Triple

T2811508
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Comcast Spectacor E54180 entity
Predicate founderOfPredecessor P43749 FINISHED
Object Ed Snider
Ed Snider was an American sports executive best known as the longtime owner and driving force behind the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers and a major figure in Philadelphia’s professional sports and entertainment landscape.
E302224 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Ed Snider | Statement: [Comcast Spectacor, founderOfPredecessor, Ed Snider]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed Snider
Context triple: [Comcast Spectacor, founderOfPredecessor, Ed Snider]
  • A. Bill Bidwill
    Bill Bidwill was an American sports executive best known as the longtime owner of the NFL’s Cardinals franchise, overseeing the team’s moves from St. Louis to Arizona.
  • B. Bill Pohlad
    Bill Pohlad is an American film producer and director known for backing acclaimed independent films such as "12 Years a Slave" and directing the Brian Wilson biopic "Love & Mercy."
  • C. Zygi Wilf
    Zygi Wilf is an American real estate developer and principal owner of the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings.
  • D. John W. Henry
    John W. Henry is an American businessman and investor best known as the principal owner of the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool FC through his leadership of Fenway Sports Group.
  • E. Christopher Ilitch
    Christopher Ilitch is an American businessman and sports executive who leads Ilitch Holdings and oversees the family’s Detroit-based sports and entertainment enterprises.
  • 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: Ed Snider
Triple: [Comcast Spectacor, founderOfPredecessor, Ed Snider]
Generated description
Ed Snider was an American sports executive best known as the longtime owner and driving force behind the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers and a major figure in Philadelphia’s professional sports and entertainment landscape.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed Snider
Target entity description: Ed Snider was an American sports executive best known as the longtime owner and driving force behind the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers and a major figure in Philadelphia’s professional sports and entertainment landscape.
  • A. Bill Bidwill
    Bill Bidwill was an American sports executive best known as the longtime owner of the NFL’s Cardinals franchise, overseeing the team’s moves from St. Louis to Arizona.
  • B. Bill Pohlad
    Bill Pohlad is an American film producer and director known for backing acclaimed independent films such as "12 Years a Slave" and directing the Brian Wilson biopic "Love & Mercy."
  • C. Zygi Wilf
    Zygi Wilf is an American real estate developer and principal owner of the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings.
  • D. John W. Henry
    John W. Henry is an American businessman and investor best known as the principal owner of the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool FC through his leadership of Fenway Sports Group.
  • E. Christopher Ilitch
    Christopher Ilitch is an American businessman and sports executive who leads Ilitch Holdings and oversees the family’s Detroit-based sports and entertainment enterprises.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: founderOfPredecessor
Context triple: [Comcast Spectacor, founderOfPredecessor, Ed Snider]
  • A. historicalEntityPredecessor
    Indicates that one historical entity existed or held a role before another, serving as its predecessor in time or sequence.
  • B. foundingAncestor
    Indicates that one entity is the original progenitor or earliest known ancestor from whom another entity or lineage descends.
  • C. founder
    Indicates that an entity established, created, or started another entity such as an organization, institution, or company.
  • D. founderKnownFor
    Indicates that a founder is particularly recognized or notable for a specific work, achievement, product, or contribution.
  • E. wasFoundedBy
    Indicates that an organization, institution, or entity came into existence through the initiating action or establishment by a specific founder or founding group.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69ab49dcee188190b5c6eca9ae9e3469 completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abde354a5881908cd3d545f7dda81c completed March 7, 2026, 8:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afce9a76388190a5dce756de2eb59f completed March 10, 2026, 7:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afd0b179ac8190a260003b9a457180 completed March 10, 2026, 8:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afd10b07748190935cce94cd9b2a13 completed March 10, 2026, 8:06 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69abdd0740208190911dc9c9546a79ae completed March 7, 2026, 8:08 a.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69abde0f4c648190b9812e64f30c39da completed March 7, 2026, 8:13 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:59 p.m.