Triple

T4594649
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Buck v. Bell opinion E103577 entity
Predicate hasRespondent P2434 FINISHED
Object John Hendren Bell
John Hendren Bell was the superintendent of the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feeble-Minded whose role as respondent in the 1927 U.S. Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell made him historically associated with the defense of compulsory sterilization laws.
E474069 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: John Hendren Bell | Statement: [Buck v. Bell opinion, hasRespondent, John Hendren Bell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hendren Bell
Context triple: [Buck v. Bell opinion, hasRespondent, John Hendren Bell]
  • A. Lewis M. Rutherfurd
    Lewis M. Rutherfurd was a 19th-century American lawyer-turned-astronomer and pioneering astrophotographer known for his influential work in celestial photography and astronomical instrumentation.
  • B. George Davenport
    George Davenport was a 19th-century American fur trader and early settler whose influence on the region led to the city of Davenport, Iowa being named in his honor.
  • C. Robert Hall Weir
    Robert Hall Weir is an American musician best known as a founding member, rhythm guitarist, and vocalist of the rock band the Grateful Dead.
  • D. Frederick H. Harbison
    Frederick H. Harbison was an influential American labor economist and educator known for his work on human resources, industrial relations, and economic development.
  • E. Edward Abel Smith
    Edward Abel Smith, also known as Ned Rocknroll, is a private British businessman best known as the husband of actress Kate Winslet and a member of the Branson family through his work with Virgin Galactic.
  • 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: John Hendren Bell
Triple: [Buck v. Bell opinion, hasRespondent, John Hendren Bell]
Generated description
John Hendren Bell was the superintendent of the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feeble-Minded whose role as respondent in the 1927 U.S. Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell made him historically associated with the defense of compulsory sterilization laws.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hendren Bell
Target entity description: John Hendren Bell was the superintendent of the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feeble-Minded whose role as respondent in the 1927 U.S. Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell made him historically associated with the defense of compulsory sterilization laws.
  • A. Lewis M. Rutherfurd
    Lewis M. Rutherfurd was a 19th-century American lawyer-turned-astronomer and pioneering astrophotographer known for his influential work in celestial photography and astronomical instrumentation.
  • B. George Davenport
    George Davenport was a 19th-century American fur trader and early settler whose influence on the region led to the city of Davenport, Iowa being named in his honor.
  • C. Robert Hall Weir
    Robert Hall Weir is an American musician best known as a founding member, rhythm guitarist, and vocalist of the rock band the Grateful Dead.
  • D. Frederick H. Harbison
    Frederick H. Harbison was an influential American labor economist and educator known for his work on human resources, industrial relations, and economic development.
  • E. Edward Abel Smith
    Edward Abel Smith, also known as Ned Rocknroll, is a private British businessman best known as the husband of actress Kate Winslet and a member of the Branson family through his work with Virgin Galactic.
  • 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_69bd43dccaf08190aa89e9991a289719 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd593e115081909b11149e02fe4ef3 completed March 20, 2026, 2:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be5c76788c8190b6b9dfe008957222 completed March 21, 2026, 8:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be5f40ff8081909614bcd3b2116e3f completed March 21, 2026, 9:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be5f8ccc1c8190910f13bcf9d2ab9a completed March 21, 2026, 9:06 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:11 p.m.