Triple
T5853235
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Henry J. Friendly |
E130086
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
“In Praise of Erie—and of the New Federal Common Law”
“In Praise of Erie—and of the New Federal Common Law” is a highly influential legal essay by Judge Henry J. Friendly that analyzes and defends the Supreme Court’s Erie doctrine while exploring the contours of modern federal common law.
|
E550212
|
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: “In Praise of Erie—and of the New Federal Common Law” | Statement: [Henry J. Friendly, notableWork, “In Praise of Erie—and of the New Federal Common Law”]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “In Praise of Erie—and of the New Federal Common Law” Context triple: [Henry J. Friendly, notableWork, “In Praise of Erie—and of the New Federal Common Law”]
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A.
Erie doctrine
The Erie doctrine is a fundamental U.S. legal principle requiring federal courts in diversity jurisdiction cases to apply state substantive law instead of creating or using federal general common law.
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B.
A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the Law
A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the Law is a book in which Justice Antonin Scalia articulates and defends his textualist approach to statutory and constitutional interpretation in the American legal system.
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C.
The Spirit of the Common Law
The Spirit of the Common Law is a seminal legal treatise that explores the historical development, underlying philosophy, and social function of the Anglo-American common law tradition.
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D.
Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania
The Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania is the statewide court system that oversees all levels of Pennsylvania’s judiciary, including appellate, trial, and minor courts.
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E.
Law and Contemporary Problems
Law and Contemporary Problems is a scholarly legal journal affiliated with Duke University School of Law that publishes interdisciplinary analyses of current legal and policy issues.
- 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: “In Praise of Erie—and of the New Federal Common Law” Triple: [Henry J. Friendly, notableWork, “In Praise of Erie—and of the New Federal Common Law”]
Generated description
“In Praise of Erie—and of the New Federal Common Law” is a highly influential legal essay by Judge Henry J. Friendly that analyzes and defends the Supreme Court’s Erie doctrine while exploring the contours of modern federal common law.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “In Praise of Erie—and of the New Federal Common Law” Target entity description: “In Praise of Erie—and of the New Federal Common Law” is a highly influential legal essay by Judge Henry J. Friendly that analyzes and defends the Supreme Court’s Erie doctrine while exploring the contours of modern federal common law.
-
A.
Erie doctrine
The Erie doctrine is a fundamental U.S. legal principle requiring federal courts in diversity jurisdiction cases to apply state substantive law instead of creating or using federal general common law.
-
B.
A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the Law
A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the Law is a book in which Justice Antonin Scalia articulates and defends his textualist approach to statutory and constitutional interpretation in the American legal system.
-
C.
The Spirit of the Common Law
The Spirit of the Common Law is a seminal legal treatise that explores the historical development, underlying philosophy, and social function of the Anglo-American common law tradition.
-
D.
Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania
The Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania is the statewide court system that oversees all levels of Pennsylvania’s judiciary, including appellate, trial, and minor courts.
-
E.
Law and Contemporary Problems
Law and Contemporary Problems is a scholarly legal journal affiliated with Duke University School of Law that publishes interdisciplinary analyses of current legal and policy issues.
- 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_69c0084de39081909eb34e6bed74215a |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c035529cf88190acc547ae839950e7 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0a1b8f8508190942ce1725884d254 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c0a30d66088190b6e37a95527b273d |
completed | March 23, 2026, 2:18 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c0a364931c81908d595d74cb4f9a7b |
completed | March 23, 2026, 2:20 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:55 p.m.