Triple
T5433642
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Targets |
E121554
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entity |
| Predicate | basedOn |
P98
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Charles Whitman shootings (loosely inspired)
The Charles Whitman shootings (loosely inspired) refers to a fictionalized or derivative portrayal of the 1966 University of Texas tower sniper attack carried out by Charles Whitman, drawing on its events and themes without strictly adhering to historical fact.
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E519933
|
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: Charles Whitman shootings (loosely inspired) | Statement: [Targets, basedOn, Charles Whitman shootings (loosely inspired)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Whitman shootings (loosely inspired) Context triple: [Targets, basedOn, Charles Whitman shootings (loosely inspired)]
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A.
Columbine High School massacre
The Columbine High School massacre was a 1999 school shooting in Littleton, Colorado, in which two students murdered 13 people and wounded many others before killing themselves, becoming a defining event in debates over gun violence and school safety in the United States.
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B.
Terror in a Texas Town
Terror in a Texas Town is a 1958 American Western film, directed by Joseph H. Lewis, known for its unconventional, noir-inflected style and its famous harpoon-wielding showdown.
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C.
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a 2012 mass school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in which a gunman killed 26 people, including 20 children, and sparked nationwide debate over gun control and school safety in the United States.
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D.
New Jersey Turnpike shootout
The New Jersey Turnpike shootout was a 1973 armed confrontation between Black Liberation Army members and state troopers that resulted in deaths on both sides and led to the controversial conviction and later escape of Assata Shakur.
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E.
Trial of Jack Ruby
The Trial of Jack Ruby was the high-profile 1964 court case in Dallas in which nightclub owner Jack Ruby was prosecuted for fatally shooting Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy.
- 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: Charles Whitman shootings (loosely inspired) Triple: [Targets, basedOn, Charles Whitman shootings (loosely inspired)]
Generated description
The Charles Whitman shootings (loosely inspired) refers to a fictionalized or derivative portrayal of the 1966 University of Texas tower sniper attack carried out by Charles Whitman, drawing on its events and themes without strictly adhering to historical fact.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Whitman shootings (loosely inspired) Target entity description: The Charles Whitman shootings (loosely inspired) refers to a fictionalized or derivative portrayal of the 1966 University of Texas tower sniper attack carried out by Charles Whitman, drawing on its events and themes without strictly adhering to historical fact.
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A.
Columbine High School massacre
The Columbine High School massacre was a 1999 school shooting in Littleton, Colorado, in which two students murdered 13 people and wounded many others before killing themselves, becoming a defining event in debates over gun violence and school safety in the United States.
-
B.
Terror in a Texas Town
Terror in a Texas Town is a 1958 American Western film, directed by Joseph H. Lewis, known for its unconventional, noir-inflected style and its famous harpoon-wielding showdown.
-
C.
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a 2012 mass school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in which a gunman killed 26 people, including 20 children, and sparked nationwide debate over gun control and school safety in the United States.
-
D.
New Jersey Turnpike shootout
The New Jersey Turnpike shootout was a 1973 armed confrontation between Black Liberation Army members and state troopers that resulted in deaths on both sides and led to the controversial conviction and later escape of Assata Shakur.
-
E.
Trial of Jack Ruby
The Trial of Jack Ruby was the high-profile 1964 court case in Dallas in which nightclub owner Jack Ruby was prosecuted for fatally shooting Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy.
- 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_69bd463c65f0819082ee6483ab4b466a |
completed | March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd91ae18cc8190aefe610f91b5382c |
completed | March 20, 2026, 6:27 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf3accb6748190989257c3b991a760 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 12:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf3b72f1fc8190a2fbc516cf75abdb |
completed | March 22, 2026, 12:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf3f44fdd08190bb9ba0e10e4410af |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:06 p.m.