Triple
T4605121
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. |
E100412
|
entity |
| Predicate | dissentingOpinionBy |
P4515
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William S. Andrews
William S. Andrews was an American judge best known for his influential dissent in the landmark tort law case Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co., which helped shape modern concepts of proximate cause.
|
E648117
|
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: William S. Andrews | Statement: [Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co., dissentingOpinionBy, William S. Andrews]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William S. Andrews Context triple: [Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co., dissentingOpinionBy, William S. Andrews]
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A.
William G. Anderson
William G. Anderson was an American osteopathic physician and prominent civil rights leader who helped spearhead desegregation efforts in the early 1960s.
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B.
George R. Roberts
George R. Roberts is an American billionaire investor and co-founder of the private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), known as a pioneer in leveraged buyouts.
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C.
J. N. Andrews
J. N. Andrews was a prominent 19th-century Seventh-day Adventist scholar, missionary, and theologian, recognized as one of the denomination’s earliest and most influential leaders.
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D.
Arthur B. McBride
Arthur B. McBride was an American businessman best known for establishing and initially owning the Cleveland Browns professional football franchise.
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E.
Louis W. Hill
Louis W. Hill was an American railroad executive and businessman who helped expand and promote the Great Northern Railway and tourism in the northwestern United States.
- 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: William S. Andrews Triple: [Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co., dissentingOpinionBy, William S. Andrews]
Generated description
William S. Andrews was an American judge best known for his influential dissent in the landmark tort law case Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co., which helped shape modern concepts of proximate cause.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William S. Andrews Target entity description: William S. Andrews was an American judge best known for his influential dissent in the landmark tort law case Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co., which helped shape modern concepts of proximate cause.
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A.
William G. Anderson
William G. Anderson was an American osteopathic physician and prominent civil rights leader who helped spearhead desegregation efforts in the early 1960s.
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B.
George R. Roberts
George R. Roberts is an American billionaire investor and co-founder of the private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), known as a pioneer in leveraged buyouts.
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C.
J. N. Andrews
J. N. Andrews was a prominent 19th-century Seventh-day Adventist scholar, missionary, and theologian, recognized as one of the denomination’s earliest and most influential leaders.
-
D.
Arthur B. McBride
Arthur B. McBride was an American businessman best known for establishing and initially owning the Cleveland Browns professional football franchise.
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E.
Louis W. Hill
Louis W. Hill was an American railroad executive and businessman who helped expand and promote the Great Northern Railway and tourism in the northwestern United States.
- 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_69bd43cce1e08190a07d53af6a9b6c24 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd5999f9c88190a43309573df61159 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 2:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7bf5fcf588190bcd52c539c3958b0 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:45 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7c0116fc081908a9a5facb3a6bcd6 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:48 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7c073b6208190b2983b6eae0ddcd3 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:50 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:12 p.m.