Triple

T14877492
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zodiac Killer E349904 entity
Predicate sentLettersTo P42917 FINISHED
Object San Francisco Chronicle E194454 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: San Francisco Chronicle | Statement: [Zodiac Killer, sentLettersTo, San Francisco Chronicle]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: San Francisco Chronicle
Context triple: [Zodiac Killer, sentLettersTo, San Francisco Chronicle]
  • A. San Francisco Chronicle chosen
    The San Francisco Chronicle is a major daily newspaper based in San Francisco, California, known for its coverage of Bay Area news, politics, and culture.
  • B. San Francisco Examiner
    The San Francisco Examiner is a long-running San Francisco daily newspaper historically known as the flagship publication that launched William Randolph Hearst’s media empire.
  • C. The Sacramento Bee
    The Sacramento Bee is a major daily newspaper based in Sacramento, California, known for its coverage of state politics and regional news.
  • D. San Francisco Daily Journal
    San Francisco Daily Journal is a legal-focused newspaper serving the San Francisco Bay Area’s legal community with news, case reports, and analysis.
  • E. Oakland Tribune
    The Oakland Tribune was a major daily newspaper based in Oakland, California, known for its influential coverage of Bay Area news and politics throughout much of the 20th century.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target predicate: sentLettersTo
Context triple: [Zodiac Killer, sentLettersTo, San Francisco Chronicle]
  • A. sentAs
    Indicates that one entity was transmitted, dispatched, or delivered in the form, role, or capacity of another (e.g., an item or message being sent as something specific).
  • B. writesLettersTo chosen
    Indicates that one entity composes and sends letters directed to another entity.
  • C. sentAfter
    Indicates that one message or item was sent at a later time than another specified message or item.
  • D. sentMembersTo
    Indicates that one entity dispatched or assigned its members to another entity or location.
  • E. sentAgainst
    Indicates that something (such as a message, request, or action) is directed or dispatched in opposition to a particular target or entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (4 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_69fe72ac9f6481908f7b4f63a11fe16c completed May 8, 2026, 11:33 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69de8c1a2bcc81908f914e2e2ced65eb completed April 14, 2026, 6:48 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:55 a.m.