Triple
T7149251
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | St. Mary’s Honor Center v. Hicks |
E166648
|
entity |
| Predicate | respondent |
P2238
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Melvin Hicks
Melvin Hicks is the employee whose discrimination claim led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case St. Mary’s Honor Center v. Hicks, which clarified the burden-shifting framework in employment discrimination law.
|
E661110
|
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: Melvin Hicks | Statement: [St. Mary’s Honor Center v. Hicks, respondent, Melvin Hicks]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Melvin Hicks Context triple: [St. Mary’s Honor Center v. Hicks, respondent, Melvin Hicks]
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A.
Melvin Gregg
Melvin Gregg is an American actor and former Vine personality known for his roles in film and television, including the series "Nine Perfect Strangers."
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B.
Marvin Hartley
Marvin Hartley is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the Hartley surname.
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C.
Marvin Andrews
Marvin Andrews is a Trinidad and Tobago former central defender best known for his powerful, committed performances in Scottish football, particularly with clubs like Livingston and Rangers.
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D.
Marvin Kent
Marvin Kent was a 19th-century American railroad executive and businessman after whom the city of Kent, Ohio, is named.
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E.
Leon Huff
Leon Huff is an American songwriter and producer best known as half of the legendary Philadelphia soul duo Gamble and Huff, who crafted numerous R&B and soul hits in the 1960s and 1970s.
- 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: Melvin Hicks Triple: [St. Mary’s Honor Center v. Hicks, respondent, Melvin Hicks]
Generated description
Melvin Hicks is the employee whose discrimination claim led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case St. Mary’s Honor Center v. Hicks, which clarified the burden-shifting framework in employment discrimination law.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Melvin Hicks Target entity description: Melvin Hicks is the employee whose discrimination claim led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case St. Mary’s Honor Center v. Hicks, which clarified the burden-shifting framework in employment discrimination law.
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A.
Melvin Gregg
Melvin Gregg is an American actor and former Vine personality known for his roles in film and television, including the series "Nine Perfect Strangers."
-
B.
Marvin Hartley
Marvin Hartley is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the Hartley surname.
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C.
Marvin Andrews
Marvin Andrews is a Trinidad and Tobago former central defender best known for his powerful, committed performances in Scottish football, particularly with clubs like Livingston and Rangers.
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D.
Marvin Kent
Marvin Kent was a 19th-century American railroad executive and businessman after whom the city of Kent, Ohio, is named.
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E.
Leon Huff
Leon Huff is an American songwriter and producer best known as half of the legendary Philadelphia soul duo Gamble and Huff, who crafted numerous R&B and soul hits in the 1960s and 1970s.
- 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_69c810ae557881908340cee60c9d7932 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:32 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c8119611148190ae72e52242798dfe |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c8121126e08190a95ab570569158cf |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:38 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:46 p.m.