Triple

T79079
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject United States v. Virginia (1996) majority opinion E1585 entity
Predicate joinedBy P1509 FINISHED
Object William J. Brennan Jr. (by designation: not; remove if inaccurate)
William J. Brennan Jr. was a long-serving Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his influential liberal jurisprudence, strong advocacy of individual rights, and expansive interpretation of the Constitution’s protections.
E4974 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. Brennan Jr. (by designation: not; remove if inaccurate) | Statement: [United States v. Virginia (1996) majority opinion, joinedBy, William J. Brennan Jr. (by designation: not; remove if inaccurate)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William J. Brennan Jr. (by designation: not; remove if inaccurate)
Context triple: [United States v. Virginia (1996) majority opinion, joinedBy, William J. Brennan Jr. (by designation: not; remove if inaccurate)]
  • A. Thurgood Marshall
    Thurgood Marshall was the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice and a pioneering civil rights lawyer who successfully argued Brown v. Board of Education, helping dismantle legal segregation in the United States.
  • B. Paul G. Kirk
    Paul G. Kirk is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as interim U.S. Senator from Massachusetts following the death of Edward M. Kennedy.
  • C. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
    Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a pioneering American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and became a leading advocate for gender equality and civil rights.
  • D. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was a 19th-century American physician, poet, and essayist known for his wit, literary works, and contributions to medical reform.
  • E. John V. L. Hogan
    John V. L. Hogan was an American radio engineer and pioneer in early radio technology and broadcasting.
  • 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. Brennan Jr. (by designation: not; remove if inaccurate)
Triple: [United States v. Virginia (1996) majority opinion, joinedBy, William J. Brennan Jr. (by designation: not; remove if inaccurate)]
Generated description
William J. Brennan Jr. was a long-serving Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his influential liberal jurisprudence, strong advocacy of individual rights, and expansive interpretation of the Constitution’s protections.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William J. Brennan Jr. (by designation: not; remove if inaccurate)
Target entity description: William J. Brennan Jr. was a long-serving Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his influential liberal jurisprudence, strong advocacy of individual rights, and expansive interpretation of the Constitution’s protections.
  • A. Thurgood Marshall
    Thurgood Marshall was the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice and a pioneering civil rights lawyer who successfully argued Brown v. Board of Education, helping dismantle legal segregation in the United States.
  • B. Paul G. Kirk
    Paul G. Kirk is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as interim U.S. Senator from Massachusetts following the death of Edward M. Kennedy.
  • C. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
    Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a pioneering American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and became a leading advocate for gender equality and civil rights.
  • D. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was a 19th-century American physician, poet, and essayist known for his wit, literary works, and contributions to medical reform.
  • E. John V. L. Hogan
    John V. L. Hogan was an American radio engineer and pioneer in early radio technology and broadcasting.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: joinedBy
Context triple: [United States v. Virginia (1996) majority opinion, joinedBy, William J. Brennan Jr. (by designation: not; remove if inaccurate)]
  • A. memberOf
    Indicates that an entity belongs to, is part of, or is a constituent of a larger group, organization, or collection.
  • B. composedBy
    Indicates that one entity is the creator or author of a musical or artistic work associated with another entity.
  • C. formedByUnionOf
    Indicates that something is created or defined as the union or combination of multiple other things.
  • D. formedBy
    Indicates that something comes into existence or is created as a result of a specific agent, process, or combination of components.
  • E. attendedBy chosen
    Indicates that an event, place, or activity is participated in or visited by a particular person or group.
  • 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_69a24c60d19c8190a1b6c105ca59ef5b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24fd16c248190a6ee4cd96c388772 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a255522b0081909f8a02667108a6d3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a255ef9b1081909fe71530250bd68b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a256c673748190abb6b556701b4a2a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:45 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a24eb126b48190b410b859c1be99aa completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:10 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.