Triple
T2862803
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Texaco |
E63363
|
entity |
| Predicate | legalIssue |
P1640
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Pennzoil v. Texaco lawsuit
The Pennzoil v. Texaco lawsuit was a landmark 1980s U.S. civil case in which Pennzoil won a multibillion-dollar judgment against Texaco over interference with its agreement to acquire Getty Oil, reshaping corporate merger practices and tort law.
|
E306565
|
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: Pennzoil v. Texaco lawsuit | Statement: [Texaco, legalIssue, Pennzoil v. Texaco lawsuit]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pennzoil v. Texaco lawsuit Context triple: [Texaco, legalIssue, Pennzoil v. Texaco lawsuit]
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A.
antitrust case Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States
The antitrust case Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States was a landmark 1911 U.S. Supreme Court decision that broke up John D. Rockefeller’s oil monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act, reshaping American corporate and competition law.
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B.
MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co.
MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co. is a landmark 1916 New York Court of Appeals case that expanded manufacturers’ liability in negligence to consumers, even without privity of contract.
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C.
California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited
California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited is a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that addressed the limits of First Amendment petitioning rights when parties allegedly use governmental and judicial processes as part of an anticompetitive scheme in violation of antitrust laws.
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D.
Lucas v. Earl
Lucas v. Earl is a landmark 1930 U.S. Supreme Court tax law case that established the principle that income is taxed to the person who earns it, regardless of contractual arrangements to split or assign that income.
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E.
Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting
Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting is a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld an Arizona law allowing the state to revoke business licenses of employers who knowingly hire unauthorized immigrants, ruling that it was not preempted by federal immigration law.
- 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: Pennzoil v. Texaco lawsuit Triple: [Texaco, legalIssue, Pennzoil v. Texaco lawsuit]
Generated description
The Pennzoil v. Texaco lawsuit was a landmark 1980s U.S. civil case in which Pennzoil won a multibillion-dollar judgment against Texaco over interference with its agreement to acquire Getty Oil, reshaping corporate merger practices and tort law.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pennzoil v. Texaco lawsuit Target entity description: The Pennzoil v. Texaco lawsuit was a landmark 1980s U.S. civil case in which Pennzoil won a multibillion-dollar judgment against Texaco over interference with its agreement to acquire Getty Oil, reshaping corporate merger practices and tort law.
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A.
antitrust case Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States
The antitrust case Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States was a landmark 1911 U.S. Supreme Court decision that broke up John D. Rockefeller’s oil monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act, reshaping American corporate and competition law.
-
B.
MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co.
MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co. is a landmark 1916 New York Court of Appeals case that expanded manufacturers’ liability in negligence to consumers, even without privity of contract.
-
C.
California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited
California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited is a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that addressed the limits of First Amendment petitioning rights when parties allegedly use governmental and judicial processes as part of an anticompetitive scheme in violation of antitrust laws.
-
D.
Lucas v. Earl
Lucas v. Earl is a landmark 1930 U.S. Supreme Court tax law case that established the principle that income is taxed to the person who earns it, regardless of contractual arrangements to split or assign that income.
-
E.
Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting
Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting is a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld an Arizona law allowing the state to revoke business licenses of employers who knowingly hire unauthorized immigrants, ruling that it was not preempted by federal immigration law.
- 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_69ab4c41e8c08190a9e8f5249cc12610 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abdfb6e6988190b832ee05d8420633 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:20 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b01da030a88190b9e23a461695176f |
completed | March 10, 2026, 1:33 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b02259b4088190aca33f3b80cb4056 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 1:53 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b02656f8488190ab0d715d1634b6a7 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 2:10 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:02 p.m.