Triple
T17650680
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ex parte McCardle |
E429480
|
entity |
| Predicate | petitioner |
P3132
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William H. McCardle
William H. McCardle was a 19th-century newspaper editor whose challenge to Reconstruction-era military authority led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Ex parte McCardle.
|
E1280476
|
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: William H. McCardle | Statement: [Ex parte McCardle, petitioner, William H. McCardle]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William H. McCardle Context triple: [Ex parte McCardle, petitioner, William H. McCardle]
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A.
James A. McKissick
James A. McKissick is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the McKissick surname.
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B.
Louis M. Goldsborough
Louis M. Goldsborough was a United States Navy admiral who played a prominent role in early Civil War naval operations, including overseeing Union naval forces during key coastal and blockade campaigns.
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C.
George A. McDaniel
George A. McDaniel was an early 20th-century American film actor who appeared in silent-era productions.
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D.
James B. Affton
James B. Affton was a prominent local figure and early settler whose contributions to the community led to the St. Louis suburb of Affton, Missouri being named in his honor.
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E.
John R. Lynch
John R. Lynch was a prominent African American politician, Reconstruction-era congressman from Mississippi, and later a historian and author who documented the politics of his time.
- 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: William H. McCardle Triple: [Ex parte McCardle, petitioner, William H. McCardle]
Generated description
William H. McCardle was a 19th-century newspaper editor whose challenge to Reconstruction-era military authority led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Ex parte McCardle.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William H. McCardle Target entity description: William H. McCardle was a 19th-century newspaper editor whose challenge to Reconstruction-era military authority led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Ex parte McCardle.
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A.
James A. McKissick
James A. McKissick is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the McKissick surname.
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B.
Louis M. Goldsborough
Louis M. Goldsborough was a United States Navy admiral who played a prominent role in early Civil War naval operations, including overseeing Union naval forces during key coastal and blockade campaigns.
-
C.
George A. McDaniel
George A. McDaniel was an early 20th-century American film actor who appeared in silent-era productions.
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D.
James B. Affton
James B. Affton was a prominent local figure and early settler whose contributions to the community led to the St. Louis suburb of Affton, Missouri being named in his honor.
-
E.
John R. Lynch
John R. Lynch was a prominent African American politician, Reconstruction-era congressman from Mississippi, and later a historian and author who documented the politics of his time.
- 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_69d889e2c2608190b762e76d9b2262f1 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e46e3d4948819084de72bed922be6e |
completed | April 19, 2026, 5:55 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0216529e288190a4ebb909d0d20f51 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 5:48 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a021771904c819082f7080ea0b0a309 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 5:52 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a02183df9b48190ada384396946e4a3 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 5:56 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 6:05 a.m.