Triple

T4225016
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edmonton Oilers E94435 entity
Predicate NHLExpansionOrMerger P28861 FINISHED
Object WHA–NHL merger E64763 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: WHA–NHL merger | Statement: [Edmonton Oilers, NHLExpansionOrMerger, WHA–NHL merger]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: WHA–NHL merger
Context triple: [Edmonton Oilers, NHLExpansionOrMerger, WHA–NHL merger]
  • A. WHA
    WHA is the commonly used abbreviation for the World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the World Health Organization.
  • B. WHA
    WHA is the commonly used abbreviation for the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, which manages American diplomatic relations and policy in the Americas.
  • C. World Hockey Association chosen
    The World Hockey Association was a 1970s professional ice hockey league that rivaled the NHL, lured star players with higher salaries, and ultimately merged several of its teams into the NHL.
  • D. NHL expansion of 1967
    The NHL expansion of 1967 was a landmark event in professional ice hockey that doubled the size of the National Hockey League from six to twelve teams, ushering in the league’s modern era.
  • E. National Hockey Association
    The National Hockey Association was a Canadian professional ice hockey league founded in 1909 that is best known as the direct forerunner to the National Hockey League.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target predicate: NHLExpansionOrMerger
Context triple: [Edmonton Oilers, NHLExpansionOrMerger, WHA–NHL merger]
  • A. NHLExpansionRelocationStatus
    Indicates the status of an NHL franchise regarding league expansion or team relocation, such as whether it is an expansion team, a relocated team, or unchanged.
  • B. NHLExpansionTeam
    Indicates that a team is an officially recognized expansion franchise added to the NHL beyond its original set of teams.
  • C. joinedNHL chosen
    Indicates that an entity became a member of, or started playing in, the National Hockey League (NHL).
  • D. NHLaffiliate
    Indicates that one entity serves as a National Hockey League (NHL) affiliate or farm team relationship to another, typically linking a minor-league team to its parent NHL club.
  • E. NHLDebutTeam
    Indicates the team for which a player made their first appearance in the National Hockey League.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (4 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_69b3453700a08190ae88792e3dc63207 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b34e4d32d481909df7b18f502945b8 completed March 12, 2026, 11:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b59647bd948190afc168ba1057a52f completed March 14, 2026, 5:09 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69b347f1d7b48190bd8974c03c7dc937 completed March 12, 2026, 11:10 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:04 p.m.