Triple
T18856916
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Wineville Chicken Coop Murders |
E461197
|
entity |
| Predicate | perpetrator |
P698
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Gordon Stewart Northcott
Gordon Stewart Northcott was an American serial killer responsible for the notorious Wineville Chicken Coop Murders in the late 1920s.
|
E1349732
|
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: Gordon Stewart Northcott | Statement: [Wineville Chicken Coop Murders, perpetrator, Gordon Stewart Northcott]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gordon Stewart Northcott Context triple: [Wineville Chicken Coop Murders, perpetrator, Gordon Stewart Northcott]
-
A.
Gordon Hodgkin
Gordon Hodgkin was a British painter and printmaker renowned for his vibrant, abstract works that often evoked emotional and remembered interiors.
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B.
Donald A. Gillies
Donald A. Gillies was a British philosopher of science and logician known for his work on probability theory, scientific methodology, and the philosophy of mathematics.
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C.
Frederick William Hutchison
Frederick William Hutchison was a 19th-century political figure who served as a cabinet minister in the government of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
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D.
Robert Norman Ross
Robert Norman Ross was an American painter, art instructor, and television host best known for his soothing demeanor and instructional show "The Joy of Painting."
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E.
Hardy Cathcart
Hardy Cathcart is a wealthy, art-obsessed villain in the 1946 film noir "The Dark Corner," known for his cold-blooded manipulation and murderous schemes.
- 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: Gordon Stewart Northcott Triple: [Wineville Chicken Coop Murders, perpetrator, Gordon Stewart Northcott]
Generated description
Gordon Stewart Northcott was an American serial killer responsible for the notorious Wineville Chicken Coop Murders in the late 1920s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gordon Stewart Northcott Target entity description: Gordon Stewart Northcott was an American serial killer responsible for the notorious Wineville Chicken Coop Murders in the late 1920s.
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A.
Gordon Hodgkin
Gordon Hodgkin was a British painter and printmaker renowned for his vibrant, abstract works that often evoked emotional and remembered interiors.
-
B.
Donald A. Gillies
Donald A. Gillies was a British philosopher of science and logician known for his work on probability theory, scientific methodology, and the philosophy of mathematics.
-
C.
Frederick William Hutchison
Frederick William Hutchison was a 19th-century political figure who served as a cabinet minister in the government of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
-
D.
Robert Norman Ross
Robert Norman Ross was an American painter, art instructor, and television host best known for his soothing demeanor and instructional show "The Joy of Painting."
-
E.
Hardy Cathcart
Hardy Cathcart is a wealthy, art-obsessed villain in the 1946 film noir "The Dark Corner," known for his cold-blooded manipulation and murderous schemes.
- 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_69d8dcfb7b9c8190854e7b171b98ea2e |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e5c05d0bb8819094d0447441f85b57 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 5:57 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a059103cdf88190a2d89d09734f56d2 |
completed | May 14, 2026, 9:08 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a05955df358819082bab77fe8b44c95 |
completed | May 14, 2026, 9:26 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0595f526908190868f55d496af4196 |
completed | May 14, 2026, 9:29 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:57 a.m.