Triple

T7149140
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject New York Times Co. v. Sullivan E166646 entity
Predicate respondent P2238 FINISHED
Object L. B. Sullivan
L. B. Sullivan was a Montgomery, Alabama public official whose defamation lawsuit led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, which established the “actual malice” standard for libel actions involving public officials.
 E690358 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: L. B. Sullivan | Statement: [New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, respondent, L. B. Sullivan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: L. B. Sullivan
Context triple: [New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, respondent, L. B. Sullivan]
  • A. Cornelius J. Sullivan
    Cornelius J. Sullivan was an American lawyer and art collector active in early 20th-century New York cultural circles.
  • B. Francis L. Sullivan
    Francis L. Sullivan was a British character actor known for his commanding presence and roles in classic films and stage productions, often portraying authoritative or villainous figures.
  • C. C. Gardner Sullivan
    C. Gardner Sullivan was an influential early American screenwriter known for his work on silent and early sound films in Hollywood.
  • D. Edmund J. Sullivan
    Edmund J. Sullivan was a British illustrator best known for his intricate and imaginative pen-and-ink work in early 20th-century book and magazine illustration.
  • E. William J. Sullivan
    William J. Sullivan is a music producer and engineer known for his work on the collaborative hip-hop project Kids See Ghosts.
  • 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: L. B. Sullivan
Triple: [New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, respondent, L. B. Sullivan]
Generated description
L. B. Sullivan was a Montgomery, Alabama public official whose defamation lawsuit led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, which established the “actual malice” standard for libel actions involving public officials.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: L. B. Sullivan
Target entity description: L. B. Sullivan was a Montgomery, Alabama public official whose defamation lawsuit led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, which established the “actual malice” standard for libel actions involving public officials.
  • A. Cornelius J. Sullivan
    Cornelius J. Sullivan was an American lawyer and art collector active in early 20th-century New York cultural circles.
  • B. Francis L. Sullivan
    Francis L. Sullivan was a British character actor known for his commanding presence and roles in classic films and stage productions, often portraying authoritative or villainous figures.
  • C. C. Gardner Sullivan
    C. Gardner Sullivan was an influential early American screenwriter known for his work on silent and early sound films in Hollywood.
  • D. Edmund J. Sullivan
    Edmund J. Sullivan was a British illustrator best known for his intricate and imaginative pen-and-ink work in early 20th-century book and magazine illustration.
  • E. William J. Sullivan
    William J. Sullivan is a music producer and engineer known for his work on the collaborative hip-hop project Kids See Ghosts.
  • 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_69c68886779c8190a8e3fbabffe68253 completed March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e7f130e08190bc5ca99f90f9de92 completed March 27, 2026, 8:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c934c199f08190a8fbb7f3c6f5464c completed March 29, 2026, 2:18 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c93547255c81909a56ff28da51c3c4 completed March 29, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c9359dd42c8190929f204c11194041 completed March 29, 2026, 2:22 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:46 p.m.