Triple

T4594676
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Buck v. Bell opinion E103577 entity
Predicate concernsInstitution P4257 FINISHED
Object Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feeble-Minded
The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feeble-Minded was a state-run institution in Virginia infamous for its role in the early 20th-century eugenics movement, including the forced sterilization of patients upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in Buck v. Bell.
E458339 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: Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feeble-Minded | Statement: [Buck v. Bell opinion, concernsInstitution, Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feeble-Minded]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feeble-Minded
Context triple: [Buck v. Bell opinion, concernsInstitution, Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feeble-Minded]
  • A. Tewksbury State Hospital
    Tewksbury State Hospital is a long-standing public healthcare institution in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, historically known for serving psychiatric and long-term care patients.
  • B. McLean Asylum for the Insane
    McLean Asylum for the Insane was a prominent 19th-century psychiatric institution in Massachusetts that evolved into the modern McLean Hospital, known for its influential role in mental health care and research.
  • C. Medfield State Hospital
    Medfield State Hospital is a historic, now-closed psychiatric hospital in Medfield, Massachusetts, known for its extensive campus and frequent use as a filming location for movies and television.
  • D. Trenton Psychiatric Hospital
    Trenton Psychiatric Hospital is a state-run mental health facility in New Jersey that provides inpatient psychiatric care and treatment services.
  • E. Oregon State Hospital
    Oregon State Hospital is a state-run psychiatric facility in Oregon that provides mental health treatment and forensic services to adults under the authority of the Oregon Health Authority.
  • 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: Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feeble-Minded
Triple: [Buck v. Bell opinion, concernsInstitution, Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feeble-Minded]
Generated description
The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feeble-Minded was a state-run institution in Virginia infamous for its role in the early 20th-century eugenics movement, including the forced sterilization of patients upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in Buck v. Bell.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feeble-Minded
Target entity description: The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feeble-Minded was a state-run institution in Virginia infamous for its role in the early 20th-century eugenics movement, including the forced sterilization of patients upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in Buck v. Bell.
  • A. Tewksbury State Hospital
    Tewksbury State Hospital is a long-standing public healthcare institution in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, historically known for serving psychiatric and long-term care patients.
  • B. McLean Asylum for the Insane
    McLean Asylum for the Insane was a prominent 19th-century psychiatric institution in Massachusetts that evolved into the modern McLean Hospital, known for its influential role in mental health care and research.
  • C. Medfield State Hospital
    Medfield State Hospital is a historic, now-closed psychiatric hospital in Medfield, Massachusetts, known for its extensive campus and frequent use as a filming location for movies and television.
  • D. Trenton Psychiatric Hospital
    Trenton Psychiatric Hospital is a state-run mental health facility in New Jersey that provides inpatient psychiatric care and treatment services.
  • E. Oregon State Hospital
    Oregon State Hospital is a state-run psychiatric facility in Oregon that provides mental health treatment and forensic services to adults under the authority of the Oregon Health Authority.
  • 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_69bd43dccaf08190aa89e9991a289719 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd593e115081909b11149e02fe4ef3 completed March 20, 2026, 2:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdfa4552148190be200be028ef3fdd completed March 21, 2026, 1:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdfb36a18481908bb566db970b101a completed March 21, 2026, 1:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdfbc9bea48190a8a0bf13c6fa7191 completed March 21, 2026, 2 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:11 p.m.