Triple

T3103028
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject World Hockey Association E64763 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object John Bassett
John Bassett was a Canadian media executive and sports entrepreneur best known for his influential role in professional hockey, including helping launch the World Hockey Association.
E332919 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: John Bassett | Statement: [World Hockey Association, foundedBy, John Bassett]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Bassett
Context triple: [World Hockey Association, foundedBy, John Bassett]
  • A. Philander C. Knox
    Philander C. Knox was an American lawyer, U.S. Attorney General, Senator, and Secretary of State in the early 20th century, known for his role in shaping U.S. foreign and corporate policy during the administrations of Presidents McKinley, Roosevelt, and Taft.
  • B. Peter Hardeman Burnett
    Peter Hardeman Burnett was an American politician and lawyer who became the first elected civilian governor of California after it gained statehood in 1850.
  • C. Hugh Clifford
    Hugh Clifford was a British colonial administrator and writer who served as governor in several territories of the British Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Norman Truscott
    Norman Truscott is the bumbling, mild-mannered protagonist of the 1959 British comedy film "Follow a Star," portrayed by comedian Norman Wisdom.
  • E. Josephus Daniels
    Josephus Daniels was an influential American newspaper editor and publisher who later served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Woodrow Wilson.
  • 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: John Bassett
Triple: [World Hockey Association, foundedBy, John Bassett]
Generated description
John Bassett was a Canadian media executive and sports entrepreneur best known for his influential role in professional hockey, including helping launch the World Hockey Association.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Bassett
Target entity description: John Bassett was a Canadian media executive and sports entrepreneur best known for his influential role in professional hockey, including helping launch the World Hockey Association.
  • A. Philander C. Knox
    Philander C. Knox was an American lawyer, U.S. Attorney General, Senator, and Secretary of State in the early 20th century, known for his role in shaping U.S. foreign and corporate policy during the administrations of Presidents McKinley, Roosevelt, and Taft.
  • B. Peter Hardeman Burnett
    Peter Hardeman Burnett was an American politician and lawyer who became the first elected civilian governor of California after it gained statehood in 1850.
  • C. Hugh Clifford
    Hugh Clifford was a British colonial administrator and writer who served as governor in several territories of the British Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Norman Truscott
    Norman Truscott is the bumbling, mild-mannered protagonist of the 1959 British comedy film "Follow a Star," portrayed by comedian Norman Wisdom.
  • E. Josephus Daniels
    Josephus Daniels was an influential American newspaper editor and publisher who later served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Woodrow Wilson.
  • 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_69ad857dc98481909e585dc3372e3ed5 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada26df128819086541db7680c8c24 completed March 8, 2026, 4:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b235a3ebac8190af9a25eeee778675 completed March 12, 2026, 3:40 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2365f20dc819081b8d2beccc31c19 completed March 12, 2026, 3:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b237397e14819093a7192d28c59ad1 completed March 12, 2026, 3:47 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:03 p.m.