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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.