Triple
T204573
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | McCulloch v. Maryland |
E4582
|
entity |
| Predicate | chiefJusticeAtTime |
P6504
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Marshall |
E16606
|
NE FINISHED |
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: John Marshall | Statement: [McCulloch v. Maryland, chiefJusticeAtTime, John Marshall]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Marshall Context triple: [McCulloch v. Maryland, chiefJusticeAtTime, John Marshall]
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A.
John Marshall
chosen
John Marshall was the fourth Chief Justice of the United States, whose landmark opinions, especially in Marbury v. Madison, established the principle of judicial review and greatly strengthened the Supreme Court’s authority.
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B.
John W. Marshall
John W. Marshall is an American lawyer and public official best known for serving as Virginia’s Secretary of Public Safety and as the son of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
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C.
John Jay
John Jay was an American statesman, diplomat, co-author of The Federalist Papers, first Chief Justice of the United States, and a key figure in the early formation of the U.S. government.
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D.
Justice George Sutherland
Justice George Sutherland was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his conservative jurisprudence and influential role in the Court’s early 20th-century decisions limiting federal power.
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E.
Salmon P. Chase
Salmon P. Chase was a 19th-century American politician and jurist who served as U.S. Treasury Secretary during the Civil War and later as Chief Justice of the United States.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: chiefJusticeAtTime Context triple: [McCulloch v. Maryland, chiefJusticeAtTime, John Marshall]
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A.
chiefJustice
Indicates that one entity serves as the chief justice (the highest-ranking judicial officer) of another entity, such as a court or jurisdiction.
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B.
chiefJusticeSinceYear
Indicates that an entity has held the position of chief justice starting from a specified year.
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C.
chiefJusticeAtDecision
chosen
Indicates that the specified person was serving as the chief justice at the time a particular decision was made.
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D.
numberOfAssociateJustices
Indicates the total count of associate justices associated with a given judicial body or court.
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E.
currentSupremeGovernor
Indicates that one entity is the person who currently holds the position of supreme governor (highest governing authority) over another entity.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69a25f46b4f081909e5ee3718109a71f |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:21 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a40ace757c8190bc740a7d2d9a948a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:45 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a25b4b42ec8190bef16bbbdd30a742 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:04 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:51 a.m.