullman Strike, significantly expanding federal power over labor disputes and interstate commerce.
- 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_69ab4a4ced288190ab6d3e062d10f7f6 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abe004a64481908f1897d9054a7368 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:21 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b01db780908190919d859205464b2e |
completed | March 10, 2026, 1:33 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b0201470cc81909188573c3749dffb |
completed | March 10, 2026, 1:43 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b020aa00888190a683a621f1e1a107 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 1:46 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:03 p.m.