Triple

T1461666
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green E31524 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.
Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court decision that clarified the standards for proving age discrimination under the ADEA, particularly the role of pretext and circumstantial evidence in employment discrimination cases.
E166649 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: Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. | Statement: [McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, influenced, Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.
Context triple: [McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, influenced, Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.]
  • A. Romer v. Evans
    Romer v. Evans is a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down a Colorado constitutional amendment targeting gay, lesbian, and bisexual people as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
  • B. Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio
    Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio is a 1989 U.S. Supreme Court case that narrowed the standards for proving employment discrimination under Title VII, prompting Congress to later revise those standards in the Civil Rights Act of 1991.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting
    Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting is a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld an Arizona law allowing the state to revoke business licenses of employers who knowingly hire unauthorized immigrants, ruling that it was not preempted by federal immigration law.
  • 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: Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.
Triple: [McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, influenced, Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.]
Generated description
Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court decision that clarified the standards for proving age discrimination under the ADEA, particularly the role of pretext and circumstantial evidence in employment discrimination cases.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.
Target entity description: Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court decision that clarified the standards for proving age discrimination under the ADEA, particularly the role of pretext and circumstantial evidence in employment discrimination cases.
  • A. Romer v. Evans
    Romer v. Evans is a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down a Colorado constitutional amendment targeting gay, lesbian, and bisexual people as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
  • B. Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio
    Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio is a 1989 U.S. Supreme Court case that narrowed the standards for proving employment discrimination under Title VII, prompting Congress to later revise those standards in the Civil Rights Act of 1991.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting
    Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting is a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld an Arizona law allowing the state to revoke business licenses of employers who knowingly hire unauthorized immigrants, ruling that it was not preempted by federal immigration law.
  • 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_69a49917dfc081909acdbdf5d684f1ef completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c59ecb60819082217b034e18381f completed March 1, 2026, 11:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad0e7ab538819090bc3e3ed1bbff64 completed March 8, 2026, 5:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad0f5106fc8190ab03c4e5a0287424 completed March 8, 2026, 5:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad0fa4c7d48190ac84267c16c6eb00 completed March 8, 2026, 5:56 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.