Triple
T7520359
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | McDonald v. City of Chicago |
E177752
|
entity |
| Predicate | petitioner |
P3132
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Otis McDonald
Otis McDonald was the lead plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case McDonald v. City of Chicago, which extended Second Amendment gun rights protections to apply against state and local governments.
|
E672024
|
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: Otis McDonald | Statement: [McDonald v. City of Chicago, petitioner, Otis McDonald]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Otis McDonald Context triple: [McDonald v. City of Chicago, petitioner, Otis McDonald]
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A.
Otis Smith
Otis Smith was one of the African American defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case involving racial violence and self-defense.
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B.
Melvin Edmonds
Melvin Edmonds was an American R&B singer best known as a founding member of the group After 7.
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C.
Clifton McNeely
Clifton McNeely was an American basketball player and coach known for being the first overall pick in the inaugural 1947 BAA (now NBA) draft.
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D.
Otis Davis
Otis Davis is an American sprinter best known for winning two gold medals and setting a world record at the 1960 Rome Olympics.
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E.
Alphonso Johnson
Alphonso Johnson is an American jazz and jazz fusion bassist best known for his work with Weather Report and numerous other influential fusion and rock acts.
- 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: Otis McDonald Triple: [McDonald v. City of Chicago, petitioner, Otis McDonald]
Generated description
Otis McDonald was the lead plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case McDonald v. City of Chicago, which extended Second Amendment gun rights protections to apply against state and local governments.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Otis McDonald Target entity description: Otis McDonald was the lead plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case McDonald v. City of Chicago, which extended Second Amendment gun rights protections to apply against state and local governments.
-
A.
Otis Smith
Otis Smith was one of the African American defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case involving racial violence and self-defense.
-
B.
Melvin Edmonds
Melvin Edmonds was an American R&B singer best known as a founding member of the group After 7.
-
C.
Clifton McNeely
Clifton McNeely was an American basketball player and coach known for being the first overall pick in the inaugural 1947 BAA (now NBA) draft.
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D.
Otis Davis
Otis Davis is an American sprinter best known for winning two gold medals and setting a world record at the 1960 Rome Olympics.
-
E.
Alphonso Johnson
Alphonso Johnson is an American jazz and jazz fusion bassist best known for his work with Weather Report and numerous other influential fusion and rock acts.
- 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_69c69f2891148190a484f3b8222c6f1b |
completed | March 27, 2026, 3:15 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f5f98ae48190946a18d7c2d33bcd |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:26 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c84efbbed48190baa687bb738a0c54 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:58 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c85331d7a48190be801f1f7350af85 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 10:16 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c85401d2048190a44830366b7f0ed4 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 10:19 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:46 p.m.