Triple

T1440436
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson E31056 entity
Predicate precedentFor P3138 FINISHED
Object Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.
Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. is a 1993 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the standard for hostile work environment sexual harassment under Title VII by holding that conduct can be actionable even without proof of severe psychological injury.
E165277 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: Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. | Statement: [Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, precedentFor, Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.
Context triple: [Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, precedentFor, Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.]
  • A. Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co.
    Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. is a landmark 1928 New York Court of Appeals case, authored by Judge Benjamin Cardozo, that established the modern American doctrine of proximate cause and foreseeability in negligence law.
  • B. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
    McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green is a 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established the key burden-shifting framework for proving employment discrimination under Title VII.
  • C. MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co.
    MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co. is a landmark 1916 New York Court of Appeals case that expanded manufacturers’ liability in negligence to consumers, even without privity of contract.
  • D. Hines v. Davidowitz
    Hines v. Davidowitz is a 1941 U.S. Supreme Court case that held federal law preempts conflicting state alien-registration laws under the Supremacy Clause.
  • E. Griggs v. Duke Power Co.
    Griggs v. Duke Power Co. is a 1971 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established the doctrine of disparate impact in employment discrimination law, holding that seemingly neutral job requirements that disproportionately exclude protected groups can violate Title VII.
  • 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: Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.
Triple: [Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, precedentFor, Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.]
Generated description
Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. is a 1993 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the standard for hostile work environment sexual harassment under Title VII by holding that conduct can be actionable even without proof of severe psychological injury.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.
Target entity description: Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. is a 1993 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the standard for hostile work environment sexual harassment under Title VII by holding that conduct can be actionable even without proof of severe psychological injury.
  • A. Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co.
    Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. is a landmark 1928 New York Court of Appeals case, authored by Judge Benjamin Cardozo, that established the modern American doctrine of proximate cause and foreseeability in negligence law.
  • B. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
    McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green is a 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established the key burden-shifting framework for proving employment discrimination under Title VII.
  • C. MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co.
    MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co. is a landmark 1916 New York Court of Appeals case that expanded manufacturers’ liability in negligence to consumers, even without privity of contract.
  • D. Hines v. Davidowitz
    Hines v. Davidowitz is a 1941 U.S. Supreme Court case that held federal law preempts conflicting state alien-registration laws under the Supremacy Clause.
  • E. Griggs v. Duke Power Co.
    Griggs v. Duke Power Co. is a 1971 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established the doctrine of disparate impact in employment discrimination law, holding that seemingly neutral job requirements that disproportionately exclude protected groups can violate Title VII.
  • 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_69a4991633388190a4d61b5a98aa407a completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c52e4ed881908d85e0cb9fe851ac completed March 1, 2026, 11:01 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad08bc290c8190902f47f718bd4f98 completed March 8, 2026, 5:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad09823ce481908b5db3ee9ebd1a88 completed March 8, 2026, 5:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad0a8f17888190913c06641a6ac060 completed March 8, 2026, 5:35 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.