Triple

T13808005
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject NHL expansion of 1967 E331808 entity
Predicate divisionComposition P78419 FINISHED
Object West Division contained the six expansion teams
The West Division was the group in the National Hockey League’s 1967–68 season that consisted entirely of the league’s newly added expansion franchises.
 E1062764 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: West Division contained the six expansion teams | Statement: [NHL expansion of 1967, divisionComposition, West Division contained the six expansion teams]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: West Division contained the six expansion teams
Context triple: [NHL expansion of 1967, divisionComposition, West Division contained the six expansion teams]
  • A. Western Division (ABA)
    Western Division (ABA) was one of the two primary conferences of the American Basketball Association, grouping together several of the league’s western-based professional basketball teams.
  • B. Eastern Division (historical NBA)
    The Eastern Division was a former National Basketball Association grouping that organized teams from the eastern United States before the league restructured into conferences.
  • C. Western Conference (no divisions)
    The Western Conference (no divisions) is a grouping of WNBA teams in the league’s Western region used for standings and playoff qualification without further subdivision into smaller divisions.
  • D. Eastern Division (ABA)
    Eastern Division (ABA) was one of the two regional groupings of teams in the original American Basketball Association, organizing franchises primarily located in the eastern United States.
  • E. Mountain West West Division
    The Mountain West West Division was a former football division within the NCAA Division I FBS Mountain West Conference, grouping together several of the league’s western member schools.
  • 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: West Division contained the six expansion teams
Triple: [NHL expansion of 1967, divisionComposition, West Division contained the six expansion teams]
Generated description
The West Division was the group in the National Hockey League’s 1967–68 season that consisted entirely of the league’s newly added expansion franchises.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: West Division contained the six expansion teams
Target entity description: The West Division was the group in the National Hockey League’s 1967–68 season that consisted entirely of the league’s newly added expansion franchises.
  • A. Western Division (ABA)
    Western Division (ABA) was one of the two primary conferences of the American Basketball Association, grouping together several of the league’s western-based professional basketball teams.
  • B. Eastern Division (historical NBA)
    The Eastern Division was a former National Basketball Association grouping that organized teams from the eastern United States before the league restructured into conferences.
  • C. Western Conference (no divisions)
    The Western Conference (no divisions) is a grouping of WNBA teams in the league’s Western region used for standings and playoff qualification without further subdivision into smaller divisions.
  • D. Eastern Division (ABA)
    Eastern Division (ABA) was one of the two regional groupings of teams in the original American Basketball Association, organizing franchises primarily located in the eastern United States.
  • E. Mountain West West Division
    The Mountain West West Division was a former football division within the NCAA Division I FBS Mountain West Conference, grouping together several of the league’s western member schools.
  • 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_69d81c59f8808190a851bc56afdc55e9 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de026eae8481908b8880635e6a9152 completed April 14, 2026, 9:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7b08fbc348190a199c5d92e0e46be completed May 3, 2026, 8:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7b15143108190a49a09afba93eb45 completed May 3, 2026, 8:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7b50c31ac81909b17013d57dda164 completed May 3, 2026, 8:50 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:12 p.m.