Triple
T1794645
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | In Cold Blood |
E39575
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacters |
P9202
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Perry Smith
Perry Smith is a troubled ex-convict whose complex psychology and role in a brutal Kansas family murder are central to Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel "In Cold Blood."
|
E202296
|
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: Perry Smith | Statement: [In Cold Blood, mainCharacters, Perry Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Perry Smith Context triple: [In Cold Blood, mainCharacters, Perry Smith]
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A.
Frank Morris
Frank Morris was a real-life American bank robber best known for his daring and still-mysterious 1962 escape from the maximum-security Alcatraz prison, later dramatized in the film "Escape from Alcatraz."
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B.
Nathan Leopold
Nathan Leopold was an American criminal best known for participating in the infamous 1924 "Leopold and Loeb" murder case, in which he and Richard Loeb killed a young boy in a notorious attempt to commit the "perfect crime."
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C.
Willie Horton
Willie Horton is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and designated hitter best known as a longtime Detroit Tigers star and key contributor to their 1968 World Series championship team.
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D.
Henry Bowers
Henry Bowers is a sadistic teenage bully and one of the primary human antagonists in the 2017 horror film adaptation of Stephen King’s "It."
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E.
Gabriel Harris
Gabriel Harris is an American percussionist and musician best known for his work with his mother, folk singer and activist Joan Baez, as well as other world and folk music artists.
- 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: Perry Smith Triple: [In Cold Blood, mainCharacters, Perry Smith]
Generated description
Perry Smith is a troubled ex-convict whose complex psychology and role in a brutal Kansas family murder are central to Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel "In Cold Blood."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Perry Smith Target entity description: Perry Smith is a troubled ex-convict whose complex psychology and role in a brutal Kansas family murder are central to Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel "In Cold Blood."
-
A.
Frank Morris
Frank Morris was a real-life American bank robber best known for his daring and still-mysterious 1962 escape from the maximum-security Alcatraz prison, later dramatized in the film "Escape from Alcatraz."
-
B.
Nathan Leopold
Nathan Leopold was an American criminal best known for participating in the infamous 1924 "Leopold and Loeb" murder case, in which he and Richard Loeb killed a young boy in a notorious attempt to commit the "perfect crime."
-
C.
Willie Horton
Willie Horton is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and designated hitter best known as a longtime Detroit Tigers star and key contributor to their 1968 World Series championship team.
-
D.
Henry Bowers
Henry Bowers is a sadistic teenage bully and one of the primary human antagonists in the 2017 horror film adaptation of Stephen King’s "It."
-
E.
Gabriel Harris
Gabriel Harris is an American percussionist and musician best known for his work with his mother, folk singer and activist Joan Baez, as well as other world and folk music artists.
- 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_69a88631854081909723959921e45c2b |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa653daa0c8190a5d96c20c8a0af15 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adb5d49d7481909dcb5cc54b92e3cc |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:45 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adb8b54a5081908b7dba1ff0d1a8da |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:58 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adb9b7a32481908a11686d658a077a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:02 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.