Triple
T2454526
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 1976 NBA Finals |
E53787
|
entity |
| Predicate | notablePlayer |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Paul Westphal
Paul Westphal was an American Hall of Fame basketball player and coach best known as an All-Star guard for the Phoenix Suns in the 1970s.
|
E278573
|
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 Westphal | Statement: [1976 NBA Finals, notablePlayer, Paul Westphal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Westphal Context triple: [1976 NBA Finals, notablePlayer, Paul Westphal]
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A.
Brent Barry
Brent Barry is a retired American professional basketball player and two-time NBA champion known for his sharpshooting, high basketball IQ, and victory in the 1996 NBA Slam Dunk Contest.
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B.
Mitch Richmond
Mitch Richmond is a Hall of Fame shooting guard best known for his prolific scoring and six consecutive All-Star appearances in the 1990s NBA.
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C.
Bobby Hurley
Bobby Hurley is a former All-American point guard who led Duke to back-to-back NCAA championships in the early 1990s and is regarded as one of college basketball’s greatest floor generals.
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D.
David Aldridge
David Aldridge is an American sports journalist and NBA insider known for his long tenure with ESPN, NBA TV, and The Athletic, where he has provided in-depth basketball reporting and analysis.
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E.
Paul Silas
Paul Silas was an American professional basketball player and three-time NBA champion who later became a head coach in the league.
- 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 Westphal Triple: [1976 NBA Finals, notablePlayer, Paul Westphal]
Generated description
Paul Westphal was an American Hall of Fame basketball player and coach best known as an All-Star guard for the Phoenix Suns in the 1970s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Westphal Target entity description: Paul Westphal was an American Hall of Fame basketball player and coach best known as an All-Star guard for the Phoenix Suns in the 1970s.
-
A.
Brent Barry
Brent Barry is a retired American professional basketball player and two-time NBA champion known for his sharpshooting, high basketball IQ, and victory in the 1996 NBA Slam Dunk Contest.
-
B.
Mitch Richmond
Mitch Richmond is a Hall of Fame shooting guard best known for his prolific scoring and six consecutive All-Star appearances in the 1990s NBA.
-
C.
Bobby Hurley
Bobby Hurley is a former All-American point guard who led Duke to back-to-back NCAA championships in the early 1990s and is regarded as one of college basketball’s greatest floor generals.
-
D.
David Aldridge
David Aldridge is an American sports journalist and NBA insider known for his long tenure with ESPN, NBA TV, and The Athletic, where he has provided in-depth basketball reporting and analysis.
-
E.
Paul Silas
Paul Silas was an American professional basketball player and three-time NBA champion who later became a head coach in the league.
- 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_69ab495d227c8190b26ae6548eeb1019 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd0f7f85c8190a60970b6adb7fe80 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:17 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af65436c2c8190a8f1aba2852b52e8 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 12:26 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69af65d8e3f0819093ea4005c1bc1691 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 12:29 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69af66337ed88190a0118a9e192b1c0c |
completed | March 10, 2026, 12:30 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.