Triple
T20081733
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | West Memphis Three case |
E500018
|
entity |
| Predicate | perpetratorAccordingToConviction |
P138640
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Damien Echols |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: Damien Echols | Statement: [West Memphis Three case, perpetratorAccordingToConviction, Damien Echols]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Damien Echols Context triple: [West Memphis Three case, perpetratorAccordingToConviction, Damien Echols]
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A.
Michael Rezendes
Michael Rezendes is an investigative journalist for The Boston Globe’s Spotlight team, portrayed in the film "Spotlight" as a persistent reporter who helps uncover the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal.
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B.
Brendan Dassey
Brendan Dassey is an American man whose controversial conviction for murder as a teenager, based largely on a disputed confession, gained international attention through the documentary series "Making a Murderer."
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C.
Matthew Shepard
Matthew Shepard was a young gay American college student whose brutal 1998 murder in Wyoming became a symbol of anti-LGBTQ+ violence and led to significant hate crime legislation in the United States.
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D.
Dylan Klebold
Dylan Klebold was one of the two student gunmen responsible for carrying out the 1999 Columbine High School shooting in Colorado.
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E.
Daryl Renard Atkins
Daryl Renard Atkins is an American man whose capital murder case led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Atkins v. Virginia, which barred the execution of individuals with intellectual disabilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Damien Echols Target entity description: Damien Echols is an American man who was controversially convicted as one of the "West Memphis Three" in the early 1990s and later released after a high-profile legal battle and widespread claims of wrongful conviction.
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A.
Michael Rezendes
Michael Rezendes is an investigative journalist for The Boston Globe’s Spotlight team, portrayed in the film "Spotlight" as a persistent reporter who helps uncover the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal.
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B.
Brendan Dassey
Brendan Dassey is an American man whose controversial conviction for murder as a teenager, based largely on a disputed confession, gained international attention through the documentary series "Making a Murderer."
-
C.
Matthew Shepard
Matthew Shepard was a young gay American college student whose brutal 1998 murder in Wyoming became a symbol of anti-LGBTQ+ violence and led to significant hate crime legislation in the United States.
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D.
Dylan Klebold
Dylan Klebold was one of the two student gunmen responsible for carrying out the 1999 Columbine High School shooting in Colorado.
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E.
Daryl Renard Atkins
Daryl Renard Atkins is an American man whose capital murder case led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Atkins v. Virginia, which barred the execution of individuals with intellectual disabilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: perpetratorAccordingToConviction Context triple: [West Memphis Three case, perpetratorAccordingToConviction, Damien Echols]
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A.
perpetratorStatus
Indicates the role or condition of an individual in relation to committing or being responsible for a specific harmful or criminal act.
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B.
convictedIndividual
Indicates that an individual has been found guilty of a crime or offense through a formal legal process and has received a conviction.
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C.
convictedOf
Indicates that a person or entity has been found guilty of committing a specified offense or crime through a formal legal process.
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D.
perpetratorTrial
Indicates that a legal trial is conducted to judge the actions or guilt of the identified perpetrator.
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E.
perpetratorType
Indicates the classification or category of the entity that carried out or is responsible for a harmful, illegal, or otherwise wrongful act.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (4 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_69da627770948190997f486f9a2e370f |
completed | April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e665588a9c8190886b693b13a215a8 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 5:41 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e54cf369b88190931532420517dac7 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 9:45 p.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69e54fc20888819083c9118a09d0d2dc |
completed | April 19, 2026, 9:57 p.m. |
Created at: April 11, 2026, 3:41 p.m.