Triple
T1794647
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | In Cold Blood |
E39575
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacters |
P9202
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alvin Dewey
Alvin Dewey was a real-life Kansas Bureau of Investigation agent best known for leading the investigation into the Clutter family murders, as depicted in Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel "In Cold Blood."
|
E202297
|
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: Alvin Dewey | Statement: [In Cold Blood, mainCharacters, Alvin Dewey]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alvin Dewey Context triple: [In Cold Blood, mainCharacters, Alvin Dewey]
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A.
Eddie Sawyer
Eddie Sawyer was an American Major League Baseball manager best known for leading the Philadelphia Phillies' "Whiz Kids" to the 1950 National League pennant.
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B.
Chris DeWolfe
Chris DeWolfe is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-creator and former CEO of the pioneering social networking site MySpace.
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C.
Jack Crawford
Jack Crawford is a seasoned FBI agent and head of the Behavioral Science Unit who mentors Clarice Starling in Thomas Harris’s Hannibal Lecter novels and their film adaptations.
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D.
Attorney General Homer Cummings
Attorney General Homer Cummings was the U.S. Attorney General under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, known for his role in New Deal legal reforms and support of expanded federal powers during the 1930s.
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E.
Arthur Rothstein
Arthur Rothstein was a prominent American photojournalist best known for his powerful Dust Bowl and Great Depression-era images that documented rural life and hardship.
- 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: Alvin Dewey Triple: [In Cold Blood, mainCharacters, Alvin Dewey]
Generated description
Alvin Dewey was a real-life Kansas Bureau of Investigation agent best known for leading the investigation into the Clutter family murders, as depicted in Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel "In Cold Blood."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alvin Dewey Target entity description: Alvin Dewey was a real-life Kansas Bureau of Investigation agent best known for leading the investigation into the Clutter family murders, as depicted in Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel "In Cold Blood."
-
A.
Eddie Sawyer
Eddie Sawyer was an American Major League Baseball manager best known for leading the Philadelphia Phillies' "Whiz Kids" to the 1950 National League pennant.
-
B.
Chris DeWolfe
Chris DeWolfe is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-creator and former CEO of the pioneering social networking site MySpace.
-
C.
Jack Crawford
Jack Crawford is a seasoned FBI agent and head of the Behavioral Science Unit who mentors Clarice Starling in Thomas Harris’s Hannibal Lecter novels and their film adaptations.
-
D.
Attorney General Homer Cummings
Attorney General Homer Cummings was the U.S. Attorney General under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, known for his role in New Deal legal reforms and support of expanded federal powers during the 1930s.
-
E.
Arthur Rothstein
Arthur Rothstein was a prominent American photojournalist best known for his powerful Dust Bowl and Great Depression-era images that documented rural life and hardship.
- 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.