Triple

T8544917
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Clutter family murders E202293 entity
Predicate perpetratorBackground P49634 FINISHED
Object Richard Hickock was a former Kansas State Penitentiary inmate E739126 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Richard Hickock was a former Kansas State Penitentiary inmate | Statement: [Clutter family murders, perpetratorBackground, Richard Hickock was a former Kansas State Penitentiary inmate]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Hickock was a former Kansas State Penitentiary inmate
Context triple: [Clutter family murders, perpetratorBackground, Richard Hickock was a former Kansas State Penitentiary inmate]
  • A. Richard Hickock chosen
    Richard Hickock was one of the two American ex-convicts who brutally murdered the Clutter family in 1959, a crime later chronicled in Truman Capote’s true-crime book "In Cold Blood."
  • B. Gary Starkweather
    Gary Starkweather was an American engineer and inventor best known for creating the laser printer while working at Xerox.
  • C. Perry Smith
    Perry Smith is a troubled ex-convict whose complex psychology and role in a brutal Kansas family murder are central to Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel "In Cold Blood."
  • D. Herb Clutter
    Herb Clutter is the prosperous, devout Kansas farmer and family man whose 1959 murder is central to Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel "In Cold Blood."
  • E. Lee Meredith
    Lee Meredith is an American actress and model best known for her comedic roles in 1960s–1970s film and television, including appearances in works by Mel Brooks.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: perpetratorBackground
Context triple: [Clutter family murders, perpetratorBackground, Richard Hickock was a former Kansas State Penitentiary inmate]
  • A. hasPerpetratorBackground chosen
    Indicates that an action, event, or crime is associated with information describing the background or history of its perpetrator.
  • B. perpetratorDescription
    Indicates that the subject provides a textual description or characterization of the perpetrator involved in an act or incident.
  • C. perpetratorStatus
    Indicates the role or condition of an individual in relation to committing or being responsible for a specific harmful or criminal act.
  • D. perpetratorNationality
    Indicates the country or nationality to which a perpetrator of an act, crime, or harmful event belongs.
  • E. perpetratedBy
    Indicates that an action, event, or wrongdoing was carried out or caused by a particular agent or entity.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ca832461e88190a654c5e44e233aa8 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbe6e4e21c8190afcbca73713a5fa8 completed March 31, 2026, 3:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce6db3eef08190934f5b42807ad769 completed April 2, 2026, 1:23 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69cbd113e05c81908f4f3fc1b5925164 completed March 31, 2026, 1:50 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:18 p.m.