Triple

T11169545
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Karl Malone E264238 entity
Predicate playedInNBAFinals P23986 FINISHED
Object 1997 NBA Finals
The 1997 NBA Finals was the championship series in which Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls defeated Karl Malone’s Utah Jazz in six games to claim their fifth NBA title of the decade.
 E908824 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: 1997 NBA Finals | Statement: [Karl Malone, playedInNBAFinals, 1997 NBA Finals]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: 1997 NBA Finals
Context triple: [Karl Malone, playedInNBAFinals, 1997 NBA Finals]
  • A. 1998 NBA Finals
    The 1998 NBA Finals was the championship series in which Michael Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to their sixth title, famously hitting a game-winning shot against the Utah Jazz in what became his last Finals with the team.
  • B. 1995 NBA Finals
    The 1995 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the Houston Rockets, led by Hakeem Olajuwon, defeated the Orlando Magic to win their second consecutive NBA title.
  • C. 1996 NBA Finals
    The 1996 NBA Finals was the championship series in which Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls defeated the Seattle SuperSonics to cap a then-record 72-win season.
  • D. 1992 NBA Finals
    The 1992 NBA Finals was the championship series between Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls and Clyde Drexler’s Portland Trail Blazers, in which the Bulls won their second consecutive title.
  • E. 1999 NBA Finals
    The 1999 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the San Antonio Spurs, led by stars Tim Duncan and David Robinson, defeated the New York Knicks to win the franchise’s first NBA title.
  • 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: 1997 NBA Finals
Triple: [Karl Malone, playedInNBAFinals, 1997 NBA Finals]
Generated description
The 1997 NBA Finals was the championship series in which Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls defeated Karl Malone’s Utah Jazz in six games to claim their fifth NBA title of the decade.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: 1997 NBA Finals
Target entity description: The 1997 NBA Finals was the championship series in which Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls defeated Karl Malone’s Utah Jazz in six games to claim their fifth NBA title of the decade.
  • A. 1998 NBA Finals
    The 1998 NBA Finals was the championship series in which Michael Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to their sixth title, famously hitting a game-winning shot against the Utah Jazz in what became his last Finals with the team.
  • B. 1995 NBA Finals
    The 1995 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the Houston Rockets, led by Hakeem Olajuwon, defeated the Orlando Magic to win their second consecutive NBA title.
  • C. 1996 NBA Finals
    The 1996 NBA Finals was the championship series in which Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls defeated the Seattle SuperSonics to cap a then-record 72-win season.
  • D. 1992 NBA Finals
    The 1992 NBA Finals was the championship series between Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls and Clyde Drexler’s Portland Trail Blazers, in which the Bulls won their second consecutive title.
  • E. 1999 NBA Finals
    The 1999 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the San Antonio Spurs, led by stars Tim Duncan and David Robinson, defeated the New York Knicks to win the franchise’s first NBA title.
  • 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_69d6aa9dafac8190bd90d2c74f661aa7 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e8952e248190b0751669e8c960b7 completed April 9, 2026, 5:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e463a2e2fc819086126b681d86e94b completed April 19, 2026, 5:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e46c37efec81908aa709587c37569d completed April 19, 2026, 5:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e47292cdd08190b05c4c8b09f4f918 completed April 19, 2026, 6:13 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:29 p.m.