Triple

T3384663
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Springfield Thunderbirds E71267 entity
Predicate startSeason P16999 FINISHED
Object 2016–17 AHL season
The 2016–17 AHL season was the 81st season of the American Hockey League, featuring 30 teams competing as the primary developmental league for the NHL.
E352801 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: 2016–17 AHL season | Statement: [Springfield Thunderbirds, startSeason, 2016–17 AHL season]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2016–17 AHL season
Context triple: [Springfield Thunderbirds, startSeason, 2016–17 AHL season]
  • A. 2015–16 AHL season
    The 2015–16 AHL season was a professional ice hockey campaign in the American Hockey League marked by significant realignment and divisional restructuring, including the creation of the Central Division.
  • B. USHL Anderson Cup race
    The USHL Anderson Cup race is the United States Hockey League’s regular-season championship competition, awarded to the team with the best overall record before the playoffs.
  • C. North Division (AHL)
    North Division (AHL) is one of the American Hockey League’s regional groupings of teams, primarily featuring franchises based in the northeastern part of North America.
  • D. AHL Eastern Conference
    The AHL Eastern Conference is one of the two primary conferences in the American Hockey League, comprising teams based largely in the eastern regions of North America that compete for playoff positioning and a chance at the Calder Cup.
  • E. AHL Atlantic Division
    The AHL Atlantic Division is a grouping of professional ice hockey teams in the American Hockey League that compete primarily in the northeastern region of North America.
  • 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: 2016–17 AHL season
Triple: [Springfield Thunderbirds, startSeason, 2016–17 AHL season]
Generated description
The 2016–17 AHL season was the 81st season of the American Hockey League, featuring 30 teams competing as the primary developmental league for the NHL.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2016–17 AHL season
Target entity description: The 2016–17 AHL season was the 81st season of the American Hockey League, featuring 30 teams competing as the primary developmental league for the NHL.
  • A. 2015–16 AHL season
    The 2015–16 AHL season was a professional ice hockey campaign in the American Hockey League marked by significant realignment and divisional restructuring, including the creation of the Central Division.
  • B. USHL Anderson Cup race
    The USHL Anderson Cup race is the United States Hockey League’s regular-season championship competition, awarded to the team with the best overall record before the playoffs.
  • C. North Division (AHL)
    North Division (AHL) is one of the American Hockey League’s regional groupings of teams, primarily featuring franchises based in the northeastern part of North America.
  • D. AHL Eastern Conference
    The AHL Eastern Conference is one of the two primary conferences in the American Hockey League, comprising teams based largely in the eastern regions of North America that compete for playoff positioning and a chance at the Calder Cup.
  • E. AHL Atlantic Division
    The AHL Atlantic Division is a grouping of professional ice hockey teams in the American Hockey League that compete primarily in the northeastern region of North America.
  • 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_69ad85a8fd9c819095ecedf838d2bf1b completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb5ee5e188190912dcea494a12038 completed March 8, 2026, 5:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b33452d79081909bf6955289e0dece completed March 12, 2026, 9:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b334f75e708190aed8b388c9ea55d2 completed March 12, 2026, 9:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b3359ab56881908e247ba54c7dd6c7 completed March 12, 2026, 9:52 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:14 p.m.