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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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]
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A.
notableProsecutor
chosen
Indicates that the person served as a prosecutor in a way that is widely recognized as significant or noteworthy.
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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.
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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.
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D.
petitioner
Indicates a relationship where one party formally requests a legal remedy or action from a court or authority.
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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.