Triple

T1908885
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Ramsay McCulloch E38062 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object McCulloch
McCulloch is a Scottish surname borne by various notable figures in fields such as economics, politics, and the arts.
E211899 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: McCulloch | Statement: [John Ramsay McCulloch, familyName, McCulloch]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McCulloch
Context triple: [John Ramsay McCulloch, familyName, McCulloch]
  • A. McCulloch v. Maryland
    McCulloch v. Maryland is an 1819 U.S. Supreme Court case that affirmed federal supremacy over the states and upheld the implied powers of Congress under the Constitution.
  • B. Second Bank of the United States
    The Second Bank of the United States was a federally chartered national bank (1816–1836) that became a central focus of early American financial policy and political conflict, particularly during Andrew Jackson’s presidency.
  • C. Gibbons v. Ogden
    Gibbons v. Ogden was an 1824 U.S. Supreme Court case that broadly affirmed federal power over interstate commerce, significantly strengthening national authority relative to the states.
  • D. Slaughter-House Cases
    The Slaughter-House Cases were an 1873 U.S. Supreme Court decision that narrowly interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment’s Privileges or Immunities Clause, significantly limiting its protection of civil rights against state infringement.
  • E. United States v. Butler
    United States v. Butler was a 1936 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down key provisions of the New Deal’s Agricultural Adjustment Act as an unconstitutional use of federal taxing and spending power.
  • 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: McCulloch
Triple: [John Ramsay McCulloch, familyName, McCulloch]
Generated description
McCulloch is a Scottish surname borne by various notable figures in fields such as economics, politics, and the arts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McCulloch
Target entity description: McCulloch is a Scottish surname borne by various notable figures in fields such as economics, politics, and the arts.
  • A. McCulloch v. Maryland
    McCulloch v. Maryland is an 1819 U.S. Supreme Court case that affirmed federal supremacy over the states and upheld the implied powers of Congress under the Constitution.
  • B. Second Bank of the United States
    The Second Bank of the United States was a federally chartered national bank (1816–1836) that became a central focus of early American financial policy and political conflict, particularly during Andrew Jackson’s presidency.
  • C. Gibbons v. Ogden
    Gibbons v. Ogden was an 1824 U.S. Supreme Court case that broadly affirmed federal power over interstate commerce, significantly strengthening national authority relative to the states.
  • D. Slaughter-House Cases
    The Slaughter-House Cases were an 1873 U.S. Supreme Court decision that narrowly interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment’s Privileges or Immunities Clause, significantly limiting its protection of civil rights against state infringement.
  • E. United States v. Butler
    United States v. Butler was a 1936 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down key provisions of the New Deal’s Agricultural Adjustment Act as an unconstitutional use of federal taxing and spending power.
  • 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_69a8862a26088190aae5243695aeefc0 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb1b55edc8190bce8ac97196939a9 completed March 7, 2026, 5:03 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adeafdad3c8190be7aeaed8bdeac43 completed March 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adeb7075f48190a27b5039c3b4691e completed March 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adec37a4f88190961edf8f9c81773c completed March 8, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:35 p.m.