Triple

T15224074
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Sianis E363831 entity
Predicate notableFor P22 FINISHED
Object Curse of the Billy Goat
Curse of the Billy Goat is a famous sports superstition that allegedly hexed the Chicago Cubs baseball team, blaming their decades-long championship drought on the ejection of a tavern owner’s pet goat from Wrigley Field in 1945.
 E74007 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Curse of the Billy Goat | Statement: [William Sianis, notableFor, Curse of the Billy Goat]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Curse of the Billy Goat
Context triple: [William Sianis, notableFor, Curse of the Billy Goat]
  • A. Killer B's
    Killer B's was the nickname for the Houston Astros’ core group of star hitters in the 1990s and early 2000s whose surnames began with “B,” including players like Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio, and Lance Berkman.
  • B. Bu$hleaguer
    Bu$hleaguer is a politically charged Pearl Jam song known for its critical commentary on the George W. Bush administration.
  • C. Shawbost
    Shawbost is a village on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, known for its Gaelic heritage and coastal scenery.
  • D. The Fan
    The Fan is a 1996 psychological thriller film about an obsessive baseball fan whose fixation on his favorite player turns dangerously violent.
  • E. The Fan
    The Fan is the popular nickname for Beijing's National Indoor Stadium, a major multi-purpose arena known for hosting events during the 2008 and 2022 Olympic Games.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Curse of the Billy Goat
Target entity description: Curse of the Billy Goat is a famous sports superstition that allegedly hexed the Chicago Cubs baseball team, blaming their decades-long championship drought on the ejection of a tavern owner’s pet goat from Wrigley Field in 1945.
  • A. Curse of the Billy Goat chosen
    The Curse of the Billy Goat was a long-standing superstition blamed for the Chicago Cubs’ decades-long championship drought, said to have begun in 1945 when a tavern owner and his pet goat were ejected from Wrigley Field.
  • B. Killer B's
    Killer B's was the nickname for the Houston Astros’ core group of star hitters in the 1990s and early 2000s whose surnames began with “B,” including players like Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio, and Lance Berkman.
  • C. Bu$hleaguer
    Bu$hleaguer is a politically charged Pearl Jam song known for its critical commentary on the George W. Bush administration.
  • D. Shawbost
    Shawbost is a village on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, known for its Gaelic heritage and coastal scenery.
  • E. The Fan
    The Fan is a 1996 psychological thriller film about an obsessive baseball fan whose fixation on his favorite player turns dangerously violent.
  • F. None of above.

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Curse of the Billy Goat
Triple: [William Sianis, notableFor, Curse of the Billy Goat]
Generated description
Curse of the Billy Goat is a famous sports superstition that allegedly hexed the Chicago Cubs baseball team, blaming their decades-long championship drought on the ejection of a tavern owner’s pet goat from Wrigley Field in 1945.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d85a0ce24c81909c4d3b6475548c95 elicitation completed
NER batch_69e0078a9318819081db3b7bcc28e04f ner completed
NED1 batch_69fedd35ae348190beb1b113bfc66ab3 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69fedf13876c8190b7b08cd8e00a05ea ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69fede7f7a788190a8d3006055b06e62 nedg completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:12 a.m.