Triple

T1723915

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Owen J. Roberts	`E37453`	entity
Predicate	replaced	`P101`	FINISHED
Object	Edward T. Sanford (on the U.S. Supreme Court) Edward T. Sanford was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, appointed by President Warren G. Harding and serving from 1923 until his death in 1930.	`E213353`	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: Edward T. Sanford (on the U.S. Supreme Court) | Statement: [Owen J. Roberts, replaced, Edward T. Sanford (on the U.S. Supreme Court)]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Edward T. Sanford (on the U.S. Supreme Court)
Context triple: [Owen J. Roberts, replaced, Edward T. Sanford (on the U.S. Supreme Court)]

A. Justice George Sutherland
Justice George Sutherland was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his conservative jurisprudence and influential role in the Court’s early 20th-century decisions limiting federal power.
B. Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Lewis F. Powell Jr. was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1972–1987) known as a pivotal moderate whose swing votes shaped landmark decisions on issues such as abortion, affirmative action, and the death penalty.
C. John M. Harlan II
John M. Harlan II was a prominent mid-20th-century U.S. Supreme Court Justice known for his influential opinions on civil rights, due process, and a restrained, precedent-focused approach to constitutional interpretation.
D. Byron R. White
Byron R. White was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice known for his generally moderate-to-conservative jurisprudence and influential opinions across criminal procedure, civil rights, and federalism.
E. Justice Willis Van Devanter
Justice Willis Van Devanter was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, appointed by President William Howard Taft, known for his conservative jurisprudence and frequent opposition to New Deal legislation.
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: Edward T. Sanford (on the U.S. Supreme Court)
Triple: [Owen J. Roberts, replaced, Edward T. Sanford (on the U.S. Supreme Court)]

Generated description

Edward T. Sanford was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, appointed by President Warren G. Harding and serving from 1923 until his death in 1930.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Edward T. Sanford (on the U.S. Supreme Court)
Target entity description: Edward T. Sanford was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, appointed by President Warren G. Harding and serving from 1923 until his death in 1930.

A. Justice George Sutherland
Justice George Sutherland was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his conservative jurisprudence and influential role in the Court’s early 20th-century decisions limiting federal power.
B. Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Lewis F. Powell Jr. was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1972–1987) known as a pivotal moderate whose swing votes shaped landmark decisions on issues such as abortion, affirmative action, and the death penalty.
C. John M. Harlan II
John M. Harlan II was a prominent mid-20th-century U.S. Supreme Court Justice known for his influential opinions on civil rights, due process, and a restrained, precedent-focused approach to constitutional interpretation.
D. Byron R. White
Byron R. White was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice known for his generally moderate-to-conservative jurisprudence and influential opinions across criminal procedure, civil rights, and federalism.
E. Justice Willis Van Devanter
Justice Willis Van Devanter was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, appointed by President William Howard Taft, known for his conservative jurisprudence and frequent opposition to New Deal legislation.
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_69a8861acab88190bb43cde203429399`	completed	March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69aa635a5c8c8190b3fbf977a93838fd`	completed	March 6, 2026, 5:17 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69adeac88e488190aeb6e7a1063405b7`	completed	March 8, 2026, 9:31 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69adeb8a0a64819087e4505089e93093`	completed	March 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69adec6fcaac8190b43d0cd1aa613c95`	completed	March 8, 2026, 9:38 p.m.

Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:30 p.m.