Triple
T18590001
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Albert DeSalvo |
E454338
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Boston Strangler |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Boston Strangler | Statement: [Albert DeSalvo, associatedWith, Boston Strangler]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boston Strangler Context triple: [Albert DeSalvo, associatedWith, Boston Strangler]
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A.
The Boston Strangler
chosen
The Boston Strangler is a 1968 crime thriller film dramatizing the real-life case of a notorious serial killer who terrorized Boston in the early 1960s.
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B.
David Berkowitz
David Berkowitz, also known as the "Son of Sam," is an American serial killer who terrorized New York City in the 1970s with a series of shootings.
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C.
Ted Bundy
Ted Bundy was an infamous American serial killer active in the 1970s, known for his charm, intelligence, and brutal murders of numerous young women across multiple states.
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D.
Zodiac Killer
The Zodiac Killer is an unidentified American serial killer who terrorized Northern California in the late 1960s and early 1970s, taunting police and media with cryptic letters and ciphers.
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E.
Albert DeSalvo
Albert DeSalvo was an American criminal who confessed to being the "Boston Strangler," a notorious serial killer linked to a series of murders in the Boston area during the early 1960s.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69d8d38ae7e081908a98df1251842402 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e545b4a2a0819098047ee81278bd9d |
completed | April 19, 2026, 9:14 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:44 a.m.