Triple
T1594903
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | La Salle Explorers men's basketball |
E34256
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableAlumnus |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lionel Simmons
Lionel Simmons is a former American professional basketball player and prolific collegiate scorer who starred at La Salle University before playing in the NBA for the Sacramento Kings.
|
E188831
|
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: Lionel Simmons | Statement: [La Salle Explorers men's basketball, notableAlumnus, Lionel Simmons]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lionel Simmons Context triple: [La Salle Explorers men's basketball, notableAlumnus, Lionel Simmons]
-
A.
Roy Hinson
Roy Hinson is a former American professional basketball player and standout forward from Rutgers University who played several seasons in the NBA during the 1980s.
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B.
Marlon Richards
Marlon Richards is a British artist and photographer best known as the son of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards and model Anita Pallenberg.
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C.
Armond Hill
Armond Hill is a former American basketball player and coach best known for his standout collegiate career at Princeton University and subsequent role as an NBA guard.
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D.
Roy Hawkins
Roy Hawkins was an American blues singer, pianist, and songwriter best known for co-writing the classic song "The Thrill Is Gone."
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E.
Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons was a prominent Irish-American art director and production designer at MGM, renowned for shaping the visual style of classic Hollywood films and for designing the Oscar statuette.
- 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: Lionel Simmons Triple: [La Salle Explorers men's basketball, notableAlumnus, Lionel Simmons]
Generated description
Lionel Simmons is a former American professional basketball player and prolific collegiate scorer who starred at La Salle University before playing in the NBA for the Sacramento Kings.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lionel Simmons Target entity description: Lionel Simmons is a former American professional basketball player and prolific collegiate scorer who starred at La Salle University before playing in the NBA for the Sacramento Kings.
-
A.
Roy Hinson
Roy Hinson is a former American professional basketball player and standout forward from Rutgers University who played several seasons in the NBA during the 1980s.
-
B.
Marlon Richards
Marlon Richards is a British artist and photographer best known as the son of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards and model Anita Pallenberg.
-
C.
Armond Hill
Armond Hill is a former American basketball player and coach best known for his standout collegiate career at Princeton University and subsequent role as an NBA guard.
-
D.
Roy Hawkins
Roy Hawkins was an American blues singer, pianist, and songwriter best known for co-writing the classic song "The Thrill Is Gone."
-
E.
Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons was a prominent Irish-American art director and production designer at MGM, renowned for shaping the visual style of classic Hollywood films and for designing the Oscar statuette.
- 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_69a885fdcb9c819081ce6f0b8cd477dd |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a9092aed308190a0198a0fb977a9e5 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad719f91cc8190aaacaa583098732a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:54 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad72016c3c8190ac3bd11bab59fdf0 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad7277b5f081908a8af047032aa15a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.