Triple

T7476315
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject McDonald v. Smith E176640 entity
Predicate petitioner P3132 FINISHED
Object David H. McDonald
David H. McDonald is the petitioner in the U.S. Supreme Court case McDonald v. Smith, which addressed the limits of First Amendment petition rights in the context of defamation.
 E691847 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: David H. McDonald | Statement: [McDonald v. Smith, petitioner, David H. McDonald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David H. McDonald
Context triple: [McDonald v. Smith, petitioner, David H. McDonald]
  • A. James A. Abrahamson
    James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
  • B. Donald C. MacPherson
    Donald C. MacPherson was the injured consumer whose landmark lawsuit against Buick Motor Company helped establish modern product liability law in the United States.
  • C. Donald R. McLennan
    Donald R. McLennan was an American insurance executive and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the global professional services firm Marsh & McLennan.
  • D. Jack L. Murray
    Jack L. Murray is a film producer best known for his work on the 2009 horror remake "My Bloody Valentine 3D."
  • E. John M. Dawson
    John M. Dawson was a pioneering American plasma physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to plasma theory and computational plasma physics.
  • 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: David H. McDonald
Triple: [McDonald v. Smith, petitioner, David H. McDonald]
Generated description
David H. McDonald is the petitioner in the U.S. Supreme Court case McDonald v. Smith, which addressed the limits of First Amendment petition rights in the context of defamation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David H. McDonald
Target entity description: David H. McDonald is the petitioner in the U.S. Supreme Court case McDonald v. Smith, which addressed the limits of First Amendment petition rights in the context of defamation.
  • A. James A. Abrahamson
    James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
  • B. Donald C. MacPherson
    Donald C. MacPherson was the injured consumer whose landmark lawsuit against Buick Motor Company helped establish modern product liability law in the United States.
  • C. Donald R. McLennan
    Donald R. McLennan was an American insurance executive and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the global professional services firm Marsh & McLennan.
  • D. Jack L. Murray
    Jack L. Murray is a film producer best known for his work on the 2009 horror remake "My Bloody Valentine 3D."
  • E. John M. Dawson
    John M. Dawson was a pioneering American plasma physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to plasma theory and computational plasma physics.
  • 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_69c69f236ce08190a04d7679f03b29b2 completed March 27, 2026, 3:15 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f4ee23d081908e05658a651661fc completed March 27, 2026, 9:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c9bcbe7f488190aee034a51e8a281b completed March 29, 2026, 11:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c9bd2305a481909ac1ce38edf50650 completed March 30, 2026, midnight
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c9bdbf97188190a0a97d8a832f54f4 completed March 30, 2026, 12:03 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:41 p.m.