Triple

T537133
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit E12349 entity
Predicate geographicCircuit P3908 FINISHED
Object Fourth federal judicial circuit
The Fourth federal judicial circuit is the regional jurisdiction of the U.S. federal courts of appeals that covers Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
E68356 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Fourth federal judicial circuit | Statement: [United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, geographicCircuit, Fourth federal judicial circuit]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fourth federal judicial circuit
Context triple: [United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, geographicCircuit, Fourth federal judicial circuit]
  • A. United States courts of appeals
    The United States courts of appeals are the federal intermediate appellate courts that review decisions from district courts and federal agencies before potential review by the Supreme Court.
  • B. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, making it one of the key intermediate courts in the U.S. judiciary.
  • C. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in a large western region of the United States, including states such as California, Arizona, and Washington.
  • D. United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in New York, Connecticut, and Vermont and is known for its influential decisions in areas such as securities law, immigration, and constitutional rights.
  • E. United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  • 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: Fourth federal judicial circuit
Triple: [United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, geographicCircuit, Fourth federal judicial circuit]
Generated description
The Fourth federal judicial circuit is the regional jurisdiction of the U.S. federal courts of appeals that covers Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fourth federal judicial circuit
Target entity description: The Fourth federal judicial circuit is the regional jurisdiction of the U.S. federal courts of appeals that covers Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
  • A. United States courts of appeals
    The United States courts of appeals are the federal intermediate appellate courts that review decisions from district courts and federal agencies before potential review by the Supreme Court.
  • B. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, making it one of the key intermediate courts in the U.S. judiciary.
  • C. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in a large western region of the United States, including states such as California, Arizona, and Washington.
  • D. United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in New York, Connecticut, and Vermont and is known for its influential decisions in areas such as securities law, immigration, and constitutional rights.
  • E. United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: geographicCircuit
Context triple: [United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, geographicCircuit, Fourth federal judicial circuit]
  • A. geographicContext
    Indicates that one entity is situated within, associated with, or characterized by the geographic setting or region defined by another entity.
  • B. geographicCenter
    Indicates the location that serves as the central point of a geographic area or region.
  • C. judicialCircuit chosen
    Indicates the judicial circuit within which a legal entity, case, or jurisdiction is organized or falls under authority.
  • D. regionException
    Indicates an exception or exclusion to a rule, condition, or classification that applies specifically to a certain region or set of regions.
  • E. hasGeographyCharacteristic
    Indicates that an entity possesses a specific geographical feature, property, or attribute.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a4933208e88190891f5debab1b776d completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4985e51908190a34aa82ea9dbee1e completed March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4d0403b248190a94b44b6073c500b completed March 1, 2026, 11:48 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4d0aefa00819087320c7df48d8998 completed March 1, 2026, 11:50 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4d130c6f081909b628aeafd2fc319 completed March 1, 2026, 11:52 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a494b51ff08190a39f4168fd9a7ddf completed March 1, 2026, 7:34 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.