Triple
T17340093
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | It Had to Be Murder |
E421043
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Hal Jeffries
Hal Jeffries is the protagonist of Cornell Woolrich’s suspense story “It Had to Be Murder,” a housebound man who becomes convinced he has witnessed a killing in a neighboring apartment.
|
E1262361
|
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: Hal Jeffries | Statement: [It Had to Be Murder, mainCharacter, Hal Jeffries]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hal Jeffries Context triple: [It Had to Be Murder, mainCharacter, Hal Jeffries]
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A.
Bill Kraus
Bill Kraus was a prominent gay rights and AIDS activist in San Francisco whose advocacy and early warnings about the epidemic were later depicted in the book and film "And the Band Played On."
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B.
Ed Royce
Ed Royce is an American Republican politician and former U.S. Representative from California who chaired the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
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C.
Adam Kinzinger
Adam Kinzinger is a former Republican U.S. congressman from Illinois known for his vocal criticism of Donald Trump and prominent role in investigating the January 6 Capitol attack.
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D.
Sam Graves
Sam Graves is a Republican U.S. Representative from Missouri who has served in Congress since 2001 and is known for his leadership on transportation and infrastructure issues.
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E.
Jeb Hensarling
Jeb Hensarling is an American Republican politician who represented Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives and served as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.
- 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: Hal Jeffries Triple: [It Had to Be Murder, mainCharacter, Hal Jeffries]
Generated description
Hal Jeffries is the protagonist of Cornell Woolrich’s suspense story “It Had to Be Murder,” a housebound man who becomes convinced he has witnessed a killing in a neighboring apartment.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hal Jeffries Target entity description: Hal Jeffries is the protagonist of Cornell Woolrich’s suspense story “It Had to Be Murder,” a housebound man who becomes convinced he has witnessed a killing in a neighboring apartment.
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A.
Bill Kraus
Bill Kraus was a prominent gay rights and AIDS activist in San Francisco whose advocacy and early warnings about the epidemic were later depicted in the book and film "And the Band Played On."
-
B.
Ed Royce
Ed Royce is an American Republican politician and former U.S. Representative from California who chaired the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
-
C.
Adam Kinzinger
Adam Kinzinger is a former Republican U.S. congressman from Illinois known for his vocal criticism of Donald Trump and prominent role in investigating the January 6 Capitol attack.
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D.
Sam Graves
Sam Graves is a Republican U.S. Representative from Missouri who has served in Congress since 2001 and is known for his leadership on transportation and infrastructure issues.
-
E.
Jeb Hensarling
Jeb Hensarling is an American Republican politician who represented Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives and served as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.
- 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_69d889d3adc881909319f1edb8d2a956 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e43a14ec90819098db2ac0d58a53e1 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 2:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a018c588a7081909ab108cb4adfedfe |
completed | May 11, 2026, 7:59 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a018e0f09c881909296656b2732bf1e |
completed | May 11, 2026, 8:06 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a018e7b453c81909f75593237bcf9ec |
completed | May 11, 2026, 8:08 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:44 a.m.