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)]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)]
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A.
memberOf
Indicates that an entity belongs to, is part of, or is a constituent of a larger group, organization, or collection.
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B.
composedBy
Indicates that one entity is the creator or author of a musical or artistic work associated with another entity.
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C.
formedByUnionOf
Indicates that something is created or defined as the union or combination of multiple other things.
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D.
formedBy
Indicates that something comes into existence or is created as a result of a specific agent, process, or combination of components.
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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.