Triple

T3965729
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gratz v. Bollinger E92212 entity
Predicate petitioner P3132 FINISHED
Object Patrick Hamacher
Patrick Hamacher was one of the student applicants who challenged the University of Michigan's undergraduate admissions policies in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court affirmative action case Gratz v. Bollinger.
 E488839 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: Patrick Hamacher | Statement: [Gratz v. Bollinger, petitioner, Patrick Hamacher]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Patrick Hamacher
Context triple: [Gratz v. Bollinger, petitioner, Patrick Hamacher]
  • A. Erich Rothacker
    Erich Rothacker was a German philosopher and cultural theorist known for his work in philosophical anthropology and the humanities, and for supervising Jürgen Habermas’s doctoral studies.
  • B. Peter Schweger
    Peter Schweger is a German architect known for designing prominent contemporary buildings, including major high-rise projects.
  • C. Dennis Weilmann
    Dennis Weilmann is a German politician who serves as the mayor of the city of Wolfsburg.
  • D. Richard Riemerschmid
    Richard Riemerschmid was a pioneering German architect and designer associated with Jugendstil and early modernism, known for his influential role in uniting art, craft, and industry.
  • E. Patrick Fischler
    Patrick Fischler is an American character actor known for his memorable supporting roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like Mulholland Drive, Mad Men, and Lost.
  • 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: Patrick Hamacher
Triple: [Gratz v. Bollinger, petitioner, Patrick Hamacher]
Generated description
Patrick Hamacher was one of the student applicants who challenged the University of Michigan's undergraduate admissions policies in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court affirmative action case Gratz v. Bollinger.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Patrick Hamacher
Target entity description: Patrick Hamacher was one of the student applicants who challenged the University of Michigan's undergraduate admissions policies in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court affirmative action case Gratz v. Bollinger.
  • A. Erich Rothacker
    Erich Rothacker was a German philosopher and cultural theorist known for his work in philosophical anthropology and the humanities, and for supervising Jürgen Habermas’s doctoral studies.
  • B. Peter Schweger
    Peter Schweger is a German architect known for designing prominent contemporary buildings, including major high-rise projects.
  • C. Dennis Weilmann
    Dennis Weilmann is a German politician who serves as the mayor of the city of Wolfsburg.
  • D. Richard Riemerschmid
    Richard Riemerschmid was a pioneering German architect and designer associated with Jugendstil and early modernism, known for his influential role in uniting art, craft, and industry.
  • E. Patrick Fischler
    Patrick Fischler is an American character actor known for his memorable supporting roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like Mulholland Drive, Mad Men, and Lost.
  • 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_69aed96624188190ac8c45bb57ab72b5 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aef97520588190922e56201fc3ca52 completed March 9, 2026, 4:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be9c31748c81909477e01261b5a78a completed March 21, 2026, 1:25 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be9e3cfa8081909378c552be3ecb41 completed March 21, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be9e902e3881909f2662cf8f086cd9 completed March 21, 2026, 1:35 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:32 p.m.