Triple
T8067887
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alex Kozinski |
E188290
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableCaseInvolvement |
P17092
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc.
Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc. is a landmark U.S. copyright and trademark case in which the Ninth Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Alex Kozinski, held that the song "Barbie Girl" was protected parody and did not infringe Mattel’s rights in the Barbie doll.
|
E709613
|
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: Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc. | Statement: [Alex Kozinski, notableCaseInvolvement, Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc. Context triple: [Alex Kozinski, notableCaseInvolvement, Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc.]
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A.
Hicklin v. Orbeck
Hicklin v. Orbeck is a 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down Alaska’s local-hire law for violating the Privileges and Immunities Clause by discriminating against nonresident workers.
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B.
Basic Inc. v. Levinson
Basic Inc. v. Levinson is a landmark 1988 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the fraud-on-the-market theory and clarified the materiality standard for misstatements in securities fraud class actions.
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C.
Lucas v. Earl
Lucas v. Earl is a landmark 1930 U.S. Supreme Court tax law case that established the principle that income is taxed to the person who earns it, regardless of contractual arrangements to split or assign that income.
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D.
Sherbert v. Verner
Sherbert v. Verner is a landmark 1963 U.S. Supreme Court case that strengthened protections for religious liberty by requiring strict scrutiny of government actions that substantially burden individuals’ religious practices.
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E.
Connick v. Myers
Connick v. Myers is a 1983 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited public employees’ First Amendment protections by holding that their speech is only constitutionally protected when it addresses matters of public concern rather than personal workplace grievances.
- 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: Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc. Triple: [Alex Kozinski, notableCaseInvolvement, Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc.]
Generated description
Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc. is a landmark U.S. copyright and trademark case in which the Ninth Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Alex Kozinski, held that the song "Barbie Girl" was protected parody and did not infringe Mattel’s rights in the Barbie doll.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc. Target entity description: Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc. is a landmark U.S. copyright and trademark case in which the Ninth Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Alex Kozinski, held that the song "Barbie Girl" was protected parody and did not infringe Mattel’s rights in the Barbie doll.
-
A.
Hicklin v. Orbeck
Hicklin v. Orbeck is a 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down Alaska’s local-hire law for violating the Privileges and Immunities Clause by discriminating against nonresident workers.
-
B.
Basic Inc. v. Levinson
Basic Inc. v. Levinson is a landmark 1988 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the fraud-on-the-market theory and clarified the materiality standard for misstatements in securities fraud class actions.
-
C.
Lucas v. Earl
Lucas v. Earl is a landmark 1930 U.S. Supreme Court tax law case that established the principle that income is taxed to the person who earns it, regardless of contractual arrangements to split or assign that income.
-
D.
Sherbert v. Verner
Sherbert v. Verner is a landmark 1963 U.S. Supreme Court case that strengthened protections for religious liberty by requiring strict scrutiny of government actions that substantially burden individuals’ religious practices.
-
E.
Connick v. Myers
Connick v. Myers is a 1983 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited public employees’ First Amendment protections by holding that their speech is only constitutionally protected when it addresses matters of public concern rather than personal workplace grievances.
- 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_69ca82b42674819086840efea12478e5 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb3ff8a4fc8190a97fc7111ca7ec4d |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:31 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cc63e587908190980f1f026f4aa153 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:16 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cc651c5f788190908c6d84c58cba0f |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:21 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cc6649d2348190996802140b455348 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:26 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:27 p.m.