Triple
T16849414
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 16 Shots |
E409629
|
entity |
| Predicate | describesEvent |
P264
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald
The 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald was a highly publicized police killing of a Black teenager in Chicago that sparked nationwide protests, exposed a cover-up by city officials, and led to the murder conviction of officer Jason Van Dyke.
|
E1236706
|
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: 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald | Statement: [16 Shots, describesEvent, 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald Context triple: [16 Shots, describesEvent, 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald]
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A.
2014 shooting of Michael Brown
The 2014 shooting of Michael Brown was a fatal police shooting of an unarmed Black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, that sparked nationwide protests and a major debate over race, policing, and use of force in the United States.
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B.
Shooting of Amadou Diallo
The Shooting of Amadou Diallo was a 1999 police shooting in New York City in which an unarmed West African immigrant was killed by officers who fired 41 shots, sparking widespread outrage and debates over racial profiling and police brutality in the United States.
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C.
Sandra Bland case
The Sandra Bland case involves the 2015 arrest and subsequent death in a Texas jail of Sandra Bland, a Black woman whose treatment by law enforcement sparked national outrage and debates over racism and police brutality in the United States.
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D.
Dam Square shooting
The Dam Square shooting was a violent incident in Amsterdam’s central Dam Square, remembered as a significant and tragic event in Dutch history.
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E.
Stringybark Creek police killings
The Stringybark Creek police killings were a notorious 1878 incident in Victoria, Australia, in which members of the Kelly gang shot and killed three policemen, escalating Ned Kelly’s outlaw status and leading to his eventual capture and execution.
- 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: 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald Triple: [16 Shots, describesEvent, 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald]
Generated description
The 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald was a highly publicized police killing of a Black teenager in Chicago that sparked nationwide protests, exposed a cover-up by city officials, and led to the murder conviction of officer Jason Van Dyke.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald Target entity description: The 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald was a highly publicized police killing of a Black teenager in Chicago that sparked nationwide protests, exposed a cover-up by city officials, and led to the murder conviction of officer Jason Van Dyke.
-
A.
2014 shooting of Michael Brown
The 2014 shooting of Michael Brown was a fatal police shooting of an unarmed Black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, that sparked nationwide protests and a major debate over race, policing, and use of force in the United States.
-
B.
Shooting of Amadou Diallo
The Shooting of Amadou Diallo was a 1999 police shooting in New York City in which an unarmed West African immigrant was killed by officers who fired 41 shots, sparking widespread outrage and debates over racial profiling and police brutality in the United States.
-
C.
Sandra Bland case
The Sandra Bland case involves the 2015 arrest and subsequent death in a Texas jail of Sandra Bland, a Black woman whose treatment by law enforcement sparked national outrage and debates over racism and police brutality in the United States.
-
D.
Dam Square shooting
The Dam Square shooting was a violent incident in Amsterdam’s central Dam Square, remembered as a significant and tragic event in Dutch history.
-
E.
Stringybark Creek police killings
The Stringybark Creek police killings were a notorious 1878 incident in Victoria, Australia, in which members of the Kelly gang shot and killed three policemen, escalating Ned Kelly’s outlaw status and leading to his eventual capture and execution.
- 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_69d883952b048190887740a980b712ed |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:59 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3b377b5d881909f0878dd9957f3bc |
completed | April 18, 2026, 4:38 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00bb1f02648190937c692af83843dc |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:06 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00bbc80d54819092de4ee363508b49 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:09 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a00bc633abc8190a86808986ba294ec |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:12 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:24 a.m.