Triple

T204559
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject McCulloch v. Maryland E4582 entity
Predicate plaintiff P660 FINISHED
Object James McCulloch
James McCulloch was the cashier of the Baltimore branch of the Second Bank of the United States whose actions led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case McCulloch v. Maryland, which defined federal supremacy and implied powers.
E40566 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: James McCulloch | Statement: [McCulloch v. Maryland, plaintiff, James McCulloch]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James McCulloch
Context triple: [McCulloch v. Maryland, plaintiff, James McCulloch]
  • A. Robert Morris
    Robert Morris was a Founding Father of the United States and its chief financier during the American Revolution, playing a crucial role in funding the Continental Army and shaping the new nation's economic foundations.
  • B. Alexander J. Dallas
    Alexander J. Dallas was an American lawyer, journalist, and statesman who became the first official Reporter of Decisions for the U.S. Supreme Court and later served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under President James Madison.
  • C. John Mitchell
    John Mitchell was the U.S. Attorney General under President Richard Nixon and a central figure in the Watergate scandal.
  • D. Charles Thomson
    Charles Thomson was an American patriot and political leader best known for serving as the long-time secretary of the Continental Congress during the American Revolution.
  • E. James McHenry
    James McHenry was an American statesman, physician, Revolutionary War surgeon, and U.S. Secretary of War under Presidents George Washington and John Adams.
  • 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: James McCulloch
Triple: [McCulloch v. Maryland, plaintiff, James McCulloch]
Generated description
James McCulloch was the cashier of the Baltimore branch of the Second Bank of the United States whose actions led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case McCulloch v. Maryland, which defined federal supremacy and implied powers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James McCulloch
Target entity description: James McCulloch was the cashier of the Baltimore branch of the Second Bank of the United States whose actions led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case McCulloch v. Maryland, which defined federal supremacy and implied powers.
  • A. Robert Morris
    Robert Morris was a Founding Father of the United States and its chief financier during the American Revolution, playing a crucial role in funding the Continental Army and shaping the new nation's economic foundations.
  • B. Alexander J. Dallas
    Alexander J. Dallas was an American lawyer, journalist, and statesman who became the first official Reporter of Decisions for the U.S. Supreme Court and later served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under President James Madison.
  • C. John Mitchell
    John Mitchell was the U.S. Attorney General under President Richard Nixon and a central figure in the Watergate scandal.
  • D. Charles Thomson
    Charles Thomson was an American patriot and political leader best known for serving as the long-time secretary of the Continental Congress during the American Revolution.
  • E. James McHenry
    James McHenry was an American statesman, physician, Revolutionary War surgeon, and U.S. Secretary of War under Presidents George Washington and John Adams.
  • 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_69a25737567c81908f9c505300239181 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25be898ec8190b5e752a1d3b6f466 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3c41191a08190afc0fd06d6845d68 completed March 1, 2026, 4:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3c562ebb88190a01b4621cf4512aa completed March 1, 2026, 4:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3c5b8a64c8190a8526e70c49554dd completed March 1, 2026, 4:51 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:51 a.m.