Triple

T1572484
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Engel v. Vitale E33570 entity
Predicate party P1790 FINISHED
Object Steven I. Engel
Steven I. Engel was the lead plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Engel v. Vitale, which challenged state-sponsored prayer in public schools and helped define the modern interpretation of the separation of church and state.
 E211171 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: Steven I. Engel | Statement: [Engel v. Vitale, party, Steven I. Engel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Steven I. Engel
Context triple: [Engel v. Vitale, party, Steven I. Engel]
  • A. Jay O. Rothman
    Jay O. Rothman is an American attorney and academic leader who serves as president of the University of Wisconsin System.
  • B. Michael P. Brenner
    Michael P. Brenner is an American applied mathematician and physicist known for his influential work in fluid dynamics and complex systems.
  • C. Eric D. Schneider
    Eric D. Schneider was a scientist and author known for his work on thermodynamics and complex systems, particularly in collaboration with Dorion Sagan.
  • D. David B. Cornstein
    David B. Cornstein is an American businessman and Republican political appointee who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary under President Donald Trump.
  • E. Chris Lebenzon
    Chris Lebenzon is an American film editor known for his long-time collaborations with directors like Tim Burton and Tony Scott on major Hollywood films.
  • 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: Steven I. Engel
Triple: [Engel v. Vitale, party, Steven I. Engel]
Generated description
Steven I. Engel was the lead plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Engel v. Vitale, which challenged state-sponsored prayer in public schools and helped define the modern interpretation of the separation of church and state.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Steven I. Engel
Target entity description: Steven I. Engel was the lead plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Engel v. Vitale, which challenged state-sponsored prayer in public schools and helped define the modern interpretation of the separation of church and state.
  • A. Jay O. Rothman
    Jay O. Rothman is an American attorney and academic leader who serves as president of the University of Wisconsin System.
  • B. Michael P. Brenner
    Michael P. Brenner is an American applied mathematician and physicist known for his influential work in fluid dynamics and complex systems.
  • C. Eric D. Schneider
    Eric D. Schneider was a scientist and author known for his work on thermodynamics and complex systems, particularly in collaboration with Dorion Sagan.
  • D. David B. Cornstein
    David B. Cornstein is an American businessman and Republican political appointee who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary under President Donald Trump.
  • E. Chris Lebenzon
    Chris Lebenzon is an American film editor known for his long-time collaborations with directors like Tim Burton and Tony Scott on major Hollywood films.
  • 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_69a885f11b048190935025a035302715 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a908ba6a4081909f75faf470c53d86 completed March 5, 2026, 4:38 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adeac0be308190a12ba8e79589dead completed March 8, 2026, 9:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adeb330fe0819096ac927838b6ee2f completed March 8, 2026, 9:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adebb1d7748190b5cd33d163368eae completed March 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.