Triple
T7222472
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | United States v. Cruikshank |
E150291
|
entity |
| Predicate | involvesDefendant |
P2238
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William J. Cruikshank
William J. Cruikshank was a Reconstruction-era Louisiana figure best known as a white militia leader whose role in the Colfax Massacre led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Cruikshank, which weakened federal enforcement of civil rights protections.
|
E657914
|
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: William J. Cruikshank | Statement: [United States v. Cruikshank, involvesDefendant, William J. Cruikshank]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William J. Cruikshank Context triple: [United States v. Cruikshank, involvesDefendant, William J. Cruikshank]
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A.
Joseph Twichell
Joseph Twichell was a 19th-century American Congregational minister and close friend and advisor to author Mark Twain.
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B.
William Smith Jewett
William Smith Jewett was a 19th-century American painter known for his portraits and genre scenes.
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C.
Edward Chester Babcock
Edward Chester Babcock, better known by his professional name Jimmy Van Heusen, was a prominent American composer famed for writing numerous popular standards and film songs, many in collaboration with lyricist Sammy Cahn.
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D.
James Coblentz
James Coblentz is a film editor best known for his work on movies such as the horror film "The People Under the Stairs."
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E.
Charles H. Mason
Charles H. Mason was an early American politician who served as the first Secretary of Washington Territory in the mid-19th century.
- 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: William J. Cruikshank Triple: [United States v. Cruikshank, involvesDefendant, William J. Cruikshank]
Generated description
William J. Cruikshank was a Reconstruction-era Louisiana figure best known as a white militia leader whose role in the Colfax Massacre led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Cruikshank, which weakened federal enforcement of civil rights protections.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William J. Cruikshank Target entity description: William J. Cruikshank was a Reconstruction-era Louisiana figure best known as a white militia leader whose role in the Colfax Massacre led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Cruikshank, which weakened federal enforcement of civil rights protections.
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A.
Joseph Twichell
Joseph Twichell was a 19th-century American Congregational minister and close friend and advisor to author Mark Twain.
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B.
William Smith Jewett
William Smith Jewett was a 19th-century American painter known for his portraits and genre scenes.
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C.
Edward Chester Babcock
Edward Chester Babcock, better known by his professional name Jimmy Van Heusen, was a prominent American composer famed for writing numerous popular standards and film songs, many in collaboration with lyricist Sammy Cahn.
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D.
James Coblentz
James Coblentz is a film editor best known for his work on movies such as the horror film "The People Under the Stairs."
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E.
Charles H. Mason
Charles H. Mason was an early American politician who served as the first Secretary of Washington Territory in the mid-19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: involvesDefendant Context triple: [United States v. Cruikshank, involvesDefendant, William J. Cruikshank]
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A.
defendant
chosen
Indicates that an entity is the party accused or sued in a legal action or proceeding.
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B.
coDefendant
Indicates that two or more parties are jointly named and involved as defendants in the same legal case or proceeding.
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C.
hasDefendants
Indicates that one or more entities serve as defendants in relation to a particular legal case or proceeding.
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D.
constantInvolved
Indicates that a constant participates in or is directly involved in the specified relation, operation, or context.
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E.
involves
Indicates that an entity participates in, is a part of, or is implicated within a particular event, process, or relationship.
- 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_69c687effb44819092b95d07d0368c9f |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e9b42c5c81908c405f161c35ffb4 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:33 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7fa67ec208190b513bf7e8252cdcb |
completed | March 28, 2026, 3:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7fbe2a86881909be54dac809aa9af |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:03 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7fc84fff48190b4b43da21a9ede51 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:06 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69c6e761b7fc8190857794d78af1b468 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:24 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:54 p.m.