Triple

T7112282
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Murder of James Byrd Jr. E165733 entity
Predicate perpetrator P698 FINISHED
Object Shawn Allen Berry
Shawn Allen Berry is an American man convicted for his role in the 1998 racially motivated dragging death of James Byrd Jr. in Jasper, Texas.
E642810 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: Shawn Allen Berry | Statement: [Murder of James Byrd Jr., perpetrator, Shawn Allen Berry]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shawn Allen Berry
Context triple: [Murder of James Byrd Jr., perpetrator, Shawn Allen Berry]
  • A. Daniel Merriweather
    Daniel Merriweather is an Australian soul and R&B singer-songwriter best known for his collaborations with Mark Ronson and his critically acclaimed debut album "Love & War."
  • B. Aaron Elvis Mullen
    Aaron Elvis Mullen is the son of U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr.
  • C. Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr.
    Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr. is an American guitarist, producer, and songwriter best known as the co-founder of the band Chic and for his influential work on numerous hit records across disco, pop, and rock music.
  • D. Taylor Allen
    Taylor Allen is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the political drama film "Chappaquiddick," which explores the 1969 incident involving Senator Ted Kennedy.
  • E. Will Jennings
    Will Jennings is an American songwriter and lyricist best known for penning the lyrics to numerous hit songs, including the Oscar-winning "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic.
  • 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: Shawn Allen Berry
Triple: [Murder of James Byrd Jr., perpetrator, Shawn Allen Berry]
Generated description
Shawn Allen Berry is an American man convicted for his role in the 1998 racially motivated dragging death of James Byrd Jr. in Jasper, Texas.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shawn Allen Berry
Target entity description: Shawn Allen Berry is an American man convicted for his role in the 1998 racially motivated dragging death of James Byrd Jr. in Jasper, Texas.
  • A. Daniel Merriweather
    Daniel Merriweather is an Australian soul and R&B singer-songwriter best known for his collaborations with Mark Ronson and his critically acclaimed debut album "Love & War."
  • B. Aaron Elvis Mullen
    Aaron Elvis Mullen is the son of U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr.
  • C. Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr.
    Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr. is an American guitarist, producer, and songwriter best known as the co-founder of the band Chic and for his influential work on numerous hit records across disco, pop, and rock music.
  • D. Taylor Allen
    Taylor Allen is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the political drama film "Chappaquiddick," which explores the 1969 incident involving Senator Ted Kennedy.
  • E. Will Jennings
    Will Jennings is an American songwriter and lyricist best known for penning the lyrics to numerous hit songs, including the Oscar-winning "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic.
  • 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_69c79dcae54c8190b06e687236373f68 completed March 28, 2026, 9:22 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:43 p.m.