Triple

T6248470
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shirley Hufstedler E139982 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object Hufstedler & Kaus
Hufstedler & Kaus was a Los Angeles-based law firm co-founded by prominent jurist Shirley Hufstedler, known for its appellate and complex litigation practice.
E582260 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: Hufstedler & Kaus | Statement: [Shirley Hufstedler, employer, Hufstedler & Kaus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hufstedler & Kaus
Context triple: [Shirley Hufstedler, employer, Hufstedler & Kaus]
  • A. Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum
    Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum (HOK) is a global architecture and design firm known for its large-scale commercial, civic, and cultural projects around the world.
  • B. Loebl Schlossman & Hackl
    Loebl Schlossman & Hackl is a Chicago-based architectural firm known for designing prominent commercial and high-rise buildings.
  • C. Kalmbach, DeMarco, Knapp & Chillingworth
    Kalmbach, DeMarco, Knapp & Chillingworth was a law firm associated with attorney Herbert W. Kalmbach, who gained prominence as Richard Nixon’s personal lawyer during the Watergate era.
  • D. Nairn and Hyman
    Nairn and Hyman is a small township municipality in Northern Ontario, Canada, located within the Sudbury District.
  • E. Preston Gates & Ellis
    Preston Gates & Ellis was a prominent Seattle-based law firm known for its work in public policy, technology, and corporate law, and for being the longtime professional home of attorney William H. Gates Sr.
  • 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: Hufstedler & Kaus
Triple: [Shirley Hufstedler, employer, Hufstedler & Kaus]
Generated description
Hufstedler & Kaus was a Los Angeles-based law firm co-founded by prominent jurist Shirley Hufstedler, known for its appellate and complex litigation practice.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hufstedler & Kaus
Target entity description: Hufstedler & Kaus was a Los Angeles-based law firm co-founded by prominent jurist Shirley Hufstedler, known for its appellate and complex litigation practice.
  • A. Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum
    Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum (HOK) is a global architecture and design firm known for its large-scale commercial, civic, and cultural projects around the world.
  • B. Loebl Schlossman & Hackl
    Loebl Schlossman & Hackl is a Chicago-based architectural firm known for designing prominent commercial and high-rise buildings.
  • C. Kalmbach, DeMarco, Knapp & Chillingworth
    Kalmbach, DeMarco, Knapp & Chillingworth was a law firm associated with attorney Herbert W. Kalmbach, who gained prominence as Richard Nixon’s personal lawyer during the Watergate era.
  • D. Nairn and Hyman
    Nairn and Hyman is a small township municipality in Northern Ontario, Canada, located within the Sudbury District.
  • E. Preston Gates & Ellis
    Preston Gates & Ellis was a prominent Seattle-based law firm known for its work in public policy, technology, and corporate law, and for being the longtime professional home of attorney William H. Gates Sr.
  • 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_69c008b4858c819095b0199114a9a87b completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0633a9a048190856d5247d3b28a2e completed March 22, 2026, 9:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c5191d2d248190b34edca246ee74b8 completed March 26, 2026, 11:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c51ac2c2f88190a4e12725a5044fa9 completed March 26, 2026, 11:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c582c674e0819083b3d5c4c7eb7826 completed March 26, 2026, 7:02 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:24 p.m.