Triple

T18122025
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Chowchilla school bus kidnapping E433762 entity
Predicate perpetrator P698 FINISHED
Object James Schoenfeld
James Schoenfeld is an American criminal best known as one of the three men who carried out the notorious 1976 Chowchilla school bus kidnapping in California.
 E1406385 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: James Schoenfeld | Statement: [Chowchilla school bus kidnapping, perpetrator, James Schoenfeld]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Schoenfeld
Context triple: [Chowchilla school bus kidnapping, perpetrator, James Schoenfeld]
  • A. Daniel Scharf
    Daniel Scharf is a film producer best known for his work on the influential 1992 Australian drama "Romper Stomper."
  • B. Jeffrey Cohen
    Jeffrey Cohen is a songwriter best known for co-writing the theme song to the James Bond film "Licence to Kill."
  • C. Jerry Feldman
    Jerry Feldman is the fast-talking, compulsive gambler protagonist of the 1982 comedy film "Lookin' to Get Out," whose misadventures in Las Vegas drive the movie’s plot.
  • D. Steve Greenberg
    Steve Greenberg is an American sports media executive and entrepreneur best known for founding the Classic Sports Network, which later became ESPN Classic.
  • E. Steve Greenberg
    Steve Greenberg is a music industry executive and record producer known for discovering and developing successful pop and rock artists.
  • 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: James Schoenfeld
Triple: [Chowchilla school bus kidnapping, perpetrator, James Schoenfeld]
Generated description
James Schoenfeld is an American criminal best known as one of the three men who carried out the notorious 1976 Chowchilla school bus kidnapping in California.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Schoenfeld
Target entity description: James Schoenfeld is an American criminal best known as one of the three men who carried out the notorious 1976 Chowchilla school bus kidnapping in California.
  • A. Daniel Scharf
    Daniel Scharf is a film producer best known for his work on the influential 1992 Australian drama "Romper Stomper."
  • B. Jeffrey Cohen
    Jeffrey Cohen is a songwriter best known for co-writing the theme song to the James Bond film "Licence to Kill."
  • C. Jerry Feldman
    Jerry Feldman is the fast-talking, compulsive gambler protagonist of the 1982 comedy film "Lookin' to Get Out," whose misadventures in Las Vegas drive the movie’s plot.
  • D. Steve Greenberg
    Steve Greenberg is an American sports media executive and entrepreneur best known for founding the Classic Sports Network, which later became ESPN Classic.
  • E. Steve Greenberg
    Steve Greenberg is a music industry executive and record producer known for discovering and developing successful pop and rock artists.
  • 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_69d8b909e8cc81908df4cc2b8ea6d11f completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4ddeb2d7881909326cb9d2f5e2fb5 completed April 19, 2026, 1:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0804e090cc8190b3633950e33811bd completed May 16, 2026, 5:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08092fe1dc8190a2836414b7b439ca completed May 16, 2026, 6:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a080a3df1cc8190970766e8bcbcf7f5 completed May 16, 2026, 6:10 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:28 a.m.