Triple

T1024939
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject George Mikan E22118 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Mikan
Mikan is a surname most famously associated with George Mikan, a pioneering American professional basketball player often regarded as the NBA’s first dominant big man.
 E119832 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: Mikan | Statement: [George Mikan, familyName, Mikan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mikan
Context triple: [George Mikan, familyName, Mikan]
  • A. Maki
    Maki is a Japanese surname most notably associated with Fumihiko Maki, a prominent modernist architect known for his innovative urban and architectural designs.
  • B. Taro
    Taro is a common Japanese male given name, often written with kanji meaning "eldest son" or similar traditional connotations.
  • C. Minna
    Minna is a major city and administrative center in north-central Nigeria, known as the capital of Niger State and a regional hub for trade and transportation.
  • D. Hana
    Hana is a compassionate Canadian army nurse in Michael Ondaatje's novel "The English Patient," who cares for a badly burned man in an abandoned Italian villa during World War II.
  • E. Hana
    Hana is a small, remote town on the eastern coast of Maui, Hawaii, known for its lush landscapes, waterfalls, and the scenic Road to Hana.
  • 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: Mikan
Triple: [George Mikan, familyName, Mikan]
Generated description
Mikan is a surname most famously associated with George Mikan, a pioneering American professional basketball player often regarded as the NBA’s first dominant big man.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mikan
Target entity description: Mikan is a surname most famously associated with George Mikan, a pioneering American professional basketball player often regarded as the NBA’s first dominant big man.
  • A. Maki
    Maki is a Japanese surname most notably associated with Fumihiko Maki, a prominent modernist architect known for his innovative urban and architectural designs.
  • B. Taro
    Taro is a common Japanese male given name, often written with kanji meaning "eldest son" or similar traditional connotations.
  • C. Minna
    Minna is a major city and administrative center in north-central Nigeria, known as the capital of Niger State and a regional hub for trade and transportation.
  • D. Hana
    Hana is a compassionate Canadian army nurse in Michael Ondaatje's novel "The English Patient," who cares for a badly burned man in an abandoned Italian villa during World War II.
  • E. Hana
    Hana is a small, remote town on the eastern coast of Maui, Hawaii, known for its lush landscapes, waterfalls, and the scenic Road to Hana.
  • 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_69a493d6e380819097b384986ffc315c completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b7f4c66c8190b6098fb72c1465a3 completed March 1, 2026, 10:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac3bba40f88190b80010a837dfb1cc completed March 7, 2026, 2:52 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac3c7d16748190a95aaffd04a867b3 completed March 7, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac3ce827b88190a5de06c695ad4ecb completed March 7, 2026, 2:57 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.