Triple
T14877487
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Zodiac Killer |
E349904
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableVictim |
P870
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Paul Stine
Paul Stine was a San Francisco cab driver whose 1969 murder is widely believed to be one of the confirmed killings attributed to the Zodiac Killer.
|
E1126069
|
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: Paul Stine | Statement: [Zodiac Killer, notableVictim, Paul Stine]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Stine Context triple: [Zodiac Killer, notableVictim, Paul Stine]
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A.
Michael Blodgett
Michael Blodgett was an American actor, screenwriter, and producer known for his work in film and television from the late 1960s onward.
-
B.
Kevin Harlan
Kevin Harlan is an American sportscaster best known for his energetic play-by-play commentary on NBA and NFL broadcasts.
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C.
Michael Bates
Michael Bates was a British character actor known for his roles in films and television, including a notable appearance in the war epic "Patton" (1970).
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D.
Lou Kline
Lou Kline is a powerful, womanizing music producer whose rise and moral decline are central to several interlinked stories in Jennifer Egan’s novel "A Visit from the Goon Squad."
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E.
Pierre Ballard
Pierre Ballard was a notable member of the influential Ballard family of French music printers and publishers active from the Renaissance into the Baroque era.
- 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: Paul Stine Triple: [Zodiac Killer, notableVictim, Paul Stine]
Generated description
Paul Stine was a San Francisco cab driver whose 1969 murder is widely believed to be one of the confirmed killings attributed to the Zodiac Killer.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Stine Target entity description: Paul Stine was a San Francisco cab driver whose 1969 murder is widely believed to be one of the confirmed killings attributed to the Zodiac Killer.
-
A.
Michael Blodgett
Michael Blodgett was an American actor, screenwriter, and producer known for his work in film and television from the late 1960s onward.
-
B.
Kevin Harlan
Kevin Harlan is an American sportscaster best known for his energetic play-by-play commentary on NBA and NFL broadcasts.
-
C.
Michael Bates
Michael Bates was a British character actor known for his roles in films and television, including a notable appearance in the war epic "Patton" (1970).
-
D.
Lou Kline
Lou Kline is a powerful, womanizing music producer whose rise and moral decline are central to several interlinked stories in Jennifer Egan’s novel "A Visit from the Goon Squad."
-
E.
Pierre Ballard
Pierre Ballard was a notable member of the influential Ballard family of French music printers and publishers active from the Renaissance into the Baroque era.
- 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_69d822ee4f408190b6ac3b2fa434f0df |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ded5e4e4448190a8796573bc6d1069 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 12:03 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fe6b54ad7c819082575245da07e358 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 11:01 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fe6be21f148190bec0e5adfcc0a91a |
completed | May 8, 2026, 11:04 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fe6c6ebe4881909334d772e45403f6 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 11:06 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:55 a.m.