Triple
T22213525
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | NBA luxury tax |
E549014
|
entity |
| Predicate | thresholdAbove |
P14326
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FINISHED |
| Object | NBA salary cap |
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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: NBA salary cap | Statement: [NBA luxury tax, thresholdAbove, NBA salary cap]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NBA salary cap Context triple: [NBA luxury tax, thresholdAbove, NBA salary cap]
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A.
NBA salary cap
chosen
The NBA salary cap is a league-imposed limit on the total amount teams can spend on player salaries in a season, designed to promote competitive balance while allowing certain exceptions and mechanisms for roster building.
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B.
NBA luxury tax
The NBA luxury tax is a financial penalty system that charges teams extra money when their total player salaries exceed a league-defined threshold above the salary cap.
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C.
NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement
The NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement is the labor contract between the league and the players’ union that sets the rules for player contracts, salaries, trades, free agency, and other key aspects of NBA operations.
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D.
NBA free agency
NBA free agency is the period when professional basketball players whose contracts have expired can negotiate and sign new deals with any team, often reshaping rosters and competitive balance across the league.
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E.
ABA–NBA merger television revenue agreement
The ABA–NBA merger television revenue agreement was a landmark deal in which the Silna brothers secured a long-term share of NBA television revenues in exchange for folding their ABA franchise, ultimately becoming one of the most lucrative sports business agreements in history.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: thresholdAbove Context triple: [NBA luxury tax, thresholdAbove, NBA salary cap]
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A.
thresholdFor
chosen
Indicates that one entity specifies the minimum or limiting value at which a condition, effect, or state involving another entity begins to occur or change.
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B.
trimLevelAbove
Indicates that one entity’s trim level is higher or more upgraded than another’s.
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C.
elevationThreshold
Indicates a specified elevation level at which a condition, effect, or change in state becomes applicable or is triggered.
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D.
upperLimit
Indicates that one entity specifies the maximum allowable value, quantity, or boundary for another entity or condition.
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E.
statusLevelAbove
Indicates that one entity’s status level is higher or more advanced than another entity’s status level.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (3 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_69e11e3f7e04819089806d81d5ac431e |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f12b2d607c81909511761b5563ddee |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:48 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e71b4dcc408190a30429fb08fcf39e |
completed | April 21, 2026, 6:38 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:37 p.m.