Triple
T1477672
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Providence Steamrollers |
E30879
|
entity |
| Predicate | notablePlayer |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Nat Hickey
Nat Hickey was an early professional basketball player and coach best known for briefly appearing in an NBA game at age 45, making him the oldest player in league history.
|
E181170
|
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: Nat Hickey | Statement: [Providence Steamrollers, notablePlayer, Nat Hickey]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nat Hickey Context triple: [Providence Steamrollers, notablePlayer, Nat Hickey]
-
A.
Tom Canty
Tom Canty is the impoverished London boy who swaps identities with Prince Edward in Mark Twain’s novel "The Prince and the Pauper," highlighting themes of class and social injustice.
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B.
Hank O’Day
Hank O’Day was a prominent early 20th-century Major League Baseball umpire and former pitcher, best known for his long umpiring career and involvement in several historic games and controversies.
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C.
Eddie Sawyer
Eddie Sawyer was an American Major League Baseball manager best known for leading the Philadelphia Phillies' "Whiz Kids" to the 1950 National League pennant.
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D.
Mr. McFeely
Mr. McFeely is the speedy, friendly delivery man on the children's television show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," known for his catchphrase "Speedy Delivery!"
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E.
Murphy Cooper
Murphy Cooper is a brilliant and determined scientist and the daughter of astronaut Joseph Cooper in the science-fiction film "Interstellar," whose research becomes pivotal to humanity's survival.
- 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: Nat Hickey Triple: [Providence Steamrollers, notablePlayer, Nat Hickey]
Generated description
Nat Hickey was an early professional basketball player and coach best known for briefly appearing in an NBA game at age 45, making him the oldest player in league history.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nat Hickey Target entity description: Nat Hickey was an early professional basketball player and coach best known for briefly appearing in an NBA game at age 45, making him the oldest player in league history.
-
A.
Tom Canty
Tom Canty is the impoverished London boy who swaps identities with Prince Edward in Mark Twain’s novel "The Prince and the Pauper," highlighting themes of class and social injustice.
-
B.
Hank O’Day
Hank O’Day was a prominent early 20th-century Major League Baseball umpire and former pitcher, best known for his long umpiring career and involvement in several historic games and controversies.
-
C.
Eddie Sawyer
Eddie Sawyer was an American Major League Baseball manager best known for leading the Philadelphia Phillies' "Whiz Kids" to the 1950 National League pennant.
-
D.
Mr. McFeely
Mr. McFeely is the speedy, friendly delivery man on the children's television show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," known for his catchphrase "Speedy Delivery!"
-
E.
Murphy Cooper
Murphy Cooper is a brilliant and determined scientist and the daughter of astronaut Joseph Cooper in the science-fiction film "Interstellar," whose research becomes pivotal to humanity's survival.
- 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_69a498fe55a88190ab7f9e40ace88e49 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c605d4c0819088ab06678b2ba6f3 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:04 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad468a1e088190b9f4acea4ad506b4 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 9:51 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad481c9f1c8190a42eb5a8e98d2844 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 9:57 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad487f5ce08190a72efddc64bd496c |
completed | March 8, 2026, 9:59 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:11 p.m.