Triple

T2602330
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 1979 NBA Finals E58372 entity
Predicate MVP P2630 FINISHED
Object Lonnie Shelton
Lonnie Shelton was an American professional basketball player best known as a rugged, defensive-minded forward and key contributor to the Seattle SuperSonics’ late-1970s success.
E282220 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: Lonnie Shelton | Statement: [1979 NBA Finals, MVP, Lonnie Shelton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lonnie Shelton
Context triple: [1979 NBA Finals, MVP, Lonnie Shelton]
  • A. Lonnie Lynn
    Lonnie Lynn was an American jazz musician and poet best known as the father of rapper Common and for his spoken-word appearances on his son's albums.
  • B. Jimmie Walker
    Jimmie Walker is an American actor and comedian best known for his breakout role as J.J. Evans on the 1970s sitcom "Good Times" and his catchphrase "Dy-no-mite!"
  • C. Wayne Hardin
    Wayne Hardin was a prominent American college football coach best known for his successful tenures leading the Navy Midshipmen and Temple Owls programs.
  • D. Sam O'Steen
    Sam O'Steen was an acclaimed American film editor best known for his work on influential films such as "The Graduate," "Chinatown," and "Cool Hand Luke."
  • E. John Frizzell
    John Frizzell is an American film and television composer known for scoring a wide range of genre films, including prominent horror and thriller titles.
  • 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: Lonnie Shelton
Triple: [1979 NBA Finals, MVP, Lonnie Shelton]
Generated description
Lonnie Shelton was an American professional basketball player best known as a rugged, defensive-minded forward and key contributor to the Seattle SuperSonics’ late-1970s success.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lonnie Shelton
Target entity description: Lonnie Shelton was an American professional basketball player best known as a rugged, defensive-minded forward and key contributor to the Seattle SuperSonics’ late-1970s success.
  • A. Lonnie Lynn
    Lonnie Lynn was an American jazz musician and poet best known as the father of rapper Common and for his spoken-word appearances on his son's albums.
  • B. Jimmie Walker
    Jimmie Walker is an American actor and comedian best known for his breakout role as J.J. Evans on the 1970s sitcom "Good Times" and his catchphrase "Dy-no-mite!"
  • C. Wayne Hardin
    Wayne Hardin was a prominent American college football coach best known for his successful tenures leading the Navy Midshipmen and Temple Owls programs.
  • D. Sam O'Steen
    Sam O'Steen was an acclaimed American film editor best known for his work on influential films such as "The Graduate," "Chinatown," and "Cool Hand Luke."
  • E. John Frizzell
    John Frizzell is an American film and television composer known for scoring a wide range of genre films, including prominent horror and thriller titles.
  • 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_69ab4ac14040819098b13f4a27d5c8ff completed March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd459ca6c81908505be96d097b739 completed March 7, 2026, 7:31 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af83d37de081909467f8caa17ce3a9 completed March 10, 2026, 2:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af8501adc4819092035d7e55524fc8 completed March 10, 2026, 2:42 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af85a6060c8190a80d5633d1b8a9d5 completed March 10, 2026, 2:44 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:49 p.m.