Triple

T16616130
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert Trimble E403698 entity
Predicate precededBy P97 FINISHED
Object Thomas Todd as Associate Justice for the Kentucky seat
Thomas Todd was an early 19th-century Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from Kentucky, known for his service during the Marshall Court era.
E1223846 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: Thomas Todd as Associate Justice for the Kentucky seat | Statement: [Robert Trimble, precededBy, Thomas Todd as Associate Justice for the Kentucky seat]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Todd as Associate Justice for the Kentucky seat
Context triple: [Robert Trimble, precededBy, Thomas Todd as Associate Justice for the Kentucky seat]
  • A. Smith Thompson (as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court)
    Smith Thompson was a 19th-century American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court after previously holding positions such as U.S. Secretary of the Navy and Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court.
  • B. Thomas Scott (judge)
    Thomas Scott was a prominent early 19th-century judge in Upper Canada who played a significant role in shaping the colony’s legal system.
  • C. Owen McReynolds
    Owen McReynolds is an individual notable primarily for bearing the McReynolds surname.
  • D. Thomas Johnson (D.C. judge)
    Thomas Johnson was a notable judge who served on the early Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, contributing to the development of the federal judiciary in Washington, D.C.
  • E. James Robertson Justice
    James Robertson Justice was a British character actor known for his booming voice and authoritative screen presence in mid-20th-century 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: Thomas Todd as Associate Justice for the Kentucky seat
Triple: [Robert Trimble, precededBy, Thomas Todd as Associate Justice for the Kentucky seat]
Generated description
Thomas Todd was an early 19th-century Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from Kentucky, known for his service during the Marshall Court era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Todd as Associate Justice for the Kentucky seat
Target entity description: Thomas Todd was an early 19th-century Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from Kentucky, known for his service during the Marshall Court era.
  • A. Smith Thompson (as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court)
    Smith Thompson was a 19th-century American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court after previously holding positions such as U.S. Secretary of the Navy and Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court.
  • B. Thomas Scott (judge)
    Thomas Scott was a prominent early 19th-century judge in Upper Canada who played a significant role in shaping the colony’s legal system.
  • C. Owen McReynolds
    Owen McReynolds is an individual notable primarily for bearing the McReynolds surname.
  • D. Thomas Johnson (D.C. judge)
    Thomas Johnson was a notable judge who served on the early Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, contributing to the development of the federal judiciary in Washington, D.C.
  • E. James Robertson Justice
    James Robertson Justice was a British character actor known for his booming voice and authoritative screen presence in mid-20th-century 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_69d883897eb481909eaaa088ba9918d9 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e375494260819099b6988857c52dde completed April 18, 2026, 12:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a007daef18481908c3628a3466300ce completed May 10, 2026, 12:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a007e6507208190b3f32c05a2f647bd completed May 10, 2026, 12:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a007f2cefa081908734a907da33a72f completed May 10, 2026, 12:50 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:17 a.m.