Triple
T8385052
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Boston Irish mob |
E197794
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableMember |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object | James "Whitey" Bulger |
E514067
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: James "Whitey" Bulger | Statement: [Boston Irish mob, hasNotableMember, James "Whitey" Bulger]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James "Whitey" Bulger Context triple: [Boston Irish mob, hasNotableMember, James "Whitey" Bulger]
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A.
James "Whitey" Bulger
chosen
James "Whitey" Bulger was a notorious Boston mob boss and longtime FBI informant whose violent criminal career and eventual capture made him one of the most infamous gangsters in American history.
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B.
Bulger
Bulger is a surname most notably associated with former NFL quarterback Marc Bulger and several other prominent American figures.
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C.
Albert DeSalvo
Albert DeSalvo was an American criminal who confessed to being the "Boston Strangler," a notorious serial killer linked to a series of murders in the Boston area during the early 1960s.
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D.
Frank Sheeran
Frank Sheeran was an American labor union official and alleged mob hitman best known for his claimed involvement in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, as depicted in the film "The Irishman."
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E.
Crazy Joe Gallo
Crazy Joe Gallo was a notorious New York City mobster and hitman associated with the Colombo crime family during the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca82f749388190bffbea6dfb509016 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb80e03eb08190a458c9caa0524e0f |
completed | March 31, 2026, 8:08 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cde8312be48190bd5896adc8bb4e95 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:53 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:02 p.m.