Triple

T13043973
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject San Diego Mariners E327268 entity
Predicate notablePlayer P304 FINISHED
Object Norm Ferguson
Norm Ferguson is a former professional ice hockey forward best known for his scoring prowess in the World Hockey Association during the 1970s.
 E1018193 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: Norm Ferguson | Statement: [San Diego Mariners, notablePlayer, Norm Ferguson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Norm Ferguson
Context triple: [San Diego Mariners, notablePlayer, Norm Ferguson]
  • A. Ronald Ferguson
    Ronald Ferguson was a British polo manager and former officer best known as the father of Sarah, Duchess of York.
  • B. Richard Ferguson
    Richard Ferguson was a mid-20th-century middle-distance runner known for competing at an elite level during the era of the famed “Miracle Mile.”
  • C. Paul Ferguson
    Paul Ferguson is an English drummer best known as a founding member of the post-punk band Killing Joke.
  • D. Oscar Furlong
    Oscar Furlong was an Argentine basketball player renowned as one of the sport’s early international stars, particularly for leading Argentina to prominence in the mid-20th century.
  • E. Ed Morrison
    Ed Morrison is an English rugby union referee best known for officiating major international matches, including the 1995 Rugby World Cup final.
  • 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: Norm Ferguson
Triple: [San Diego Mariners, notablePlayer, Norm Ferguson]
Generated description
Norm Ferguson is a former professional ice hockey forward best known for his scoring prowess in the World Hockey Association during the 1970s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Norm Ferguson
Target entity description: Norm Ferguson is a former professional ice hockey forward best known for his scoring prowess in the World Hockey Association during the 1970s.
  • A. Ronald Ferguson
    Ronald Ferguson was a British polo manager and former officer best known as the father of Sarah, Duchess of York.
  • B. Richard Ferguson
    Richard Ferguson was a mid-20th-century middle-distance runner known for competing at an elite level during the era of the famed “Miracle Mile.”
  • C. Paul Ferguson
    Paul Ferguson is an English drummer best known as a founding member of the post-punk band Killing Joke.
  • D. Oscar Furlong
    Oscar Furlong was an Argentine basketball player renowned as one of the sport’s early international stars, particularly for leading Argentina to prominence in the mid-20th century.
  • E. Ed Morrison
    Ed Morrison is an English rugby union referee best known for officiating major international matches, including the 1995 Rugby World Cup final.
  • 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_69d8076e64308190904fb5c93517c901 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d98050157c8190bb8c640b759ac2b7 completed April 10, 2026, 10:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6cbd720248190a23a07dadc7e1348 completed May 3, 2026, 4:15 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6cd706f548190af79efa973434af9 completed May 3, 2026, 4:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6ce23ca208190960409130c4c52a9 completed May 3, 2026, 4:25 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 8:56 p.m.