Triple

T2422126
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Houston Rockets E53440 entity
Predicate notablePlayer P304 FINISHED
Object Ralph Sampson
Ralph Sampson is a Hall of Fame American basketball center best known as a dominant 7-foot-4 star in the 1980s NBA, particularly for his early success and twin-towers partnership with Hakeem Olajuwon.
E265070 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: Ralph Sampson | Statement: [Houston Rockets, notablePlayer, Ralph Sampson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ralph Sampson
Context triple: [Houston Rockets, notablePlayer, Ralph Sampson]
  • A. Dominique Wilkins
    Dominique Wilkins is a Hall of Fame American basketball player renowned for his prolific scoring, spectacular dunking ability, and starring role in the NBA during the 1980s and early 1990s.
  • B. Horace Grant
    Horace Grant is a retired American professional basketball player best known as a four-time NBA champion and key defensive forward for the Chicago Bulls during their early 1990s dynasty.
  • C. Antonio Davis
    Antonio Davis is a retired American professional basketball player best known for his NBA career as a rugged, defensive-minded power forward and center, including an All-Star stint with the Toronto Raptors.
  • D. Reggie Lewis
    Reggie Lewis was an All-Star shooting guard for the Boston Celtics whose promising NBA career was tragically cut short by his sudden death at age 27.
  • E. Moses Malone
    Moses Malone was a dominant Hall of Fame center and three-time NBA MVP renowned for his rebounding prowess and key role in leading the Philadelphia 76ers to the 1983 championship.
  • 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: Ralph Sampson
Triple: [Houston Rockets, notablePlayer, Ralph Sampson]
Generated description
Ralph Sampson is a Hall of Fame American basketball center best known as a dominant 7-foot-4 star in the 1980s NBA, particularly for his early success and twin-towers partnership with Hakeem Olajuwon.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ralph Sampson
Target entity description: Ralph Sampson is a Hall of Fame American basketball center best known as a dominant 7-foot-4 star in the 1980s NBA, particularly for his early success and twin-towers partnership with Hakeem Olajuwon.
  • A. Dominique Wilkins
    Dominique Wilkins is a Hall of Fame American basketball player renowned for his prolific scoring, spectacular dunking ability, and starring role in the NBA during the 1980s and early 1990s.
  • B. Horace Grant
    Horace Grant is a retired American professional basketball player best known as a four-time NBA champion and key defensive forward for the Chicago Bulls during their early 1990s dynasty.
  • C. Antonio Davis
    Antonio Davis is a retired American professional basketball player best known for his NBA career as a rugged, defensive-minded power forward and center, including an All-Star stint with the Toronto Raptors.
  • D. Reggie Lewis
    Reggie Lewis was an All-Star shooting guard for the Boston Celtics whose promising NBA career was tragically cut short by his sudden death at age 27.
  • E. Moses Malone
    Moses Malone was a dominant Hall of Fame center and three-time NBA MVP renowned for his rebounding prowess and key role in leading the Philadelphia 76ers to the 1983 championship.
  • 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_69ab495c44d48190b7235b23719bc3f6 completed March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc971093481909c8924d58187860c completed March 7, 2026, 6:45 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aebf5b1bb8819095920d702c180d3f completed March 9, 2026, 12:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aec338adf481908492b99d6e949bf8 completed March 9, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aec3d410048190b908e883442b4ac2 completed March 9, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.