Triple

T3411604
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Christopher Columbus Langdell E71908 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Langdell
Langdell is a surname most notably associated with Christopher Columbus Langdell, the influential 19th-century dean of Harvard Law School who pioneered the case method of legal education.
 E355490 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: Langdell | Statement: [Christopher Columbus Langdell, familyName, Langdell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Langdell
Context triple: [Christopher Columbus Langdell, familyName, Langdell]
  • A. Palmore
    Palmore is a surname that functions as a variant form of the more common family name Palmer.
  • B. Greenlaw
    Greenlaw is a small historic town in the Scottish Borders that once served as the county town of Berwickshire.
  • C. Calderbank
    Calderbank is a small village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, historically associated with coal mining and ironworks.
  • D. Martindale
    Martindale is a remote, scenic valley in the Lake District of Cumbria, England, known for its rugged fells, red deer herd, and tranquil walking routes.
  • E. Souter
    Souter is a surname most prominently associated with David H. Souter, a former Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
  • 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: Langdell
Triple: [Christopher Columbus Langdell, familyName, Langdell]
Generated description
Langdell is a surname most notably associated with Christopher Columbus Langdell, the influential 19th-century dean of Harvard Law School who pioneered the case method of legal education.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Langdell
Target entity description: Langdell is a surname most notably associated with Christopher Columbus Langdell, the influential 19th-century dean of Harvard Law School who pioneered the case method of legal education.
  • A. Palmore
    Palmore is a surname that functions as a variant form of the more common family name Palmer.
  • B. Greenlaw
    Greenlaw is a small historic town in the Scottish Borders that once served as the county town of Berwickshire.
  • C. Calderbank
    Calderbank is a small village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, historically associated with coal mining and ironworks.
  • D. Martindale
    Martindale is a remote, scenic valley in the Lake District of Cumbria, England, known for its rugged fells, red deer herd, and tranquil walking routes.
  • E. Souter
    Souter is a surname most prominently associated with David H. Souter, a former Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
  • 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_69ad85ac312481909e7027ced1456a9f completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb90a76288190b92ef3b26638cd47 completed March 8, 2026, 5:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b34bdf81e48190abac8ea645e929ce completed March 12, 2026, 11:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b34e4972008190af3b84f26b4a3629 completed March 12, 2026, 11:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b34fc6c3f88190ba1a08243232df05 completed March 12, 2026, 11:44 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:15 p.m.