Triple

T2299623
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Syracuse Nationals E51698 entity
Predicate notablePlayer P304 FINISHED
Object Paul Seymour
Paul Seymour was an American professional basketball player and coach best known for his standout career with the Syracuse Nationals in the NBA during the 1950s.
 E253799 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: Paul Seymour | Statement: [Syracuse Nationals, notablePlayer, Paul Seymour]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Paul Seymour
Context triple: [Syracuse Nationals, notablePlayer, Paul Seymour]
  • A. Albert Sendrey
    Albert Sendrey was a Hungarian-American composer, arranger, and conductor known for his work in film, radio, and popular music during the mid-20th century.
  • B. David B. Steinman
    David B. Steinman was a prominent American civil engineer and bridge designer known for his innovative long-span suspension bridges in the 20th century.
  • C. Richard Stolley
    Richard Stolley was an influential American magazine editor best known for shaping modern celebrity journalism as the founding managing editor of People magazine.
  • D. Joseph Moran
    Joseph Moran was the husband of acclaimed American character actress Thelma Ritter.
  • E. Norman Shields
    Norman Shields is the bumbling newspaper reporter portrayed by Norman Wisdom in the 1966 British comedy film "Press for Time."
  • 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: Paul Seymour
Triple: [Syracuse Nationals, notablePlayer, Paul Seymour]
Generated description
Paul Seymour was an American professional basketball player and coach best known for his standout career with the Syracuse Nationals in the NBA during the 1950s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Paul Seymour
Target entity description: Paul Seymour was an American professional basketball player and coach best known for his standout career with the Syracuse Nationals in the NBA during the 1950s.
  • A. Albert Sendrey
    Albert Sendrey was a Hungarian-American composer, arranger, and conductor known for his work in film, radio, and popular music during the mid-20th century.
  • B. David B. Steinman
    David B. Steinman was a prominent American civil engineer and bridge designer known for his innovative long-span suspension bridges in the 20th century.
  • C. Richard Stolley
    Richard Stolley was an influential American magazine editor best known for shaping modern celebrity journalism as the founding managing editor of People magazine.
  • D. Joseph Moran
    Joseph Moran was the husband of acclaimed American character actress Thelma Ritter.
  • E. Norman Shields
    Norman Shields is the bumbling newspaper reporter portrayed by Norman Wisdom in the 1966 British comedy film "Press for Time."
  • 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_69a88b0a9f248190bcff941463d8f65a completed March 4, 2026, 7:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc5ec3c948190b47ea763812a1cf5 completed March 7, 2026, 6:30 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae7f2e338881908e09d19f469a59ce completed March 9, 2026, 8:05 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae7fd78ee48190990fc7b5034b662b completed March 9, 2026, 8:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae80dadf208190913211329a40b4ee completed March 9, 2026, 8:12 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:49 p.m.