Triple

T14877420
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert Graysmith E349902 entity
Predicate wroteAbout P2831 FINISHED
Object 2001 anthrax attacks
The 2001 anthrax attacks were a series of bioterrorist mailings in the United States that spread anthrax spores through the postal system, killing five people, sickening many others, and triggering a major federal investigation and public health crisis shortly after the September 11 attacks.
E1126066 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: 2001 anthrax attacks | Statement: [Robert Graysmith, wroteAbout, 2001 anthrax attacks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2001 anthrax attacks
Context triple: [Robert Graysmith, wroteAbout, 2001 anthrax attacks]
  • A. September 11 attacks
    The September 11 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist hijackings and suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against targets in the United States in 2001, resulting in massive loss of life and global political and security repercussions.
  • B. Tokyo subway sarin attack
    The Tokyo subway sarin attack was a 1995 domestic terrorist incident in which the Aum Shinrikyo cult released sarin nerve gas on multiple Tokyo subway lines, killing and injuring hundreds and shocking Japan and the world.
  • C. 1998 United States embassy bombings
    The 1998 United States embassy bombings were coordinated truck bomb attacks on the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed hundreds of people and marked one of al-Qaeda’s earliest large-scale international terrorist operations.
  • D. 22/7 attacks
    The 22/7 attacks refer to the 2011 Norway attacks, a far-right extremist’s bombing in Oslo and mass shooting at a youth camp on Utøya that killed 77 people.
  • E. Centennial Olympic Park bombing
    The Centennial Olympic Park bombing was a domestic terrorist attack during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in which a pipe bomb exploded in a public gathering area, killing two people and injuring over a hundred others.
  • 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: 2001 anthrax attacks
Triple: [Robert Graysmith, wroteAbout, 2001 anthrax attacks]
Generated description
The 2001 anthrax attacks were a series of bioterrorist mailings in the United States that spread anthrax spores through the postal system, killing five people, sickening many others, and triggering a major federal investigation and public health crisis shortly after the September 11 attacks.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2001 anthrax attacks
Target entity description: The 2001 anthrax attacks were a series of bioterrorist mailings in the United States that spread anthrax spores through the postal system, killing five people, sickening many others, and triggering a major federal investigation and public health crisis shortly after the September 11 attacks.
  • A. September 11 attacks
    The September 11 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist hijackings and suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against targets in the United States in 2001, resulting in massive loss of life and global political and security repercussions.
  • B. Tokyo subway sarin attack
    The Tokyo subway sarin attack was a 1995 domestic terrorist incident in which the Aum Shinrikyo cult released sarin nerve gas on multiple Tokyo subway lines, killing and injuring hundreds and shocking Japan and the world.
  • C. 1998 United States embassy bombings
    The 1998 United States embassy bombings were coordinated truck bomb attacks on the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed hundreds of people and marked one of al-Qaeda’s earliest large-scale international terrorist operations.
  • D. 22/7 attacks
    The 22/7 attacks refer to the 2011 Norway attacks, a far-right extremist’s bombing in Oslo and mass shooting at a youth camp on Utøya that killed 77 people.
  • E. Centennial Olympic Park bombing
    The Centennial Olympic Park bombing was a domestic terrorist attack during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in which a pipe bomb exploded in a public gathering area, killing two people and injuring over a hundred others.
  • 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_69d822ee4f408190b6ac3b2fa434f0df completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded5e4e4448190a8796573bc6d1069 completed April 15, 2026, 12:03 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe6b54ad7c819082575245da07e358 completed May 8, 2026, 11:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe6be21f148190bec0e5adfcc0a91a completed May 8, 2026, 11:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe6c6ebe4881909334d772e45403f6 completed May 8, 2026, 11:06 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:55 a.m.