Triple

T3825169
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ruby Ridge standoff E88668 entity
Predicate hasCasualty P1399 FINISHED
Object Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan
Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan was a federal law enforcement officer who was killed in the line of duty during the 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff in Idaho.
E390684 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: Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan | Statement: [Ruby Ridge standoff, hasCasualty, Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan
Context triple: [Ruby Ridge standoff, hasCasualty, Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan]
  • A. Sergeant Archibald Cutter
    Sergeant Archibald Cutter is a roguish, treasure-seeking British soldier in colonial India, best known as one of the three main protagonists in the adventure film "Gunga Din."
  • B. John B. McDonald
    John B. McDonald was an American civil engineer best known for overseeing the construction of New York City's first subway system.
  • C. Charles Starrett
    Charles Starrett was an American film actor best known for his long-running role as the Durango Kid in B-Western movies during the 1930s and 1940s.
  • D. Wyatt Earp
    Wyatt Earp is a 1994 American biographical Western film that chronicles the life of the legendary lawman Wyatt Earp, directed by Lawrence Kasdan and starring Kevin Costner in the title role.
  • E. Patrick Wheeler
    Patrick Wheeler is a central character in the 2013 American drama film "Ain't Them Bodies Saints," which explores love, crime, and sacrifice in rural Texas.
  • 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: Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan
Triple: [Ruby Ridge standoff, hasCasualty, Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan]
Generated description
Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan was a federal law enforcement officer who was killed in the line of duty during the 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff in Idaho.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan
Target entity description: Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan was a federal law enforcement officer who was killed in the line of duty during the 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff in Idaho.
  • A. Sergeant Archibald Cutter
    Sergeant Archibald Cutter is a roguish, treasure-seeking British soldier in colonial India, best known as one of the three main protagonists in the adventure film "Gunga Din."
  • B. John B. McDonald
    John B. McDonald was an American civil engineer best known for overseeing the construction of New York City's first subway system.
  • C. Charles Starrett
    Charles Starrett was an American film actor best known for his long-running role as the Durango Kid in B-Western movies during the 1930s and 1940s.
  • D. Wyatt Earp
    Wyatt Earp is a 1994 American biographical Western film that chronicles the life of the legendary lawman Wyatt Earp, directed by Lawrence Kasdan and starring Kevin Costner in the title role.
  • E. Patrick Wheeler
    Patrick Wheeler is a central character in the 2013 American drama film "Ain't Them Bodies Saints," which explores love, crime, and sacrifice in rural Texas.
  • 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_69aed9538cf881909d9ce8ca4ac7c18c completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeeb6364fc8190bf8401743f1695d5 completed March 9, 2026, 3:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4fb4f41c88190b3040236462c37cc completed March 14, 2026, 6:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4fc9fc5dc81908772fc642285abf6 completed March 14, 2026, 6:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4fd0dc3d48190b907d7a1c1e44066 completed March 14, 2026, 6:15 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:17 p.m.