Triple

T8336183
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject David Simon E195790 entity
Predicate wrote P2831 FINISHED
Object Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets is a nonfiction crime book that chronicles a year in the Baltimore Police Department’s homicide unit, providing a gritty, immersive look at real-life murder investigations.
E728278 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: Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets | Statement: [David Simon, wrote, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
Context triple: [David Simon, wrote, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets]
  • A. Homicide: Life on the Street
    Homicide: Life on the Street is an acclaimed American police procedural television series known for its gritty realism, ensemble cast, and innovative storytelling about a Baltimore homicide unit.
  • B. Serpico
    Serpico is a 1973 crime drama film based on the true story of NYPD officer Frank Serpico, who exposed widespread police corruption.
  • C. Murder One
    Murder One is an American legal drama television series from the mid-1990s that follows high-profile criminal cases over the course of a season.
  • D. The Killing
    The Killing is a 1956 film noir crime thriller directed by Stanley Kubrick about a meticulously planned racetrack heist that begins to unravel.
  • E. Gone Baby Gone
    Gone Baby Gone is a 2007 crime drama film directed by Ben Affleck, following two private investigators searching for a missing girl in a morally complex Boston neighborhood.
  • 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: Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
Triple: [David Simon, wrote, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets]
Generated description
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets is a nonfiction crime book that chronicles a year in the Baltimore Police Department’s homicide unit, providing a gritty, immersive look at real-life murder investigations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
Target entity description: Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets is a nonfiction crime book that chronicles a year in the Baltimore Police Department’s homicide unit, providing a gritty, immersive look at real-life murder investigations.
  • A. Homicide: Life on the Street
    Homicide: Life on the Street is an acclaimed American police procedural television series known for its gritty realism, ensemble cast, and innovative storytelling about a Baltimore homicide unit.
  • B. Serpico
    Serpico is a 1973 crime drama film based on the true story of NYPD officer Frank Serpico, who exposed widespread police corruption.
  • C. Murder One
    Murder One is an American legal drama television series from the mid-1990s that follows high-profile criminal cases over the course of a season.
  • D. The Killing
    The Killing is a 1956 film noir crime thriller directed by Stanley Kubrick about a meticulously planned racetrack heist that begins to unravel.
  • E. Gone Baby Gone
    Gone Baby Gone is a 2007 crime drama film directed by Ben Affleck, following two private investigators searching for a missing girl in a morally complex Boston neighborhood.
  • 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_69ca82ecbdc481908a55cad8ca062d88 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb7fd3fc80819097b326119107ad4d completed March 31, 2026, 8:03 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cdc71005f0819092c46fa5a43f2a15 completed April 2, 2026, 1:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cdcb90bec88190a2c19681405aa13e completed April 2, 2026, 1:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cdcd0fc9488190a0a576c385b9bc1f completed April 2, 2026, 1:57 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:57 p.m.