Triple
T74006
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Abraham Lincoln |
E1482
|
entity |
| Predicate | killedBy |
P4646
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor and Confederate sympathizer best known for assassinating President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
|
E6191
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: John Wilkes Booth | Statement: [Abraham Lincoln, killedBy, John Wilkes Booth]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Wilkes Booth Context triple: [Abraham Lincoln, killedBy, John Wilkes Booth]
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A.
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln was the 1865 killing of the 16th U.S. president by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., an event that shocked the nation and profoundly shaped the aftermath of the Civil War.
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B.
Crispus Attucks
Crispus Attucks was an African and Native American dockworker widely regarded as the first person killed in the Boston Massacre and thus the first casualty of the American Revolution.
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C.
Edwin Booth
Edwin Booth was a renowned 19th-century American stage actor, celebrated as one of the greatest tragedians of his era and known for his definitive portrayals of Shakespearean characters such as Hamlet.
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D.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, best known for leading the country through the Civil War and issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that began the process of ending slavery.
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E.
Haymarket
Haymarket is a small historic town in Prince William County, Northern Virginia, known for its quaint downtown and proximity to Washington, D.C.
- 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: John Wilkes Booth Triple: [Abraham Lincoln, killedBy, John Wilkes Booth]
Generated description
John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor and Confederate sympathizer best known for assassinating President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Wilkes Booth Target entity description: John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor and Confederate sympathizer best known for assassinating President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
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A.
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln was the 1865 killing of the 16th U.S. president by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., an event that shocked the nation and profoundly shaped the aftermath of the Civil War.
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B.
Sirhan Sirhan
Sirhan Sirhan is a Palestinian immigrant who became infamous for assassinating U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy in Los Angeles in 1968.
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C.
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy was the 1963 killing of the 35th U.S. president in Dallas, Texas, an event that shocked the world and has since been the subject of extensive investigation and controversy.
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D.
Lincoln
Lincoln is a suburban town in eastern Massachusetts known for its conservation land, historic sites, and commuter access to Boston.
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E.
Crispus Attucks
Crispus Attucks was an African and Native American dockworker widely regarded as the first person killed in the Boston Massacre and thus the first casualty of the American Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: killedBy Context triple: [Abraham Lincoln, killedBy, John Wilkes Booth]
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A.
usedMethodOfKilling
Indicates that one entity employed a particular method or means to carry out a killing of another entity.
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B.
placeOfDeath
Indicates the location where an entity (typically a person or animal) died.
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C.
damagedBy
Indicates that one entity has caused harm, impairment, or deterioration to another entity.
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D.
notableVictim
Indicates that the subject is a person or entity who is notably recognized as a victim of the object (such as an event, crime, or harmful action).
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E.
deathToll
Indicates the number of deaths resulting from a particular event, situation, or cause.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (7 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_69a24c06b3bc8190aa4ac89026115efc |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:59 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a252201fa481908e30791954119c17 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:25 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a2554ffb8c8190a30aceecd7f30d96 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:39 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a25943cba88190a78f708d453ce968 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:56 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a259c2706c8190b5319c004e207c29 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:58 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a24eacfdc481909e9ff99752fd42bf |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:10 a.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69a2521ed5088190bbdfd22164bb4d94 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:25 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:03 a.m.