Triple
T2618546
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
E58948
|
entity |
| Predicate | wasHeldUnconstitutionalInPartBy |
P9376
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Shelby County v. Holder |
E15487
|
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: Shelby County v. Holder | Statement: [Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, wasHeldUnconstitutionalInPartBy, Shelby County v. Holder]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shelby County v. Holder Context triple: [Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, wasHeldUnconstitutionalInPartBy, Shelby County v. Holder]
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A.
Shelby County v. Holder
chosen
Shelby County v. Holder is a 2013 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly weakened the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by striking down the formula used to determine which jurisdictions required federal preclearance for changes to their voting laws.
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B.
Virginia v. Black
Virginia v. Black is a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a ban on cross burning carried out with intent to intimidate while clarifying the limits of First Amendment protection for hate speech and symbolic expression.
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C.
Gregg v. Georgia
Gregg v. Georgia is a landmark 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that reinstated the death penalty under revised statutes, holding that capital punishment is constitutional under certain guided-discretion procedures.
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D.
Texas v. White
Texas v. White was an 1869 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the Union to be indestructible and that states could not unilaterally secede from it.
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E.
DeBoer v. Snyder
DeBoer v. Snyder was a federal court case challenging Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban that became one of the key cases consolidated into the landmark Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
- 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: wasHeldUnconstitutionalInPartBy Context triple: [Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, wasHeldUnconstitutionalInPartBy, Shelby County v. Holder]
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A.
declaredUnconstitutionalInCase
chosen
Indicates that a law, policy, or action was ruled unconstitutional in a specific legal case.
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B.
overturnedInPartBy
Indicates that a prior decision, ruling, or outcome has been partially reversed or modified by a later authority or action.
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C.
section13HeldUnconstitutionalIn
Indicates that a court has determined Section 13 to be unconstitutional within a specified jurisdiction or legal context.
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D.
yearDeclaredUnconstitutional
Indicates the specific year in which a law, policy, or legal provision was officially ruled unconstitutional.
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E.
constitutionalBasisOfHolding
Indicates that one legal holding is grounded in, justified by, or derived from a specific constitutional provision or principle.
- 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_69ab4ac444dc819099614e534dd6021f |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abdaca581881908fe8d3d820f839b7 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:59 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69afa04b00908190b42f0ed753009c42 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 4:38 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69abd80f48888190afdf7e3e042157d0 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:47 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.