Triple

T18817200
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Victoria Cougars (WHL) E460167 entity
Predicate notableAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object Mel Bridgman — NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Mel Bridgman | Statement: [Victoria Cougars (WHL), notableAlumni, Mel Bridgman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mel Bridgman
Context triple: [Victoria Cougars (WHL), notableAlumni, Mel Bridgman]
  • A. Duncan Bridgeman
    Duncan Bridgeman is a British musician, composer, and filmmaker best known for his genre-blending world music projects and documentary films such as "1 Giant Leap."
  • B. Edward McDermott
    Edward McDermott is a film editor known for his work on the silent romantic comedy "My Best Girl" (1927) starring Mary Pickford.
  • C. Martin Boddey
    Martin Boddey was a British character actor known for his frequent supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television, often portraying authority figures such as policemen and officials.
  • D. Ray Bridgman Smith
    Ray Bridgman Smith was an American marine biologist and oceanographer known for his research on the optical properties of seawater and underwater light.
  • E. Leslie Ames
    Leslie Ames was a renowned English cricketer and wicket-keeper-batsman, widely regarded as one of the greatest wicket-keeper-batsmen in the history of the sport.
  • 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: Mel Bridgman
Target entity description: Mel Bridgman is a former Canadian professional ice hockey centre who became the first-ever captain of the Philadelphia Flyers and later worked as an NHL executive.
  • A. Duncan Bridgeman
    Duncan Bridgeman is a British musician, composer, and filmmaker best known for his genre-blending world music projects and documentary films such as "1 Giant Leap."
  • B. Edward McDermott
    Edward McDermott is a film editor known for his work on the silent romantic comedy "My Best Girl" (1927) starring Mary Pickford.
  • C. Martin Boddey
    Martin Boddey was a British character actor known for his frequent supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television, often portraying authority figures such as policemen and officials.
  • D. Ray Bridgman Smith
    Ray Bridgman Smith was an American marine biologist and oceanographer known for his research on the optical properties of seawater and underwater light.
  • E. Leslie Ames
    Leslie Ames was a renowned English cricketer and wicket-keeper-batsman, widely regarded as one of the greatest wicket-keeper-batsmen in the history of the sport.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 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_69d8dcf94c288190a06dea029ae4b223 completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5a6b620248190afa21a6ce61e2cff completed April 20, 2026, 4:08 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.