Triple
T8544891
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Clutter family murders |
E202293
|
entity |
| Predicate | perpetrator |
P698
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Perry Smith |
E202296
|
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: Perry Smith | Statement: [Clutter family murders, perpetrator, Perry Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Perry Smith Context triple: [Clutter family murders, perpetrator, Perry Smith]
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A.
Perry Smith
chosen
Perry Smith is a troubled ex-convict whose complex psychology and role in a brutal Kansas family murder are central to Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel "In Cold Blood."
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B.
Frank Morris
Frank Morris was a real-life American bank robber best known for his daring and still-mysterious 1962 escape from the maximum-security Alcatraz prison, later dramatized in the film "Escape from Alcatraz."
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C.
Nathan Leopold
Nathan Leopold was an American criminal best known for participating in the infamous 1924 "Leopold and Loeb" murder case, in which he and Richard Loeb killed a young boy in a notorious attempt to commit the "perfect crime."
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D.
Donald Goines
Donald Goines was an American author known for his gritty, influential urban fiction novels depicting the harsh realities of inner-city life.
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E.
Gary Starkweather
Gary Starkweather was an American engineer and inventor best known for creating the laser printer while working at Xerox.
- 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_69ca832461e88190a654c5e44e233aa8 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbe6e4e21c8190afcbca73713a5fa8 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce6db3eef08190934f5b42807ad769 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:23 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:18 p.m.