Triple
T9971841
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bernhard Goetz |
E196226
|
entity |
| Predicate | alias |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Subway Vigilante
The "Subway Vigilante" is the nickname given to Bernhard Goetz, a New York City man who gained national notoriety in the 1980s after shooting four teenagers on a subway train, sparking intense debate over crime, self-defense, and vigilantism.
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E832246
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NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: Subway Vigilante | Statement: [Bernhard Goetz, alias, Subway Vigilante]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Subway Vigilante Context triple: [Bernhard Goetz, alias, Subway Vigilante]
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A.
Subways Are for Sleeping
Subways Are for Sleeping is a 1961 Broadway musical comedy with book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Jule Styne, loosely based on a book about people living in New York’s subway system.
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B.
The Sandwich Man
The Sandwich Man is a British comedy film written by and starring Michael Bentine, following a London sandwich-board man who encounters a series of humorous characters and situations.
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C.
The Underground
"The Underground" is a poem by Seamus Heaney that reflects on love, memory, and artistic inspiration through the metaphor of a journey on the London Underground.
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D.
Gourmet Ghetto
Gourmet Ghetto is a renowned Berkeley neighborhood celebrated as a pioneering hub of California cuisine and artisanal food culture.
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E.
Vigilante Shit
"Vigilante Shit" is a dark, revenge-themed pop track by Taylor Swift from her 2022 album *Midnights*, known for its moody production and vengeful, self-empowering lyrics.
- 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: Subway Vigilante Triple: [Bernhard Goetz, alias, Subway Vigilante]
Generated description
The "Subway Vigilante" is the nickname given to Bernhard Goetz, a New York City man who gained national notoriety in the 1980s after shooting four teenagers on a subway train, sparking intense debate over crime, self-defense, and vigilantism.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Subway Vigilante Target entity description: The "Subway Vigilante" is the nickname given to Bernhard Goetz, a New York City man who gained national notoriety in the 1980s after shooting four teenagers on a subway train, sparking intense debate over crime, self-defense, and vigilantism.
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A.
Subways Are for Sleeping
Subways Are for Sleeping is a 1961 Broadway musical comedy with book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Jule Styne, loosely based on a book about people living in New York’s subway system.
-
B.
The Sandwich Man
The Sandwich Man is a British comedy film written by and starring Michael Bentine, following a London sandwich-board man who encounters a series of humorous characters and situations.
-
C.
The Underground
"The Underground" is a poem by Seamus Heaney that reflects on love, memory, and artistic inspiration through the metaphor of a journey on the London Underground.
-
D.
Gourmet Ghetto
Gourmet Ghetto is a renowned Berkeley neighborhood celebrated as a pioneering hub of California cuisine and artisanal food culture.
-
E.
Vigilante Shit
"Vigilante Shit" is a dark, revenge-themed pop track by Taylor Swift from her 2022 album *Midnights*, known for its moody production and vengeful, self-empowering lyrics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 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_69ca82eea2b88190a0e511d21a31f386 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdb7bb03688190a3f4fc1988b8fafa |
completed | April 2, 2026, 12:26 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d23dd3e47c819095fef68b9939ec19 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 10:47 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d23eb2971c8190bcdbc31b4ef19816 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 10:51 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d240d7b7e881909183d7c33bd8cb5b |
completed | April 5, 2026, 11 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:48 p.m.