Triple

T9799047
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Batson v. Kentucky E237788 entity
Predicate petitioner P3132 FINISHED
Object James Kirkland Batson
James Kirkland Batson is the criminal defendant whose challenge to racially discriminatory jury selection led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Batson v. Kentucky, which reshaped constitutional law on peremptory strikes.
E821200 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: James Kirkland Batson | Statement: [Batson v. Kentucky, petitioner, James Kirkland Batson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Kirkland Batson
Context triple: [Batson v. Kentucky, petitioner, James Kirkland Batson]
  • A. Kirk Lazarus
    Kirk Lazarus is a method-obsessed, Oscar-winning Australian actor portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. in the satirical war-comedy film "Tropic Thunder."
  • B. James T. Kirk
    James T. Kirk is the iconic starship captain from the Star Trek franchise, known for commanding the USS Enterprise with a blend of boldness, ingenuity, and charisma.
  • C. Kris Kelvin
    Kris Kelvin is the psychologist protagonist of Andrei Tarkovsky’s science fiction film "Solaris," whose mission to investigate a mysterious space station leads him into a profound psychological and existential crisis.
  • D. Charles "Trip" Tucker III
    Charles "Trip" Tucker III is the chief engineer of the starship Enterprise NX-01 in Star Trek: Enterprise, known for his Southern charm, technical brilliance, and close friendship with Captain Jonathan Archer.
  • E. George Kirk
    George Kirk is a Starfleet officer in the Star Trek franchise, best known as the father of James T. Kirk who dies heroically during Nero’s attack in the 2009 film.
  • 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: James Kirkland Batson
Triple: [Batson v. Kentucky, petitioner, James Kirkland Batson]
Generated description
James Kirkland Batson is the criminal defendant whose challenge to racially discriminatory jury selection led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Batson v. Kentucky, which reshaped constitutional law on peremptory strikes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Kirkland Batson
Target entity description: James Kirkland Batson is the criminal defendant whose challenge to racially discriminatory jury selection led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Batson v. Kentucky, which reshaped constitutional law on peremptory strikes.
  • A. Kirk Lazarus
    Kirk Lazarus is a method-obsessed, Oscar-winning Australian actor portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. in the satirical war-comedy film "Tropic Thunder."
  • B. James T. Kirk
    James T. Kirk is the iconic starship captain from the Star Trek franchise, known for commanding the USS Enterprise with a blend of boldness, ingenuity, and charisma.
  • C. Kris Kelvin
    Kris Kelvin is the psychologist protagonist of Andrei Tarkovsky’s science fiction film "Solaris," whose mission to investigate a mysterious space station leads him into a profound psychological and existential crisis.
  • D. Charles "Trip" Tucker III
    Charles "Trip" Tucker III is the chief engineer of the starship Enterprise NX-01 in Star Trek: Enterprise, known for his Southern charm, technical brilliance, and close friendship with Captain Jonathan Archer.
  • E. George Kirk
    George Kirk is a Starfleet officer in the Star Trek franchise, best known as the father of James T. Kirk who dies heroically during Nero’s attack in the 2009 film.
  • 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_69ca84dd4608819097ff4ed00feca280 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cda627cc2c81909ccc2e26751f5e85 completed April 1, 2026, 11:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1c445c81481908700ffde5dd28936 completed April 5, 2026, 2:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1c4c37e248190a1b10cf6d0056c02 completed April 5, 2026, 2:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1c56957f8819080eca0a71c24f86a completed April 5, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:28 p.m.