Triple
T1578886
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Timothy McVeigh |
E33716
|
entity |
| Predicate | coConspirator |
P6701
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Terry Nichols
Terry Nichols is an American domestic terrorist best known for helping plan and carry out the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing alongside Timothy McVeigh.
|
E180411
|
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: Terry Nichols | Statement: [Timothy McVeigh, coConspirator, Terry Nichols]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Terry Nichols Context triple: [Timothy McVeigh, coConspirator, Terry Nichols]
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A.
Timothy McVeigh
Timothy McVeigh was an American domestic terrorist best known for perpetrating the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, one of the deadliest attacks on U.S. soil before 9/11.
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B.
Gary Zimmerman
Gary Zimmerman is a Pro Football Hall of Fame offensive tackle renowned for his dominant play with the Minnesota Vikings and Denver Broncos in the NFL.
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C.
Christopher Wallace
Christopher Wallace is an American journalist and television news anchor known for his incisive political interviews and long career at major U.S. networks.
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D.
Stephen H. Crandall
Stephen H. Crandall was a prominent American mechanical engineer and MIT professor renowned for his foundational contributions to the fields of dynamics, vibrations, and random processes in engineering.
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E.
John O’Neill
John O’Neill was a real-life FBI counterterrorism expert known for his early warnings about al-Qaeda and is prominently portrayed as a central figure in the book and TV adaptation "The Looming Tower."
- 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: Terry Nichols Triple: [Timothy McVeigh, coConspirator, Terry Nichols]
Generated description
Terry Nichols is an American domestic terrorist best known for helping plan and carry out the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing alongside Timothy McVeigh.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Terry Nichols Target entity description: Terry Nichols is an American domestic terrorist best known for helping plan and carry out the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing alongside Timothy McVeigh.
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A.
Timothy McVeigh
Timothy McVeigh was an American domestic terrorist best known for perpetrating the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, one of the deadliest attacks on U.S. soil before 9/11.
-
B.
Gary Zimmerman
Gary Zimmerman is a Pro Football Hall of Fame offensive tackle renowned for his dominant play with the Minnesota Vikings and Denver Broncos in the NFL.
-
C.
Christopher Wallace
Christopher Wallace is an American journalist and television news anchor known for his incisive political interviews and long career at major U.S. networks.
-
D.
Stephen H. Crandall
Stephen H. Crandall was a prominent American mechanical engineer and MIT professor renowned for his foundational contributions to the fields of dynamics, vibrations, and random processes in engineering.
-
E.
John O’Neill
John O’Neill was a real-life FBI counterterrorism expert known for his early warnings about al-Qaeda and is prominently portrayed as a central figure in the book and TV adaptation "The Looming Tower."
- 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_69a885f27a4c8190a4622252cdf54c00 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a908d67bd08190afa8c504ed5273ee |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:38 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad4698cde88190a113cb7cebc3df1e |
completed | March 8, 2026, 9:51 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad47189b388190acd217b2ba37533b |
completed | March 8, 2026, 9:53 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad47ffc5088190aeba84f6d92ff86f |
completed | March 8, 2026, 9:57 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.