Triple
T7800239
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Terry Nichols |
E180411
|
entity |
| Predicate | met |
P13721
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Timothy McVeigh |
E33716
|
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: Timothy McVeigh | Statement: [Terry Nichols, met, Timothy McVeigh]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Timothy McVeigh Context triple: [Terry Nichols, met, Timothy McVeigh]
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A.
Timothy McVeigh
chosen
Timothy McVeigh was an American domestic terrorist best known for perpetrating the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, one of the deadliest attacks on U.S. soil before 9/11.
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B.
John J. McVeigh
John J. McVeigh was a United States military serviceman whose burial at Golden Gate National Cemetery signifies his status as a veteran honored for his service.
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C.
Terry Nichols
Terry Nichols is an American domestic terrorist best known for helping plan and carry out the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing alongside Timothy McVeigh.
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D.
Eric Robert Rudolph
Eric Robert Rudolph is an American domestic terrorist and former fugitive best known for carrying out a series of bombings in the late 1990s, including attacks on the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and abortion clinics.
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E.
Christopher Ferguson
Christopher Ferguson is a retired U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut best known for commanding STS-135, the final mission of the Space Shuttle program.
- 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_69ca827e50cc8190a92a733577184938 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cae98765c48190b325eee67bd663fc |
completed | March 30, 2026, 9:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cbdec158788190aae5038ea72f2a99 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 2:48 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:33 p.m.