Triple
T12994310
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Waterloo Hawks |
E321993
|
entity |
| Predicate | formerLeague |
P5927
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
National Professional Basketball League
The National Professional Basketball League was a short-lived early 1950s American professional basketball league that briefly served as an alternative to the NBA.
|
E1020860
|
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: National Professional Basketball League | Statement: [Waterloo Hawks, formerLeague, National Professional Basketball League]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Professional Basketball League Context triple: [Waterloo Hawks, formerLeague, National Professional Basketball League]
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A.
National Basketball League
The National Basketball League was a professional basketball league in the United States that operated primarily in the Midwest from the 1930s until it merged with the Basketball Association of America in 1949 to form the NBA.
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B.
National Basketball League
The National Basketball League is Australia's premier professional men's basketball competition, featuring teams from across the country and occasionally New Zealand.
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C.
National Basketball League
The National Basketball League is Lithuania's second-tier professional basketball competition, serving as the primary league below the top-division Lithuanian Basketball League.
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D.
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the premier professional men's basketball league in North America, featuring top teams and players and widely regarded as the highest level of basketball competition in the world.
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E.
International Basketball Association
The International Basketball Association was a professional basketball league co-founded by sports entrepreneur Dennis Murphy, known for his role in creating several innovative sports leagues.
- 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: National Professional Basketball League Triple: [Waterloo Hawks, formerLeague, National Professional Basketball League]
Generated description
The National Professional Basketball League was a short-lived early 1950s American professional basketball league that briefly served as an alternative to the NBA.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Professional Basketball League Target entity description: The National Professional Basketball League was a short-lived early 1950s American professional basketball league that briefly served as an alternative to the NBA.
-
A.
National Basketball League
The National Basketball League was a professional basketball league in the United States that operated primarily in the Midwest from the 1930s until it merged with the Basketball Association of America in 1949 to form the NBA.
-
B.
National Basketball League
The National Basketball League is Australia's premier professional men's basketball competition, featuring teams from across the country and occasionally New Zealand.
-
C.
National Basketball League
The National Basketball League is Lithuania's second-tier professional basketball competition, serving as the primary league below the top-division Lithuanian Basketball League.
-
D.
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the premier professional men's basketball league in North America, featuring top teams and players and widely regarded as the highest level of basketball competition in the world.
-
E.
International Basketball Association
The International Basketball Association was a professional basketball league co-founded by sports entrepreneur Dennis Murphy, known for his role in creating several innovative sports leagues.
- 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_69d8076479b8819090afce3591939cdf |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d97e7877f481908a03f1077600e58a |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6d5f4bedc81909b8dfa79a842e12d |
completed | May 3, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f6da5695508190a96ca16a4e5c01ee |
completed | May 3, 2026, 5:17 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f6daeae96081908f6d9cda3ff7f961 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 5:19 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 8:44 p.m.