Triple

T3561648
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 1996 MLS Cup E75351 entity
Predicate D.C. United captain P14876 FINISHED
Object John Harkes
John Harkes is a former American soccer midfielder who was a key figure for the U.S. national team and Major League Soccer in the 1990s.
E369071 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: John Harkes | Statement: [1996 MLS Cup, D.C. United captain, John Harkes]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Harkes
Context triple: [1996 MLS Cup, D.C. United captain, John Harkes]
  • A. Jason Kreis
    Jason Kreis is an American soccer coach and former player best known for leading Real Salt Lake to an MLS Cup title and later managing several Major League Soccer clubs.
  • B. Dwight Yorke
    Dwight Yorke is a retired Trinidad and Tobago striker best known for his prolific Premier League career, particularly with Aston Villa and Manchester United, with whom he won the treble in 1999.
  • C. Landon Donovan
    Landon Donovan is a retired American soccer player widely regarded as one of the greatest in U.S. history, known for his prolific MLS and U.S. national team careers and numerous championships.
  • D. Clint Dempsey
    Clint Dempsey is a retired American soccer forward and attacking midfielder, widely regarded as one of the greatest U.S. players of all time for his prolific club career in MLS and the Premier League and his record-tying goal tally with the U.S. national team.
  • E. Tim Cahill
    Tim Cahill is an Australian former professional footballer best known as a prolific attacking midfielder and iconic national-team star, particularly remembered for his goals at multiple FIFA World Cups.
  • 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 Harkes
Triple: [1996 MLS Cup, D.C. United captain, John Harkes]
Generated description
John Harkes is a former American soccer midfielder who was a key figure for the U.S. national team and Major League Soccer in the 1990s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Harkes
Target entity description: John Harkes is a former American soccer midfielder who was a key figure for the U.S. national team and Major League Soccer in the 1990s.
  • A. Jason Kreis
    Jason Kreis is an American soccer coach and former player best known for leading Real Salt Lake to an MLS Cup title and later managing several Major League Soccer clubs.
  • B. Dwight Yorke
    Dwight Yorke is a retired Trinidad and Tobago striker best known for his prolific Premier League career, particularly with Aston Villa and Manchester United, with whom he won the treble in 1999.
  • C. Landon Donovan
    Landon Donovan is a retired American soccer player widely regarded as one of the greatest in U.S. history, known for his prolific MLS and U.S. national team careers and numerous championships.
  • D. Clint Dempsey
    Clint Dempsey is a retired American soccer forward and attacking midfielder, widely regarded as one of the greatest U.S. players of all time for his prolific club career in MLS and the Premier League and his record-tying goal tally with the U.S. national team.
  • E. Tim Cahill
    Tim Cahill is an Australian former professional footballer best known as a prolific attacking midfielder and iconic national-team star, particularly remembered for his goals at multiple FIFA World Cups.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: D.C. United captain
Context triple: [1996 MLS Cup, D.C. United captain, John Harkes]
  • A. awayTeamCaptain
    Indicates that one entity serves as the captain or designated leader of the away (visiting) team in a competition or match.
  • B. Michael Bradley
    Indicates a relationship or action involving an entity named Michael Bradley, though the specific nature of the relationship or action is not defined by the predicate alone.
  • C. teamCaptain chosen
    Indicates that one entity serves as the captain or designated leader of a particular team.
  • D. homeTeamCaptain
    Indicates that one entity serves as the captain of the home team in a given game or match in relation to the other entity.
  • E. winningCaptain
    Indicates that the subject is the captain of a team that has won a particular match, tournament, or competition.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69ad85d45090819086f34fb85d850a1e completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc08bdde88190915d2f6ddf26e00e completed March 8, 2026, 6:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b3bba21960819094676de7c4740fd9 completed March 13, 2026, 7:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b3bf69741481909e3d5ed71bb0e026 completed March 13, 2026, 7:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b3f299cfd08190948e602e8efab213 completed March 13, 2026, 11:18 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69adb834779081908468e182d5f6cf02 completed March 8, 2026, 5:56 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:21 p.m.