Triple
T3615226
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Boynton v. Virginia |
E76583
|
entity |
| Predicate | factualBackground |
P20559
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Bruce Boynton was convicted of trespass after refusing to leave a whites-only restaurant in a bus terminal
Boynton v. Virginia is a landmark 1960 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in bus terminal facilities serving interstate passengers unconstitutional under the Interstate Commerce Act.
|
E373213
|
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: Bruce Boynton was convicted of trespass after refusing to leave a whites-only restaurant in a bus terminal | Statement: [Boynton v. Virginia, factualBackground, Bruce Boynton was convicted of trespass after refusing to leave a whites-only restaurant in a bus terminal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bruce Boynton was convicted of trespass after refusing to leave a whites-only restaurant in a bus terminal Context triple: [Boynton v. Virginia, factualBackground, Bruce Boynton was convicted of trespass after refusing to leave a whites-only restaurant in a bus terminal]
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A.
Ollie’s Barbecue refused to serve Black customers in its dining area
Ollie’s Barbecue refused to serve Black customers in its dining area, making it a central example of racial discrimination in public accommodations challenged in the Supreme Court case Katzenbach v. McClung.
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B.
Rosa Parks Bus
The Rosa Parks Bus is the restored Montgomery city bus on which civil rights icon Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in 1955, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott and becoming a powerful symbol of the American civil rights movement.
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C.
Ordell Robbie
Ordell Robbie is a ruthless and manipulative gunrunner in Quentin Tarantino’s film "Jackie Brown," known for his charismatic yet menacing demeanor.
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D.
Willie Horton
Willie Horton is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and designated hitter best known as a longtime Detroit Tigers star and key contributor to their 1968 World Series championship team.
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E.
Homer Plessy
Homer Plessy was a mixed-race Louisiana shoemaker and civil rights activist best known for challenging racial segregation laws in the landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson.
- 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: Bruce Boynton was convicted of trespass after refusing to leave a whites-only restaurant in a bus terminal Triple: [Boynton v. Virginia, factualBackground, Bruce Boynton was convicted of trespass after refusing to leave a whites-only restaurant in a bus terminal]
Generated description
Boynton v. Virginia is a landmark 1960 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in bus terminal facilities serving interstate passengers unconstitutional under the Interstate Commerce Act.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bruce Boynton was convicted of trespass after refusing to leave a whites-only restaurant in a bus terminal Target entity description: Boynton v. Virginia is a landmark 1960 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in bus terminal facilities serving interstate passengers unconstitutional under the Interstate Commerce Act.
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A.
Ollie’s Barbecue refused to serve Black customers in its dining area
Ollie’s Barbecue refused to serve Black customers in its dining area, making it a central example of racial discrimination in public accommodations challenged in the Supreme Court case Katzenbach v. McClung.
-
B.
Rosa Parks Bus
The Rosa Parks Bus is the restored Montgomery city bus on which civil rights icon Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in 1955, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott and becoming a powerful symbol of the American civil rights movement.
-
C.
Ordell Robbie
Ordell Robbie is a ruthless and manipulative gunrunner in Quentin Tarantino’s film "Jackie Brown," known for his charismatic yet menacing demeanor.
-
D.
Willie Horton
Willie Horton is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and designated hitter best known as a longtime Detroit Tigers star and key contributor to their 1968 World Series championship team.
-
E.
Homer Plessy
Homer Plessy was a mixed-race Louisiana shoemaker and civil rights activist best known for challenging racial segregation laws in the landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson.
- 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_69ad85da0ba481908b3b48c69efe2b98 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc27b5e008190a72a8dab7d736e64 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b433184a4081908598f4084e959c2e |
completed | March 13, 2026, 3:54 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b436e75b6081908a64983955504af8 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 4:10 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b43aa17e048190a39eb22a5be9da0c |
completed | March 13, 2026, 4:26 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:23 p.m.