Triple
T22432840
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Silence of the Lambs universe |
E554539
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableKiller |
P63359
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Buffalo Bill |
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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: Buffalo Bill | Statement: [The Silence of the Lambs universe, notableKiller, Buffalo Bill]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buffalo Bill Context triple: [The Silence of the Lambs universe, notableKiller, Buffalo Bill]
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A.
Buffalo Bill
chosen
Buffalo Bill is the fictional serial killer antagonist in Thomas Harris's novel and its film adaptation "The Silence of the Lambs," known for murdering women and skinning them to create a "woman suit."
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B.
William F. Cody
William F. Cody, better known as "Buffalo Bill," was a famed American scout, showman, and frontiersman who became a legendary figure of the Old West.
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C.
Christopher Carson
Christopher Carson is one of the sons of legendary American television host and comedian Johnny Carson.
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D.
John T. Chance
John T. Chance is the fictional small-town sheriff played by John Wayne in the classic 1959 Western film "Rio Bravo."
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E.
Kit Carson
Kit Carson was a 19th-century American frontiersman, explorer, and military scout renowned for his role in westward expansion and the mapping of the American West.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: notableKiller Context triple: [The Silence of the Lambs universe, notableKiller, Buffalo Bill]
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A.
hasSerialKiller
chosen
Indicates that one entity is a serial killer associated with, responsible for, or targeting another entity.
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B.
notablePersonKilledThere
Indicates that a notable or famous person was killed at the referenced location.
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C.
notableVictim
Indicates that the subject is a person or entity who is notably recognized as a victim of the object (such as an event, crime, or harmful action).
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D.
notableInvestigator
Indicates that one entity is a distinguished or prominently recognized investigator or researcher associated with another entity.
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E.
notablePrisoner
Indicates that a person is recognized as a significant or noteworthy inmate of a particular prison or detention facility.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (3 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_69e11e5010e48190ae1e9c9db9697637 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f15a3320448190ae3931062599116e |
completed | April 29, 2026, 1:09 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e898a327948190beee5e168006a0a7 |
completed | April 22, 2026, 9:45 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:47 p.m.