Triple

T13220014
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject So Many Pros E314724 entity
Predicate writer P1360 FINISHED
Object John Starks
John Starks is a former NBA shooting guard best known for his time with the New York Knicks in the 1990s, where he became an All-Star and a fan favorite for his intense defense and clutch shooting.
E1027818 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: John Starks | Statement: [So Many Pros, writer, John Starks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Starks
Context triple: [So Many Pros, writer, John Starks]
  • A. Salim Stoudamire
    Salim Stoudamire is an American former professional basketball player and standout University of Arizona guard known for his elite outside shooting.
  • B. Patrick Ewing
    Patrick Ewing is a Hall of Fame Jamaican-American center widely regarded as one of the greatest players in NBA history, best known for leading the New York Knicks during the 1980s and 1990s.
  • C. Jason Kidd
    Jason Kidd is a Hall of Fame NBA point guard and championship-winning coach renowned as one of the greatest playmakers and floor generals in basketball history.
  • D. Horace Grant
    Horace Grant is a retired American professional basketball player best known as a four-time NBA champion and key defensive forward for the Chicago Bulls during their early 1990s dynasty.
  • E. Glen Rice
    Glen Rice is a former American professional basketball player best known as a sharpshooting forward who starred at the University of Michigan before enjoying a successful NBA career, including three All-Star selections and an NBA championship.
  • 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: John Starks
Triple: [So Many Pros, writer, John Starks]
Generated description
John Starks is a former NBA shooting guard best known for his time with the New York Knicks in the 1990s, where he became an All-Star and a fan favorite for his intense defense and clutch shooting.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Starks
Target entity description: John Starks is a former NBA shooting guard best known for his time with the New York Knicks in the 1990s, where he became an All-Star and a fan favorite for his intense defense and clutch shooting.
  • A. Salim Stoudamire
    Salim Stoudamire is an American former professional basketball player and standout University of Arizona guard known for his elite outside shooting.
  • B. Patrick Ewing
    Patrick Ewing is a Hall of Fame Jamaican-American center widely regarded as one of the greatest players in NBA history, best known for leading the New York Knicks during the 1980s and 1990s.
  • C. Jason Kidd
    Jason Kidd is a Hall of Fame NBA point guard and championship-winning coach renowned as one of the greatest playmakers and floor generals in basketball history.
  • D. Horace Grant
    Horace Grant is a retired American professional basketball player best known as a four-time NBA champion and key defensive forward for the Chicago Bulls during their early 1990s dynasty.
  • E. Glen Rice
    Glen Rice is a former American professional basketball player best known as a sharpshooting forward who starred at the University of Michigan before enjoying a successful NBA career, including three All-Star selections and an NBA championship.
  • 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_69d806affc688190a25b6ccc588e9c72 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d98cf581508190883033f0c961736a completed April 10, 2026, 11:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6ff2282fc8190bc5037ff62e594ff completed May 3, 2026, 7:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7001924d48190af7d430cb258409a completed May 3, 2026, 7:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f700cfb43881909c903ec12b15065a completed May 3, 2026, 8:01 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:18 p.m.