Triple

T181531
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Plessy v. Ferguson E3886 entity
Predicate plaintiffRaceClassification P4710 FINISHED
Object Black (under Louisiana law)
"Black (under Louisiana law)" refers to the legally constructed racial classification in late 19th-century Louisiana that deemed individuals with any African ancestry as Black for purposes of segregation and other discriminatory statutes.
E4187 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Black (under Louisiana law) | Statement: [Plessy v. Ferguson, plaintiffRaceClassification, Black (under Louisiana law)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black (under Louisiana law)
Context triple: [Plessy v. Ferguson, plaintiffRaceClassification, Black (under Louisiana law)]
  • A. Jim Crow laws
    Jim Crow laws were a system of state and local statutes in the United States that enforced racial segregation and disenfranchised African Americans, particularly in the South, from the late 19th century through the mid-20th century.
  • B. Black
    Black is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across diverse fields.
  • C. Black
    Black is a nominative report series of early United States Supreme Court decisions compiled and published under the name of the court reporter Black.
  • D. Black Codes
    The Black Codes were restrictive laws enacted in the post–Civil War American South to control and limit the rights and freedoms of newly emancipated African Americans.
  • E. Spirits of St. Louis
    Spirits of St. Louis was a short-lived but memorable professional basketball team in the mid-1970s ABA, known for its colorful ownership, young star players, and lucrative NBA merger settlement.
  • 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: Black (under Louisiana law)
Triple: [Plessy v. Ferguson, plaintiffRaceClassification, Black (under Louisiana law)]
Generated description
"Black (under Louisiana law)" refers to the legally constructed racial classification in late 19th-century Louisiana that deemed individuals with any African ancestry as Black for purposes of segregation and other discriminatory statutes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black (under Louisiana law)
Target entity description: "Black (under Louisiana law)" refers to the legally constructed racial classification in late 19th-century Louisiana that deemed individuals with any African ancestry as Black for purposes of segregation and other discriminatory statutes.
  • A. Jim Crow laws chosen
    Jim Crow laws were a system of state and local statutes in the United States that enforced racial segregation and disenfranchised African Americans, particularly in the South, from the late 19th century through the mid-20th century.
  • B. Black
    Black is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across diverse fields.
  • C. Black
    Black is a nominative report series of early United States Supreme Court decisions compiled and published under the name of the court reporter Black.
  • D. Black Codes
    The Black Codes were restrictive laws enacted in the post–Civil War American South to control and limit the rights and freedoms of newly emancipated African Americans.
  • E. Spirits of St. Louis
    Spirits of St. Louis was a short-lived but memorable professional basketball team in the mid-1970s ABA, known for its colorful ownership, young star players, and lucrative NBA merger settlement.
  • F. None of above.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: plaintiffRaceClassification
Context triple: [Plessy v. Ferguson, plaintiffRaceClassification, Black (under Louisiana law)]
  • A. recognizedAsMinorityIn chosen
    Indicates that an entity is officially acknowledged or classified as belonging to a minority group within a specified context or jurisdiction.
  • B. typeOfJurisdiction
    Indicates the specific kind or category of legal authority or control that one jurisdiction holds in relation to a given legal or administrative context.
  • C. discriminatedAgainst
    Indicates that one entity treats another unfairly or unequally based on a particular characteristic, such as race, gender, or other protected attributes.
  • D. hasLCClassification
    Indicates that an entity is assigned a specific Library of Congress Classification code representing its subject or shelving category.
  • E. nationalityRepresented
    Indicates the country or nation that an entity officially represents, typically in a professional, competitive, or diplomatic capacity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a25497e2f08190a040f8c6e1842643 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:36 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25923507c8190bd7f6eda404b0da0 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:55 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2f0b71080819086362f6036b41162 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:42 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2f12f181c8190bae3098a2928feff completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2f3771fcc8190b8486be33f695524 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:53 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a2566ccc288190add5624ede96d82b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:43 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:40 a.m.