Triple

T512505
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject University of Virginia School of Law E10636 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object Merrick Garland (attended, transferred)
Merrick Garland is the Attorney General of the United States and a former Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit who was nominated to the Supreme Court in 2016 but never received a confirmation vote.
E63826 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: Merrick Garland (attended, transferred) | Statement: [University of Virginia School of Law, hasNotableAlumni, Merrick Garland (attended, transferred)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merrick Garland (attended, transferred)
Context triple: [University of Virginia School of Law, hasNotableAlumni, Merrick Garland (attended, transferred)]
  • A. Jack Goldsmith
    Jack Goldsmith is an American legal scholar and Harvard Law School professor known for his work on national security law, cyber law, and the limits of executive power.
  • B. Hamlin
    Hamlin is a surname most notably associated with Hannibal Hamlin, who served as vice president of the United States under Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.
  • C. David J. Barron
    David J. Barron is an American jurist and former Harvard Law School professor who serves as the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
  • D. John Sullivan
    John Sullivan was an American general and political leader who played a prominent role in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
  • E. Lawrence Weingarten
    Lawrence Weingarten was an American film producer best known for his work at MGM during Hollywood’s classic studio era, overseeing numerous popular comedies and dramas.
  • 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: Merrick Garland (attended, transferred)
Triple: [University of Virginia School of Law, hasNotableAlumni, Merrick Garland (attended, transferred)]
Generated description
Merrick Garland is the Attorney General of the United States and a former Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit who was nominated to the Supreme Court in 2016 but never received a confirmation vote.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merrick Garland (attended, transferred)
Target entity description: Merrick Garland is the Attorney General of the United States and a former Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit who was nominated to the Supreme Court in 2016 but never received a confirmation vote.
  • A. Jack Goldsmith
    Jack Goldsmith is an American legal scholar and Harvard Law School professor known for his work on national security law, cyber law, and the limits of executive power.
  • B. Hamlin
    Hamlin is a surname most notably associated with Hannibal Hamlin, who served as vice president of the United States under Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.
  • C. David J. Barron
    David J. Barron is an American jurist and former Harvard Law School professor who serves as the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
  • D. John Sullivan
    John Sullivan was an American general and political leader who played a prominent role in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
  • E. Lawrence Weingarten
    Lawrence Weingarten was an American film producer best known for his work at MGM during Hollywood’s classic studio era, overseeing numerous popular comedies and dramas.
  • 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_69a2e84a0d08819087e01863fcd9abf1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f1804e908190a1d34ac952e84a3f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a49ebe662c8190acdbb8857283f7d1 completed March 1, 2026, 8:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a49fcbcae88190acc3e9d61658beba completed March 1, 2026, 8:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4a047b8548190ac9ba95983b06036 completed March 1, 2026, 8:23 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.