Triple

T5478375
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Terry v. Ohio E123410 entity
Predicate petitioner P3132 FINISHED
Object John W. Terry
John W. Terry was the defendant whose stop-and-frisk by police led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Terry v. Ohio, which defined the constitutional limits of such searches under the Fourth Amendment.
 E524093 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: John W. Terry | Statement: [Terry v. Ohio, petitioner, John W. Terry]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John W. Terry
Context triple: [Terry v. Ohio, petitioner, John W. Terry]
  • A. Donovan W. Carter
    Donovan W. Carter is an American actor best known for playing NFL defensive tackle Vernon Littlefield on the HBO comedy-drama series "Ballers."
  • B. Samuel J. Crawford
    Samuel J. Crawford was the third governor of Kansas, a Civil War officer, and a prominent 19th-century political figure in the state.
  • C. Marcus J. Guillory
    Marcus J. Guillory is an American writer and producer known for his work in film and television, often exploring Southern Black culture and spiritual themes.
  • D. Anthony W. Marshall
    Anthony W. Marshall was an American film and television producer and director, best known for his work on popular sitcoms and as the father of actress-director Penny Marshall.
  • E. James W. Reid
    James W. Reid was a Canadian-American architect best known for co-designing the iconic Victorian seaside resort Hotel del Coronado in California.
  • 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: John W. Terry
Triple: [Terry v. Ohio, petitioner, John W. Terry]
Generated description
John W. Terry was the defendant whose stop-and-frisk by police led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Terry v. Ohio, which defined the constitutional limits of such searches under the Fourth Amendment.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John W. Terry
Target entity description: John W. Terry was the defendant whose stop-and-frisk by police led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Terry v. Ohio, which defined the constitutional limits of such searches under the Fourth Amendment.
  • A. Donovan W. Carter
    Donovan W. Carter is an American actor best known for playing NFL defensive tackle Vernon Littlefield on the HBO comedy-drama series "Ballers."
  • B. Samuel J. Crawford
    Samuel J. Crawford was the third governor of Kansas, a Civil War officer, and a prominent 19th-century political figure in the state.
  • C. Marcus J. Guillory
    Marcus J. Guillory is an American writer and producer known for his work in film and television, often exploring Southern Black culture and spiritual themes.
  • D. Anthony W. Marshall
    Anthony W. Marshall was an American film and television producer and director, best known for his work on popular sitcoms and as the father of actress-director Penny Marshall.
  • E. James W. Reid
    James W. Reid was a Canadian-American architect best known for co-designing the iconic Victorian seaside resort Hotel del Coronado in California.
  • 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_69bd4648883481909e9775d43300c5fa completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd9247a16c8190ac5a02534da48853 completed March 20, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf6c7a61848190970a4e34696791eb completed March 22, 2026, 4:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf6d9f672c8190a199a98a5857bafc completed March 22, 2026, 4:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf6de470348190b67c4d5b38c974cf completed March 22, 2026, 4:19 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:09 p.m.