Triple

T1794646
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject In Cold Blood E39575 entity
Predicate mainCharacters P9202 FINISHED
Object Richard Hickock
Richard Hickock was one of the two ex-convicts who brutally murdered the Clutter family in 1959, a crime famously chronicled in 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: Richard Hickock | Statement: [In Cold Blood, mainCharacters, Richard Hickock]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Hickock
Context triple: [In Cold Blood, mainCharacters, Richard Hickock]
  • A. Herb Clutter
    Herb Clutter is the prosperous, devout Kansas farmer and family man whose 1959 murder is central to Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel "In Cold Blood."
  • B. Ma Barker
    Ma Barker was a notorious American crime matriarch of the early 20th century, associated with the Barker–Karpis gang and widely (though controversially) portrayed as the mastermind behind her sons’ criminal activities.
  • C. 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."
  • D. John Hardin
    John Hardin was an American frontiersman and soldier of the late 18th century, known for his role in early Kentucky and Ohio Valley conflicts and for whom Hardin County, Kentucky, is named.
  • E. Jesse James
    Jesse James is a classic 1939 Western film dramatizing the life of the infamous American outlaw, starring Tyrone Power in the title role.
  • 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: Richard Hickock
Triple: [In Cold Blood, mainCharacters, Richard Hickock]
Generated description
Richard Hickock was one of the two ex-convicts who brutally murdered the Clutter family in 1959, a crime famously chronicled in Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel "In Cold Blood."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Hickock
Target entity description: Richard Hickock was one of the two ex-convicts who brutally murdered the Clutter family in 1959, a crime famously chronicled in Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel "In Cold Blood."
  • A. Herb Clutter
    Herb Clutter is the prosperous, devout Kansas farmer and family man whose 1959 murder is central to Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel "In Cold Blood."
  • B. Ma Barker
    Ma Barker was a notorious American crime matriarch of the early 20th century, associated with the Barker–Karpis gang and widely (though controversially) portrayed as the mastermind behind her sons’ criminal activities.
  • C. Perry Smith chosen
    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."
  • D. John Hardin
    John Hardin was an American frontiersman and soldier of the late 18th century, known for his role in early Kentucky and Ohio Valley conflicts and for whom Hardin County, Kentucky, is named.
  • E. Jesse James
    Jesse James is a classic 1939 Western film dramatizing the life of the infamous American outlaw, starring Tyrone Power in the title role.
  • F. None of above.

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_69adbf54330c81908046b519a0297760 completed March 8, 2026, 6:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adbff135188190908058a2e2d41a1e completed March 8, 2026, 6:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adc0832cd881909702f380412702d5 completed March 8, 2026, 6:31 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.