Triple
T22419336
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Larry Bird–Julius Erving era |
E554203
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entity |
| Predicate | centeredOnRivalryBetween |
P100279
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Larry Bird and Julius Erving |
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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: Larry Bird and Julius Erving | Statement: [Larry Bird–Julius Erving era, centeredOnRivalryBetween, Larry Bird and Julius Erving]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Larry Bird and Julius Erving Context triple: [Larry Bird–Julius Erving era, centeredOnRivalryBetween, Larry Bird and Julius Erving]
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A.
Larry Bird
Larry Bird is a legendary Hall of Fame basketball player widely regarded as one of the greatest in NBA history, known for his scoring, playmaking, and fierce competitiveness during the 1980s.
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B.
Julius Erving
Julius Erving, widely known as "Dr. J," is a Hall of Fame basketball legend celebrated for revolutionizing the modern, above-the-rim style of play in the ABA and NBA.
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C.
Dave Cowens
Dave Cowens is a Hall of Fame NBA center and power forward best known for leading the Boston Celtics to two championships in the 1970s with his relentless hustle and all-around play.
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D.
Tom Heinsohn
Tom Heinsohn was a Hall of Fame player and coach for the Boston Celtics who later became a longtime, beloved television commentator for the team.
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E.
George Gervin
George Gervin is a Hall of Fame American basketball player, nicknamed "The Iceman," renowned as one of the greatest scorers in ABA and NBA history.
- 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: Larry Bird and Julius Erving Target entity description: Larry Bird and Julius Erving are two legendary Basketball Hall of Famers whose intense on-court rivalry in the 1980s helped define an era of the NBA.
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A.
Larry Bird
Larry Bird is a legendary Hall of Fame basketball player widely regarded as one of the greatest in NBA history, known for his scoring, playmaking, and fierce competitiveness during the 1980s.
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B.
Julius Erving
Julius Erving, widely known as "Dr. J," is a Hall of Fame basketball legend celebrated for revolutionizing the modern, above-the-rim style of play in the ABA and NBA.
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C.
Dave Cowens
Dave Cowens is a Hall of Fame NBA center and power forward best known for leading the Boston Celtics to two championships in the 1970s with his relentless hustle and all-around play.
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D.
Tom Heinsohn
Tom Heinsohn was a Hall of Fame player and coach for the Boston Celtics who later became a longtime, beloved television commentator for the team.
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E.
George Gervin
George Gervin is a Hall of Fame American basketball player, nicknamed "The Iceman," renowned as one of the greatest scorers in ABA and NBA history.
- 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_69e11e4e6ce8819085a1e06d886bf21c |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f15948dcdc81909d0a792c4498fa70 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 1:05 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:46 p.m.