Triple
T18122022
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Chowchilla school bus kidnapping |
E433762
|
entity |
| Predicate | victim |
P870
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ed Ray |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Ed Ray | Statement: [Chowchilla school bus kidnapping, victim, Ed Ray]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed Ray Context triple: [Chowchilla school bus kidnapping, victim, Ed Ray]
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A.
Dan Truman
Dan Truman is the NASA administrator in the 1998 disaster film "Armageddon," responsible for overseeing the mission to prevent an asteroid from destroying Earth.
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B.
Dan Truman
Dan Truman is an American country musician best known as the keyboardist for the Grammy-winning band Diamond Rio.
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C.
Phil Wallace
Phil Wallace is a British businessman best known for owning and serving as long-time chairman of Stevenage Football Club.
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D.
Austin Scott
Austin Scott is a Republican politician serving as a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
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E.
John McAllen
John McAllen was a 19th-century rancher, merchant, and land developer whose influence in the Rio Grande Valley led to the South Texas city of McAllen being named in his honor.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed Ray Target entity description: Ed Ray was the heroic California school bus driver who helped lead 26 kidnapped children to safety during the 1976 Chowchilla school bus kidnapping.
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A.
Dan Truman
Dan Truman is an American country musician best known as the keyboardist for the Grammy-winning band Diamond Rio.
-
B.
Dan Truman
Dan Truman is the NASA administrator in the 1998 disaster film "Armageddon," responsible for overseeing the mission to prevent an asteroid from destroying Earth.
-
C.
Phil Wallace
Phil Wallace is a British businessman best known for owning and serving as long-time chairman of Stevenage Football Club.
-
D.
Austin Scott
Austin Scott is a Republican politician serving as a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
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E.
John McAllen
John McAllen was a 19th-century rancher, merchant, and land developer whose influence in the Rio Grande Valley led to the South Texas city of McAllen being named in his honor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69d8b909e8cc81908df4cc2b8ea6d11f |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4ddeb2d7881909326cb9d2f5e2fb5 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:51 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:28 a.m.