Triple
T3929499
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Christopher Newsom |
E93360
|
entity |
| Predicate | legalCase |
P3996
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
State of Tennessee v. George Thomas
State of Tennessee v. George Thomas is a criminal case arising from the highly publicized 2007 torture and murder of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom in Knoxville, Tennessee.
|
E399155
|
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: State of Tennessee v. George Thomas | Statement: [Christopher Newsom, legalCase, State of Tennessee v. George Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: State of Tennessee v. George Thomas Context triple: [Christopher Newsom, legalCase, State of Tennessee v. George Thomas]
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A.
Chisholm v. Georgia
Chisholm v. Georgia was a 1793 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a state could be sued in federal court by a citizen of another state, a ruling that led directly to the adoption of the Eleventh Amendment limiting such suits.
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B.
Jackson v. Georgia
Jackson v. Georgia is a United States Supreme Court case that, alongside Furman v. Georgia, addressed the constitutionality and application of the death penalty under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
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C.
Furman v. Georgia
Furman v. Georgia is a landmark 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that temporarily halted capital punishment nationwide by ruling existing death penalty schemes unconstitutional under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
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D.
Coker v. Georgia
Coker v. Georgia is a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the death penalty is a disproportionate punishment for the crime of raping an adult woman, thereby limiting the application of capital punishment under the Eighth Amendment.
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E.
Powell v. Alabama
Powell v. Alabama is a landmark 1932 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held in capital cases the Due Process Clause requires defendants be given access to effective legal counsel, especially when they are young, illiterate, or otherwise disadvantaged.
- 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: State of Tennessee v. George Thomas Triple: [Christopher Newsom, legalCase, State of Tennessee v. George Thomas]
Generated description
State of Tennessee v. George Thomas is a criminal case arising from the highly publicized 2007 torture and murder of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom in Knoxville, Tennessee.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: State of Tennessee v. George Thomas Target entity description: State of Tennessee v. George Thomas is a criminal case arising from the highly publicized 2007 torture and murder of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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A.
Chisholm v. Georgia
Chisholm v. Georgia was a 1793 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a state could be sued in federal court by a citizen of another state, a ruling that led directly to the adoption of the Eleventh Amendment limiting such suits.
-
B.
Jackson v. Georgia
Jackson v. Georgia is a United States Supreme Court case that, alongside Furman v. Georgia, addressed the constitutionality and application of the death penalty under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
-
C.
Furman v. Georgia
Furman v. Georgia is a landmark 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that temporarily halted capital punishment nationwide by ruling existing death penalty schemes unconstitutional under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
-
D.
Coker v. Georgia
Coker v. Georgia is a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the death penalty is a disproportionate punishment for the crime of raping an adult woman, thereby limiting the application of capital punishment under the Eighth Amendment.
-
E.
Powell v. Alabama
Powell v. Alabama is a landmark 1932 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held in capital cases the Due Process Clause requires defendants be given access to effective legal counsel, especially when they are young, illiterate, or otherwise disadvantaged.
- 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_69aed96bfa1081908f7b30f2c647dee6 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aeeda65b708190b24cd715915aec1d |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:56 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5288094408190b5fece72ead94ec1 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:21 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5293b41748190929665970712707a |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:24 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b529e9080481908ff0ec30b295cfc3 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:27 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:23 p.m.