Triple
T4397654
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sherman Antitrust Act |
E99530
|
entity |
| Predicate | landmarkCase |
P9728
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
United States v. E. C. Knight Co.
United States v. E. C. Knight Co. was an 1895 U.S. Supreme Court decision that sharply limited the federal government’s power to regulate monopolies under the Commerce Clause, weakening early enforcement of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
|
E436008
|
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: United States v. E. C. Knight Co. | Statement: [Sherman Antitrust Act, landmarkCase, United States v. E. C. Knight Co.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States v. E. C. Knight Co. Context triple: [Sherman Antitrust Act, landmarkCase, United States v. E. C. Knight Co.]
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A.
Lochner v. New York
Lochner v. New York is a landmark 1905 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a state labor regulation and became emblematic of the era in which the Court used substantive due process to protect economic liberty and limit government regulation of business.
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B.
Hammer v. Dagenhart
Hammer v. Dagenhart was a 1918 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down federal child labor regulations under the Commerce Clause, later repudiated as a symbol of restrictive interpretations of federal power.
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C.
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. is a landmark 1937 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld federal power to regulate labor relations, marking a major expansion of Congress’s authority over interstate commerce.
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D.
Downes v. Bidwell
Downes v. Bidwell is a 1901 U.S. Supreme Court case that helped establish the "Insular Cases" doctrine, holding that full constitutional rights do not automatically extend to all territories under American control.
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E.
United States v. Butler
United States v. Butler was a 1936 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down key provisions of the New Deal’s Agricultural Adjustment Act as an unconstitutional use of federal taxing and spending power.
- 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: United States v. E. C. Knight Co. Triple: [Sherman Antitrust Act, landmarkCase, United States v. E. C. Knight Co.]
Generated description
United States v. E. C. Knight Co. was an 1895 U.S. Supreme Court decision that sharply limited the federal government’s power to regulate monopolies under the Commerce Clause, weakening early enforcement of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States v. E. C. Knight Co. Target entity description: United States v. E. C. Knight Co. was an 1895 U.S. Supreme Court decision that sharply limited the federal government’s power to regulate monopolies under the Commerce Clause, weakening early enforcement of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
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A.
Lochner v. New York
Lochner v. New York is a landmark 1905 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a state labor regulation and became emblematic of the era in which the Court used substantive due process to protect economic liberty and limit government regulation of business.
-
B.
Hammer v. Dagenhart
Hammer v. Dagenhart was a 1918 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down federal child labor regulations under the Commerce Clause, later repudiated as a symbol of restrictive interpretations of federal power.
-
C.
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. is a landmark 1937 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld federal power to regulate labor relations, marking a major expansion of Congress’s authority over interstate commerce.
-
D.
Downes v. Bidwell
Downes v. Bidwell is a 1901 U.S. Supreme Court case that helped establish the "Insular Cases" doctrine, holding that full constitutional rights do not automatically extend to all territories under American control.
-
E.
United States v. Butler
United States v. Butler was a 1936 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down key provisions of the New Deal’s Agricultural Adjustment Act as an unconstitutional use of federal taxing and spending power.
- 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_69b345506b408190b0e3dee616738a7d |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b352adce588190b9e6ed53458aa1e1 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:56 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5e53ae7bc8190b216319e522b11c6 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:46 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5e5f8b9bc8190abb35710e2ddbe5e |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:49 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5e62af694819086b3eddb71f591d2 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:50 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:20 p.m.