Triple

T8330456
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Epperson v. Arkansas E195060 entity
Predicate petitioner P3132 FINISHED
Object Susan Epperson
Susan Epperson is an American schoolteacher best known for challenging Arkansas’s ban on teaching evolution in public schools in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Epperson v. Arkansas.
E851218 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: Susan Epperson | Statement: [Epperson v. Arkansas, petitioner, Susan Epperson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Susan Epperson
Context triple: [Epperson v. Arkansas, petitioner, Susan Epperson]
  • A. Laura Bickford
    Laura Bickford is an American film producer best known for her work on acclaimed independent and studio films, including the Oscar-winning drama "Traffic."
  • B. Mary Beth Hughes
    Mary Beth Hughes was an American film and television actress best known for her roles in 1940s Hollywood dramas and crime films.
  • C. Sarah Brasfield
    Sarah Brasfield is known as the stepchild of American politician and former Nevada governor Jack Carter.
  • D. Mary Beth Peil
    Mary Beth Peil is an American actress and singer known for her work on Broadway, in film and television, and for originating prominent roles in major stage productions.
  • E. Laura Rister
    Laura Rister is a film producer and executive known for her work on independent and prestige projects, including the financial thriller "Margin Call."
  • 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: Susan Epperson
Triple: [Epperson v. Arkansas, petitioner, Susan Epperson]
Generated description
Susan Epperson is an American schoolteacher best known for challenging Arkansas’s ban on teaching evolution in public schools in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Epperson v. Arkansas.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Susan Epperson
Target entity description: Susan Epperson is an American schoolteacher best known for challenging Arkansas’s ban on teaching evolution in public schools in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Epperson v. Arkansas.
  • A. Laura Bickford
    Laura Bickford is an American film producer best known for her work on acclaimed independent and studio films, including the Oscar-winning drama "Traffic."
  • B. Mary Beth Hughes
    Mary Beth Hughes was an American film and television actress best known for her roles in 1940s Hollywood dramas and crime films.
  • C. Sarah Brasfield
    Sarah Brasfield is known as the stepchild of American politician and former Nevada governor Jack Carter.
  • D. Mary Beth Peil
    Mary Beth Peil is an American actress and singer known for her work on Broadway, in film and television, and for originating prominent roles in major stage productions.
  • E. Laura Rister
    Laura Rister is a film producer and executive known for her work on independent and prestige projects, including the financial thriller "Margin Call."
  • 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_69ca82e87f2c8190bdb71ee29dfc642d completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb7fb995508190b2ca94ad45bf6d24 completed March 31, 2026, 8:03 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d6f67c3a0881909f24d85d74e4c061 completed April 9, 2026, 12:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d6fa2bb2ec8190aa099988a6c225eb completed April 9, 2026, 1 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d6fd10dbc08190a297073e1b737566 completed April 9, 2026, 1:12 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:56 p.m.