Triple

T23313598
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores E590644 entity
Predicate appliesTest P17991 FINISHED
Object Birnbaum rule
The Birnbaum rule is a judicial doctrine in U.S. securities law that limits standing to sue under SEC Rule 10b-5 to actual purchasers or sellers of securities.
E1579435 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: Birnbaum rule | Statement: [Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores, appliesTest, Birnbaum rule]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Birnbaum rule
Context triple: [Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores, appliesTest, Birnbaum rule]
  • A. Birnbaum
    Birnbaum is the original family surname of American comedian and actor George Burns, who was born Nathan Birnbaum.
  • B. Futterman's Rule
    Futterman's Rule is a track by the Beastie Boys from their 1994 album "Ill Communication," known for its eclectic, sample-heavy instrumental style.
  • C. Laporte rule
    The Laporte rule is a selection rule in spectroscopy that states electronic transitions in centrosymmetric molecules or ions are only allowed between states of opposite parity, helping explain the intensity patterns of absorption and emission spectra.
  • D. Lenzsche Regel
    Lenzsche Regel ist ein grundlegendes Gesetz der Elektrodynamik, das die Richtung induzierter Ströme so festlegt, dass sie der Ursache ihrer Entstehung entgegenwirken.
  • E. Thomson's nose rule
    Thomson's nose rule is an anthropological observation proposing that human nose shape varies with climate, with longer, narrower noses more common in colder, drier environments and shorter, broader noses in warmer, more humid regions.
  • 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: Birnbaum rule
Triple: [Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores, appliesTest, Birnbaum rule]
Generated description
The Birnbaum rule is a judicial doctrine in U.S. securities law that limits standing to sue under SEC Rule 10b-5 to actual purchasers or sellers of securities.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Birnbaum rule
Target entity description: The Birnbaum rule is a judicial doctrine in U.S. securities law that limits standing to sue under SEC Rule 10b-5 to actual purchasers or sellers of securities.
  • A. Birnbaum
    Birnbaum is the original family surname of American comedian and actor George Burns, who was born Nathan Birnbaum.
  • B. Futterman's Rule
    Futterman's Rule is a track by the Beastie Boys from their 1994 album "Ill Communication," known for its eclectic, sample-heavy instrumental style.
  • C. Laporte rule
    The Laporte rule is a selection rule in spectroscopy that states electronic transitions in centrosymmetric molecules or ions are only allowed between states of opposite parity, helping explain the intensity patterns of absorption and emission spectra.
  • D. Lenzsche Regel
    Lenzsche Regel ist ein grundlegendes Gesetz der Elektrodynamik, das die Richtung induzierter Ströme so festlegt, dass sie der Ursache ihrer Entstehung entgegenwirken.
  • E. Thomson's nose rule
    Thomson's nose rule is an anthropological observation proposing that human nose shape varies with climate, with longer, narrower noses more common in colder, drier environments and shorter, broader noses in warmer, more humid regions.
  • 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_69e25d1d32188190948eb76909d1dcc3 completed April 17, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1977ee5d08190a9519d7867d6bef9 completed April 29, 2026, 5:30 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c4ca2fb888190931e944c3df87188 completed May 19, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c4e669b6481909f198d1c51b68bf3 completed May 19, 2026, 11:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c4f011a188190b801f2ae0f134356 completed May 19, 2026, 11:52 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:06 p.m.