Triple

T3773714
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Commissioner of the National Basketball Association E83255 entity
Predicate officeHolder P537 FINISHED
Object J. Walter Kennedy
J. Walter Kennedy was a prominent American sports executive best known for serving as commissioner of the NBA during a period of significant expansion and increased popularity in the 1960s and early 1970s.
 E387208 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: J. Walter Kennedy | Statement: [Commissioner of the National Basketball Association, officeHolder, J. Walter Kennedy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: J. Walter Kennedy
Context triple: [Commissioner of the National Basketball Association, officeHolder, J. Walter Kennedy]
  • A. Homer Brightman
    Homer Brightman was an American screenwriter best known for his work on classic Disney animated films, including contributing to the screenplay of the 1950 feature "Cinderella."
  • B. Roy J. Kennedy
    Roy J. Kennedy was an American physicist best known for co-devising the Kennedy–Thorndike experiment, a key test of special relativity.
  • C. Douglas Harriman Kennedy
    Douglas Harriman Kennedy is an American journalist and a member of the Kennedy political family, known for his work as a correspondent for Fox News.
  • D. Frederick R. Koch
    Frederick R. Koch was an American collector and philanthropist from the Koch family, best known for his extensive acquisitions of rare books, manuscripts, and fine and decorative arts.
  • E. John F. Lehman
    John F. Lehman is an American politician and former Secretary of the Navy who later served as a commissioner on the 9/11 Commission.
  • 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: J. Walter Kennedy
Triple: [Commissioner of the National Basketball Association, officeHolder, J. Walter Kennedy]
Generated description
J. Walter Kennedy was a prominent American sports executive best known for serving as commissioner of the NBA during a period of significant expansion and increased popularity in the 1960s and early 1970s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: J. Walter Kennedy
Target entity description: J. Walter Kennedy was a prominent American sports executive best known for serving as commissioner of the NBA during a period of significant expansion and increased popularity in the 1960s and early 1970s.
  • A. Homer Brightman
    Homer Brightman was an American screenwriter best known for his work on classic Disney animated films, including contributing to the screenplay of the 1950 feature "Cinderella."
  • B. Roy J. Kennedy
    Roy J. Kennedy was an American physicist best known for co-devising the Kennedy–Thorndike experiment, a key test of special relativity.
  • C. Douglas Harriman Kennedy
    Douglas Harriman Kennedy is an American journalist and a member of the Kennedy political family, known for his work as a correspondent for Fox News.
  • D. Frederick R. Koch
    Frederick R. Koch was an American collector and philanthropist from the Koch family, best known for his extensive acquisitions of rare books, manuscripts, and fine and decorative arts.
  • E. John F. Lehman
    John F. Lehman is an American politician and former Secretary of the Navy who later served as a commissioner on the 9/11 Commission.
  • 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_69ad8b235e608190b5a2b1d1bfcef50b completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adcc57c9e48190a0f254e47348bf32 completed March 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4e52ebd988190b6e3a7d8069b74be completed March 14, 2026, 4:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4e64663b881908469456b15bc2687 completed March 14, 2026, 4:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4ea0de7708190abe4be1c8af3cd71 completed March 14, 2026, 4:54 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:36 p.m.