Triple

T2191762
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball E49876 entity
Predicate notablePlayer P304 FINISHED
Object Willie Burton
Willie Burton is a former American basketball player best known for his standout collegiate career at the University of Minnesota and subsequent play in the NBA.
E242523 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: Willie Burton | Statement: [Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball, notablePlayer, Willie Burton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Willie Burton
Context triple: [Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball, notablePlayer, Willie Burton]
  • A. Paul Bransom
    Paul Bransom was an American illustrator and wildlife artist best known for his detailed animal drawings in early 20th-century books and magazines.
  • B. Dulé Hill
    Dulé Hill is an American actor best known for his roles as presidential aide Charlie Young on "The West Wing" and pharmaceutical salesman-turned-fake psychic Burton "Gus" Guster on "Psych."
  • C. Corde Broadus
    Corde Broadus is the eldest son of rapper Snoop Dogg, known for his appearances in media related to his father's career and his own work as a model and entertainer.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Walker O. Cain
    Walker O. Cain was a 20th-century American architect known for designing prominent cultural and institutional buildings, including major museum projects.
  • 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: Willie Burton
Triple: [Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball, notablePlayer, Willie Burton]
Generated description
Willie Burton is a former American basketball player best known for his standout collegiate career at the University of Minnesota and subsequent play in the NBA.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Willie Burton
Target entity description: Willie Burton is a former American basketball player best known for his standout collegiate career at the University of Minnesota and subsequent play in the NBA.
  • A. Paul Bransom
    Paul Bransom was an American illustrator and wildlife artist best known for his detailed animal drawings in early 20th-century books and magazines.
  • B. Dulé Hill
    Dulé Hill is an American actor best known for his roles as presidential aide Charlie Young on "The West Wing" and pharmaceutical salesman-turned-fake psychic Burton "Gus" Guster on "Psych."
  • C. Corde Broadus
    Corde Broadus is the eldest son of rapper Snoop Dogg, known for his appearances in media related to his father's career and his own work as a model and entertainer.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Walker O. Cain
    Walker O. Cain was a 20th-century American architect known for designing prominent cultural and institutional buildings, including major museum projects.
  • 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_69a88aaba3c48190b351cab9b26989ff completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbf48ceb48190956df39377df0548 completed March 7, 2026, 6:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae5db283cc8190b75870cb2aabc5af completed March 9, 2026, 5:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae5e7b13108190bc3f4edbff3bdb24 completed March 9, 2026, 5:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae5edfe80481908c3304c917c9065b completed March 9, 2026, 5:47 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:46 p.m.