Triple
T7112244
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Matthew Shepard |
E165732
|
entity |
| Predicate | perpetrator |
P698
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Aaron McKinney
Aaron McKinney is an American man best known as one of the two assailants convicted in the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a crime that drew national attention to anti-LGBTQ+ hate violence.
|
E641695
|
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: Aaron McKinney | Statement: [Matthew Shepard, perpetrator, Aaron McKinney]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aaron McKinney Context triple: [Matthew Shepard, perpetrator, Aaron McKinney]
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A.
Troy Kennedy Martin
Troy Kennedy Martin was a British television and film screenwriter best known for creating the series "Z-Cars" and writing the original 1969 film "The Italian Job."
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B.
Marc Bulger
Marc Bulger is a former NFL quarterback best known for his Pro Bowl tenure with the St. Louis Rams in the 2000s.
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C.
Anthony Robert McMillan
Anthony Robert McMillan, better known by his stage name Robbie Coltrane, was a Scottish actor and comedian famed for roles such as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter film series.
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D.
Bernhard Goetz
Bernhard Goetz is an American man who gained national notoriety in the 1980s as the "Subway Vigilante" after shooting four teenagers on a New York City subway train, sparking intense debate over crime, self-defense, and race.
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E.
John Crawford
John Crawford was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in film and television from the 1940s through the 1980s.
- 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: Aaron McKinney Triple: [Matthew Shepard, perpetrator, Aaron McKinney]
Generated description
Aaron McKinney is an American man best known as one of the two assailants convicted in the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a crime that drew national attention to anti-LGBTQ+ hate violence.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aaron McKinney Target entity description: Aaron McKinney is an American man best known as one of the two assailants convicted in the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a crime that drew national attention to anti-LGBTQ+ hate violence.
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A.
Troy Kennedy Martin
Troy Kennedy Martin was a British television and film screenwriter best known for creating the series "Z-Cars" and writing the original 1969 film "The Italian Job."
-
B.
Marc Bulger
Marc Bulger is a former NFL quarterback best known for his Pro Bowl tenure with the St. Louis Rams in the 2000s.
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C.
Anthony Robert McMillan
Anthony Robert McMillan, better known by his stage name Robbie Coltrane, was a Scottish actor and comedian famed for roles such as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter film series.
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D.
Bernhard Goetz
Bernhard Goetz is an American man who gained national notoriety in the 1980s as the "Subway Vigilante" after shooting four teenagers on a New York City subway train, sparking intense debate over crime, self-defense, and race.
-
E.
John Crawford
John Crawford was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in film and television from the 1940s through the 1980s.
- 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_69c6888120f081908f8f01b201dc4a4c |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e5edf89c8190a069b35ff7768165 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c79cbc35d48190974e207eb98dcbe3 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:17 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c79d31a9e8819096e6a3040b1852a9 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:19 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c79dc7d7d8819097e423ef70b03040 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:22 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:43 p.m.