Triple

T2177460
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject MetroStars E48562 entity
Predicate participatedIn P149 FINISHED
Object 1998 Major League Soccer season
The 1998 Major League Soccer season was the league’s third year of play in the United States, featuring expanded competition, early star players, and the continued establishment of professional top-flight soccer in the country.
E248195 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: 1998 Major League Soccer season | Statement: [MetroStars, participatedIn, 1998 Major League Soccer season]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1998 Major League Soccer season
Context triple: [MetroStars, participatedIn, 1998 Major League Soccer season]
  • A. 1997 Major League Soccer season
    The 1997 Major League Soccer season was the second year of the United States' top-tier professional soccer league, featuring expanded competition and growing fan interest following the league’s inaugural 1996 campaign.
  • B. 1996 Major League Soccer season
    The 1996 Major League Soccer season was the inaugural campaign of the top-tier professional soccer league in the United States, marking MLS’s debut with its first set of franchises and competitive play.
  • C. 2001 Major League Soccer season
    The 2001 Major League Soccer season was the sixth year of the top-tier professional soccer league in the United States, featuring clubs from across the country competing for the MLS Cup amid a schedule disrupted by the September 11 attacks.
  • D. 2000 Major League Soccer season
    The 2000 Major League Soccer season was the fifth year of the top-tier professional soccer league in the United States, featuring 12 teams competing for the MLS Cup and Supporters’ Shield.
  • E. 2008 Major League Soccer season
    The 2008 Major League Soccer season was the 13th year of top-tier professional soccer in the United States and Canada, featuring league expansion, regular-season play, and the MLS Cup playoffs to determine the champion.
  • 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: 1998 Major League Soccer season
Triple: [MetroStars, participatedIn, 1998 Major League Soccer season]
Generated description
The 1998 Major League Soccer season was the league’s third year of play in the United States, featuring expanded competition, early star players, and the continued establishment of professional top-flight soccer in the country.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1998 Major League Soccer season
Target entity description: The 1998 Major League Soccer season was the league’s third year of play in the United States, featuring expanded competition, early star players, and the continued establishment of professional top-flight soccer in the country.
  • A. 1997 Major League Soccer season
    The 1997 Major League Soccer season was the second year of the United States' top-tier professional soccer league, featuring expanded competition and growing fan interest following the league’s inaugural 1996 campaign.
  • B. 1996 Major League Soccer season
    The 1996 Major League Soccer season was the inaugural campaign of the top-tier professional soccer league in the United States, marking MLS’s debut with its first set of franchises and competitive play.
  • C. 2001 Major League Soccer season
    The 2001 Major League Soccer season was the sixth year of the top-tier professional soccer league in the United States, featuring clubs from across the country competing for the MLS Cup amid a schedule disrupted by the September 11 attacks.
  • D. 2000 Major League Soccer season
    The 2000 Major League Soccer season was the fifth year of the top-tier professional soccer league in the United States, featuring 12 teams competing for the MLS Cup and Supporters’ Shield.
  • E. 2008 Major League Soccer season
    The 2008 Major League Soccer season was the 13th year of top-tier professional soccer in the United States and Canada, featuring league expansion, regular-season play, and the MLS Cup playoffs to determine the champion.
  • 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_69a88aa3faa48190995b233af6525815 completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbeecdbc881909982a58568f0b1ed completed March 7, 2026, 6 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae6af200948190a2d8866946012de4 completed March 9, 2026, 6:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae6bbba3908190b24b6e29175cc449 completed March 9, 2026, 6:42 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae6c5f6364819085aed383ab0ff8c5 completed March 9, 2026, 6:44 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:45 p.m.