Triple

T243025
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Scopes "Monkey" Trial E4973 entity
Predicate prosecutor P1694 FINISHED
Object William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan was a prominent early 20th-century American politician and orator, three-time Democratic presidential nominee, and leading advocate of populism and Christian fundamentalism.
E36500 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: William Jennings Bryan | Statement: [Scopes "Monkey" Trial, prosecutor, William Jennings Bryan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Jennings Bryan
Context triple: [Scopes "Monkey" Trial, prosecutor, William Jennings Bryan]
  • A. Adlai E. Stevenson I
    Adlai E. Stevenson I was an American politician who served as the 23rd vice president of the United States under President Grover Cleveland.
  • B. Norman Thomas
    Norman Thomas was a prominent American socialist leader, Presbyterian minister, and six-time U.S. presidential candidate known for his advocacy of civil liberties, pacifism, and social justice.
  • C. Whitelaw Reid
    Whitelaw Reid was an American newspaper editor, diplomat, and Republican politician who served as U.S. ambassador to France and the United Kingdom and was the Republican vice-presidential nominee in 1892.
  • D. George W. Norris
    George W. Norris was a progressive Republican U.S. senator from Nebraska renowned for his political independence, advocacy of New Deal reforms, and defense of constitutional principles, which earned him recognition in "Profiles in Courage."
  • E. Charles L. McNary
    Charles L. McNary was a prominent Republican U.S. Senator from Oregon who served as Senate Minority Leader in the 1930s and was the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the 1940 election.
  • 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: William Jennings Bryan
Triple: [Scopes "Monkey" Trial, prosecutor, William Jennings Bryan]
Generated description
William Jennings Bryan was a prominent early 20th-century American politician and orator, three-time Democratic presidential nominee, and leading advocate of populism and Christian fundamentalism.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Jennings Bryan
Target entity description: William Jennings Bryan was a prominent early 20th-century American politician and orator, three-time Democratic presidential nominee, and leading advocate of populism and Christian fundamentalism.
  • A. Adlai E. Stevenson I
    Adlai E. Stevenson I was an American politician who served as the 23rd vice president of the United States under President Grover Cleveland.
  • B. Norman Thomas
    Norman Thomas was a prominent American socialist leader, Presbyterian minister, and six-time U.S. presidential candidate known for his advocacy of civil liberties, pacifism, and social justice.
  • C. Whitelaw Reid
    Whitelaw Reid was an American newspaper editor, diplomat, and Republican politician who served as U.S. ambassador to France and the United Kingdom and was the Republican vice-presidential nominee in 1892.
  • D. George W. Norris
    George W. Norris was a progressive Republican U.S. senator from Nebraska renowned for his political independence, advocacy of New Deal reforms, and defense of constitutional principles, which earned him recognition in "Profiles in Courage."
  • E. Charles L. McNary
    Charles L. McNary was a prominent Republican U.S. Senator from Oregon who served as Senate Minority Leader in the 1930s and was the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the 1940 election.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: prosecutor
Context triple: [Scopes "Monkey" Trial, prosecutor, William Jennings Bryan]
  • A. notableProsecutor chosen
    Indicates that the person served as a prosecutor in a way that is widely recognized as significant or noteworthy.
  • B. prosecuted
    Indicates that legal authorities have formally brought criminal charges against an entity and pursued a case against them in a court of law.
  • C. prosecutingAuthority
    Indicates that an entity serves as the official body responsible for bringing and conducting legal proceedings against another party in a criminal or regulatory case.
  • D. petitioner
    Indicates a relationship where one party formally requests a legal remedy or action from a court or authority.
  • E. defendant
    Indicates that an entity is the party accused or sued in a legal action or proceeding.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a257c3d0708190b0871c4269d273e6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25dcd2b208190855d5d8d70a3acfc completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3949e1e2c819092c702b1fa1cb46c completed March 1, 2026, 1:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3986c9b648190a1c30de3b0b52da6 completed March 1, 2026, 1:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a398c6b6588190a4213b66f07471b2 completed March 1, 2026, 1:39 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a25b62839c8190824064fe5da6a92a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:05 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.