Triple

T10744186
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mercer Bears E253406 entity
Predicate mascot P52 FINISHED
Object Toby the Bear
Toby the Bear is the costumed bear mascot representing Mercer University's athletic teams, the Mercer Bears.
 E882616 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: Toby the Bear | Statement: [Mercer Bears, mascot, Toby the Bear]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Toby the Bear
Context triple: [Mercer Bears, mascot, Toby the Bear]
  • A. Boomer the Bear
    Boomer the Bear is the costumed bear mascot who represents Missouri State University at athletic events and campus activities.
  • B. Brisky the Bear
    Brisky the Bear is the costumed bear mascot of Japan’s Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters professional baseball team, known for entertaining fans at games and team events.
  • C. Tim the Bear
    Tim the Bear is a talking anthropomorphic bear and one of the main characters on the animated TV series "The Cleveland Show."
  • D. Bruno the Bear
    Bruno the Bear is the costumed bear mascot that represents Brown University at its athletic events and school functions.
  • E. Ben the bear
    Ben the bear is the friendly, domesticated brown bear who serves as the central animal character in the television series "Gentle Ben."
  • 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: Toby the Bear
Triple: [Mercer Bears, mascot, Toby the Bear]
Generated description
Toby the Bear is the costumed bear mascot representing Mercer University's athletic teams, the Mercer Bears.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Toby the Bear
Target entity description: Toby the Bear is the costumed bear mascot representing Mercer University's athletic teams, the Mercer Bears.
  • A. Boomer the Bear
    Boomer the Bear is the costumed bear mascot who represents Missouri State University at athletic events and campus activities.
  • B. Brisky the Bear
    Brisky the Bear is the costumed bear mascot of Japan’s Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters professional baseball team, known for entertaining fans at games and team events.
  • C. Tim the Bear
    Tim the Bear is a talking anthropomorphic bear and one of the main characters on the animated TV series "The Cleveland Show."
  • D. Bruno the Bear
    Bruno the Bear is the costumed bear mascot that represents Brown University at its athletic events and school functions.
  • E. Ben the bear
    Ben the bear is the friendly, domesticated brown bear who serves as the central animal character in the television series "Gentle Ben."
  • 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_69d6aa5e51e8819095f06881cecf152e completed April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d711b6b4b48190bad08500fa963062 completed April 9, 2026, 2:40 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69dbdb0470a4819082c5eb1f43ee02e2 completed April 12, 2026, 5:48 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69dcad07b51081908fd66ee9ff7341f6 completed April 13, 2026, 8:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69dd4386e3308190bb8503ce75fa628f completed April 13, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:15 p.m.