Triple
T14877494
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Zodiac Killer |
E349904
|
entity |
| Predicate | sentLettersTo |
P42917
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Vallejo Times-Herald
The Vallejo Times-Herald is a local newspaper serving Vallejo, California, historically noted for its coverage of and involvement in the Zodiac Killer case.
|
E1126073
|
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: Vallejo Times-Herald | Statement: [Zodiac Killer, sentLettersTo, Vallejo Times-Herald]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vallejo Times-Herald Context triple: [Zodiac Killer, sentLettersTo, Vallejo Times-Herald]
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A.
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.
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B.
The Modesto Bee
The Modesto Bee is a regional daily newspaper serving Modesto and California’s Central Valley with local news, sports, and community coverage.
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C.
San Francisco Chronicle
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.
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D.
The Fresno Bee
The Fresno Bee is a daily newspaper based in Fresno, California, known for covering local news, politics, and community issues in California’s Central Valley.
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E.
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.
- 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: Vallejo Times-Herald Triple: [Zodiac Killer, sentLettersTo, Vallejo Times-Herald]
Generated description
The Vallejo Times-Herald is a local newspaper serving Vallejo, California, historically noted for its coverage of and involvement in the Zodiac Killer case.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vallejo Times-Herald Target entity description: The Vallejo Times-Herald is a local newspaper serving Vallejo, California, historically noted for its coverage of and involvement in the Zodiac Killer case.
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A.
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.
-
B.
The Modesto Bee
The Modesto Bee is a regional daily newspaper serving Modesto and California’s Central Valley with local news, sports, and community coverage.
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C.
San Francisco Chronicle
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.
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D.
The Fresno Bee
The Fresno Bee is a daily newspaper based in Fresno, California, known for covering local news, politics, and community issues in California’s Central Valley.
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E.
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.
- 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.