Triple
T1477677
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Providence Steamrollers |
E30879
|
entity |
| Predicate | coach |
P2169
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Hank Soar
Hank Soar was an American sports figure best known as an NFL player and later a longtime American League baseball umpire.
|
E181171
|
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: Hank Soar | Statement: [Providence Steamrollers, coach, Hank Soar]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hank Soar Context triple: [Providence Steamrollers, coach, Hank Soar]
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A.
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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B.
Dick Howser
Dick Howser was an American Major League Baseball manager and former infielder best known for leading the Kansas City Royals to their first World Series championship in 1985.
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C.
Curt Menefee
Curt Menefee is an American sportscaster best known as the longtime studio host of Fox's NFL coverage.
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D.
Pat Hobbs
Pat Hobbs is an American college athletics administrator best known for serving as the athletic director at Rutgers University, where he has overseen major developments in the Scarlet Knights’ athletic programs.
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E.
Harold Shannon
Harold Shannon was a Canadian sports executive known for being one of the owners involved with the Toronto Huskies professional basketball team in the 1940s.
- 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: Hank Soar Triple: [Providence Steamrollers, coach, Hank Soar]
Generated description
Hank Soar was an American sports figure best known as an NFL player and later a longtime American League baseball umpire.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hank Soar Target entity description: Hank Soar was an American sports figure best known as an NFL player and later a longtime American League baseball umpire.
-
A.
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.
-
B.
Dick Howser
Dick Howser was an American Major League Baseball manager and former infielder best known for leading the Kansas City Royals to their first World Series championship in 1985.
-
C.
Curt Menefee
Curt Menefee is an American sportscaster best known as the longtime studio host of Fox's NFL coverage.
-
D.
Pat Hobbs
Pat Hobbs is an American college athletics administrator best known for serving as the athletic director at Rutgers University, where he has overseen major developments in the Scarlet Knights’ athletic programs.
-
E.
Harold Shannon
Harold Shannon was a Canadian sports executive known for being one of the owners involved with the Toronto Huskies professional basketball team in the 1940s.
- 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.