Triple
T20081736
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | West Memphis Three case |
E500018
|
entity |
| Predicate | defendant |
P2238
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Damien Echols |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: Damien Echols | Statement: [West Memphis Three case, defendant, Damien Echols]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Damien Echols Context triple: [West Memphis Three case, defendant, Damien Echols]
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A.
Damien Echols
chosen
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Dylan Klebold
Dylan Klebold was one of the two student gunmen responsible for carrying out the 1999 Columbine High School shooting in Colorado.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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. |
Created at: April 11, 2026, 3:41 p.m.