Triple

T10760086
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Harlem Globetrotters E253802 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Abe Saperstein
Abe Saperstein was an American sports promoter and coach best known as the creator and longtime owner of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team.
E884553 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: Abe Saperstein | Statement: [Harlem Globetrotters, foundedBy, Abe Saperstein]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Abe Saperstein
Context triple: [Harlem Globetrotters, foundedBy, Abe Saperstein]
  • A. Theodore L. Epstein
    Theodore L. Epstein is an individual whose specific public background or notable achievements are not clearly documented in widely available sources.
  • B. David Stern
    David Stern was the longtime commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) who oversaw its global expansion and transformation into a major international sports brand.
  • C. Morris Levy
    Morris Levy was an influential and controversial American music industry executive and record label owner known for his role in the rise of rock and roll and for his alleged ties to organized crime.
  • D. Fred Wilpon
    Fred Wilpon is an American real estate developer best known as the longtime principal owner of Major League Baseball’s New York Mets.
  • E. Jerry Levine
    Jerry Levine is an American actor and director best known for his roles in 1980s films and television, including a prominent part in the movie Teen Wolf.
  • 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: Abe Saperstein
Triple: [Harlem Globetrotters, foundedBy, Abe Saperstein]
Generated description
Abe Saperstein was an American sports promoter and coach best known as the creator and longtime owner of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Abe Saperstein
Target entity description: Abe Saperstein was an American sports promoter and coach best known as the creator and longtime owner of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team.
  • A. Theodore L. Epstein
    Theodore L. Epstein is an individual whose specific public background or notable achievements are not clearly documented in widely available sources.
  • B. David Stern
    David Stern was the longtime commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) who oversaw its global expansion and transformation into a major international sports brand.
  • C. Morris Levy
    Morris Levy was an influential and controversial American music industry executive and record label owner known for his role in the rise of rock and roll and for his alleged ties to organized crime.
  • D. Fred Wilpon
    Fred Wilpon is an American real estate developer best known as the longtime principal owner of Major League Baseball’s New York Mets.
  • E. Jerry Levine
    Jerry Levine is an American actor and director best known for his roles in 1980s films and television, including a prominent part in the movie Teen Wolf.
  • 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_69d6aa5f54f4819082d0bbcb6f8797e6 completed April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d731a14c7481909c6f4f9b15dc130f completed April 9, 2026, 4:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69de2344b0ec8190b5d713c129790288 completed April 14, 2026, 11:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69de27fb843c81908c0d0a5fb231543f completed April 14, 2026, 11:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69de2dff4a048190823c8b5f1f7ea548 completed April 14, 2026, 12:07 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:16 p.m.