Triple
T1001141
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Indiana Pacers (ABA) |
E21604
|
entity |
| Predicate | mergerContext |
P5868
|
FINISHED |
| Object | ABA–NBA merger |
E23581
|
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: ABA–NBA merger | Statement: [Indiana Pacers (ABA), mergerContext, ABA–NBA merger]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ABA–NBA merger Context triple: [Indiana Pacers (ABA), mergerContext, ABA–NBA merger]
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A.
Basketball Association of America
The Basketball Association of America was a pioneering professional basketball league in North America that later merged with the National Basketball League to form the modern National Basketball Association (NBA).
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B.
American Basketball Association
chosen
The American Basketball Association is a professional basketball league that operated in the United States from 1967 to 1976 and is known for its flashy style of play, the introduction of the three-point line, and its eventual merger with the NBA.
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C.
NBA Board of Governors
The NBA Board of Governors is the league’s governing body composed primarily of team owners, responsible for setting policies, approving major decisions, and overseeing the overall direction of the National Basketball Association.
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D.
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the premier professional men's basketball league in North America, featuring top teams and players and widely regarded as the highest level of basketball competition in the world.
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E.
NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
The NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team is a historic list of the 50 greatest players in NBA history, selected in 1996 to honor the league’s first half-century.
- 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: mergerContext Context triple: [Indiana Pacers (ABA), mergerContext, ABA–NBA merger]
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A.
mergerResult
Indicates that one or more entities have combined into a single entity, specifying the outcome or resulting entity of the merger.
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B.
mergerType
chosen
Indicates the specific kind or category of merger relationship that exists between the involved entities.
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C.
mergerPartner
Indicates that two entities are involved as counterparties in a merger transaction with each other.
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D.
reasonForMerger
Indicates the underlying cause, motivation, or justification for why two or more entities merged.
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E.
dissolvedByMerger
Indicates that an entity ceased to exist as an independent entity because it was legally combined into another entity through a merger.
- 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_69a493c53e648190ae8cb76c433fd9a7 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b4fb18b88190ae2d620aaaff4f90 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac2a1cb4f08190b1351aadd57c3bda |
completed | March 7, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a4b2b1f4f88190822598cfd2a0fd2b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.