Triple
T4567743
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Boston Strangler |
E121949
|
entity |
| Predicate | starred |
P5563
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Hurd Hatfield |
E180155
|
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: Hurd Hatfield | Statement: [The Boston Strangler, starred, Hurd Hatfield]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hurd Hatfield Context triple: [The Boston Strangler, starred, Hurd Hatfield]
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A.
Hurd Hatfield
chosen
Hurd Hatfield was an American actor best known for his haunting title role in the 1945 film adaptation of "The Picture of Dorian Gray."
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B.
Charles J. Hatfield
Charles J. Hatfield was an American physician and public health leader best known as a co-founder and early driving force behind the American Cancer Society.
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C.
Vance Gerry
Vance Gerry was an American storyboard artist, writer, and designer best known for his influential story work on numerous classic Walt Disney animated films.
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D.
Holland M. Smith
Holland M. Smith was a prominent U.S. Marine Corps general in World War II, renowned for his leadership of amphibious assaults in the Pacific Theater.
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E.
Don Roberts
Don Roberts is a software engineer and author known for his contributions to object-oriented design and refactoring, including work on the influential book "Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code."
- 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_69bd463f156881908a99aca69c5721ac |
completed | March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd589faccc8190ac0354644099810d |
completed | March 20, 2026, 2:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be03391b3481909fd41ac03abe5d1b |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:32 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:09 p.m.