Triple
T18348496
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton |
E439603
|
entity |
| Predicate | defendant |
P2238
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ray Thornton |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Ray Thornton | Statement: [U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, defendant, Ray Thornton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ray Thornton Context triple: [U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, defendant, Ray Thornton]
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A.
Bill Tarmey
Bill Tarmey was an English actor and singer best known for playing Jack Duckworth in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street.
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B.
Bill Van Gundy
Bill Van Gundy is an American basketball coach best known as the father and early coaching influence of NBA coaches Stan and Jeff Van Gundy.
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C.
Del Harris
Del Harris is an American basketball coach best known for his long NBA coaching career, including head coaching stints with the Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks, and Los Angeles Lakers.
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D.
John Carls
John Carls is an American film producer known for his work on family and inspirational films, including the biographical drama "Queen of Katwe."
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E.
Tuc Watkins
Tuc Watkins is an American actor best known for his television roles in series such as Desperate Housewives and One Life to Live.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ray Thornton Target entity description: Ray Thornton was an Arkansas congressman and attorney who became known for his role in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, which addressed the constitutionality of state-imposed term limits on federal legislators.
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A.
Bill Tarmey
Bill Tarmey was an English actor and singer best known for playing Jack Duckworth in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street.
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B.
Bill Van Gundy
Bill Van Gundy is an American basketball coach best known as the father and early coaching influence of NBA coaches Stan and Jeff Van Gundy.
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C.
Del Harris
Del Harris is an American basketball coach best known for his long NBA coaching career, including head coaching stints with the Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks, and Los Angeles Lakers.
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D.
John Carls
John Carls is an American film producer known for his work on family and inspirational films, including the biographical drama "Queen of Katwe."
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E.
Tuc Watkins
Tuc Watkins is an American actor best known for his television roles in series such as Desperate Housewives and One Life to Live.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69d8b9175fec8190af865699b4e64d8c |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e514f66a4c8190a0ba53d3b349178a |
completed | April 19, 2026, 5:46 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:37 a.m.