Triple

T14076361
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Guys and Guns Amok: Domestic Terrorism and School Shootings from the Oklahoma City Bombing to the Virginia Tech Massacre E338744 entity
Predicate examinesEvent P6686 FINISHED
Object Virginia Tech massacre
The Virginia Tech massacre was a 2007 mass shooting at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, in which a student gunman killed 32 people and wounded many others, making it one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.
E1077110 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: Virginia Tech massacre | Statement: [Guys and Guns Amok: Domestic Terrorism and School Shootings from the Oklahoma City Bombing to the Virginia Tech Massacre, examinesEvent, Virginia Tech massacre]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virginia Tech massacre
Context triple: [Guys and Guns Amok: Domestic Terrorism and School Shootings from the Oklahoma City Bombing to the Virginia Tech Massacre, examinesEvent, Virginia Tech massacre]
  • A. Columbine High School massacre
    The Columbine High School massacre was a 1999 school shooting in Littleton, Colorado, in which two students murdered 13 people and wounded many others before killing themselves, becoming a defining event in debates over gun violence and school safety in the United States.
  • B. Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
    The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a 2012 mass school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in which a gunman killed 26 people, including 20 children, and sparked nationwide debate over gun control and school safety in the United States.
  • C. Dam Square shooting
    The Dam Square shooting was a violent incident in Amsterdam’s central Dam Square, remembered as a significant and tragic event in Dutch history.
  • D. Sandy Hook
    Sandy Hook is a barrier spit and popular recreational area at the northern tip of the Jersey Shore in New Jersey, known for its beaches, historic lighthouse, and views of New York Harbor.
  • E. San Ysidro McDonald’s massacre
    The San Ysidro McDonald’s massacre was a 1984 mass shooting at a McDonald’s restaurant in San Ysidro, California, in which a gunman killed 21 people and wounded many others, making it one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history at the time.
  • 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: Virginia Tech massacre
Triple: [Guys and Guns Amok: Domestic Terrorism and School Shootings from the Oklahoma City Bombing to the Virginia Tech Massacre, examinesEvent, Virginia Tech massacre]
Generated description
The Virginia Tech massacre was a 2007 mass shooting at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, in which a student gunman killed 32 people and wounded many others, making it one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virginia Tech massacre
Target entity description: The Virginia Tech massacre was a 2007 mass shooting at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, in which a student gunman killed 32 people and wounded many others, making it one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.
  • A. Columbine High School massacre
    The Columbine High School massacre was a 1999 school shooting in Littleton, Colorado, in which two students murdered 13 people and wounded many others before killing themselves, becoming a defining event in debates over gun violence and school safety in the United States.
  • B. Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
    The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a 2012 mass school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in which a gunman killed 26 people, including 20 children, and sparked nationwide debate over gun control and school safety in the United States.
  • C. Dam Square shooting
    The Dam Square shooting was a violent incident in Amsterdam’s central Dam Square, remembered as a significant and tragic event in Dutch history.
  • D. Sandy Hook
    Sandy Hook is a barrier spit and popular recreational area at the northern tip of the Jersey Shore in New Jersey, known for its beaches, historic lighthouse, and views of New York Harbor.
  • E. San Ysidro McDonald’s massacre
    The San Ysidro McDonald’s massacre was a 1984 mass shooting at a McDonald’s restaurant in San Ysidro, California, in which a gunman killed 21 people and wounded many others, making it one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history at the time.
  • 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_69d81c687b0c819087fd9ed4198403f8 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de5c5cdd288190914e1d57321b3554 completed April 14, 2026, 3:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fcb670f51c819088e8d0137f8d3bb1 completed May 7, 2026, 3:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fcbef464248190881012d92777557c completed May 7, 2026, 4:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fcbfbae7608190a8d8cf0fa270df9d completed May 7, 2026, 4:37 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:21 p.m.