Triple
T1168416
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Butler Bulldogs men's basketball |
E24852
|
entity |
| Predicate | notablePlayer |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Matt Howard
Matt Howard is a former American college basketball player best known as a standout forward for Butler University during its back-to-back NCAA Tournament title game runs in 2010 and 2011.
|
E161053
|
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: Matt Howard | Statement: [Butler Bulldogs men's basketball, notablePlayer, Matt Howard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matt Howard Context triple: [Butler Bulldogs men's basketball, notablePlayer, Matt Howard]
-
A.
Bryan Harper
Bryan Harper is an American former professional baseball player and the older brother of MLB star Bryce Harper.
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B.
Jeff Henley
Jeff Henley is an American business executive best known for his long tenure as Oracle Corporation’s chief financial officer and later chairman of the board.
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C.
Clay Morrow
Clay Morrow is a central fictional character in the television series "Sons of Anarchy," known as the manipulative and often ruthless president of the outlaw motorcycle club at the heart of the show.
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D.
Ken Howery
Ken Howery is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of PayPal who later served as a partner at Founders Fund and as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden.
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E.
Mark Herron
Mark Herron was an American actor best known for being the fourth husband of legendary entertainer Judy Garland.
- 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: Matt Howard Triple: [Butler Bulldogs men's basketball, notablePlayer, Matt Howard]
Generated description
Matt Howard is a former American college basketball player best known as a standout forward for Butler University during its back-to-back NCAA Tournament title game runs in 2010 and 2011.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matt Howard Target entity description: Matt Howard is a former American college basketball player best known as a standout forward for Butler University during its back-to-back NCAA Tournament title game runs in 2010 and 2011.
-
A.
Bryan Harper
Bryan Harper is an American former professional baseball player and the older brother of MLB star Bryce Harper.
-
B.
Jeff Henley
Jeff Henley is an American business executive best known for his long tenure as Oracle Corporation’s chief financial officer and later chairman of the board.
-
C.
Clay Morrow
Clay Morrow is a central fictional character in the television series "Sons of Anarchy," known as the manipulative and often ruthless president of the outlaw motorcycle club at the heart of the show.
-
D.
Ken Howery
Ken Howery is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of PayPal who later served as a partner at Founders Fund and as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden.
-
E.
Mark Herron
Mark Herron was an American actor best known for being the fourth husband of legendary entertainer Judy Garland.
- 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_69a494082a7c819095004f423f294a64 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bccef84481908864e819884af86c |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:25 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ace54f52988190b25c35271721c3ee |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:56 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ace5db553c8190b0d09462411f3dcf |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:58 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ace647c04881908ab550505110c29b |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.