Triple
T4651512
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Virginia Tech |
E102303
|
entity |
| Predicate | mascot |
P52
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
HokieBird
HokieBird is the costumed turkey-like figure that serves as the spirited and iconic mascot of Virginia Tech’s athletic teams and campus community.
|
E457895
|
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: HokieBird | Statement: [Virginia Tech, mascot, HokieBird]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HokieBird Context triple: [Virginia Tech, mascot, HokieBird]
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A.
Tar Heels
The Tar Heels are the athletic teams representing the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, renowned especially for their storied men’s basketball program.
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B.
Richmond Spiders
The Richmond Spiders are the University of Richmond’s NCAA Division I athletic teams, best known for their distinctive spider mascot and competitive basketball and football programs.
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C.
Nittany Lion
The Nittany Lion is the iconic mountain lion mascot of Pennsylvania State University, symbolizing the spirit and pride of the school's athletic teams.
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D.
The Owls
The Owls is the traditional nickname of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, one of England’s historic professional football teams based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
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E.
Maryland Terrapins
The Maryland Terrapins are the University of Maryland’s athletic teams, best known for their successful NCAA Division I programs, including a prominent women’s basketball team.
- 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: HokieBird Triple: [Virginia Tech, mascot, HokieBird]
Generated description
HokieBird is the costumed turkey-like figure that serves as the spirited and iconic mascot of Virginia Tech’s athletic teams and campus community.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HokieBird Target entity description: HokieBird is the costumed turkey-like figure that serves as the spirited and iconic mascot of Virginia Tech’s athletic teams and campus community.
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A.
Tar Heels
The Tar Heels are the athletic teams representing the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, renowned especially for their storied men’s basketball program.
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B.
Richmond Spiders
The Richmond Spiders are the University of Richmond’s NCAA Division I athletic teams, best known for their distinctive spider mascot and competitive basketball and football programs.
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C.
Nittany Lion
The Nittany Lion is the iconic mountain lion mascot of Pennsylvania State University, symbolizing the spirit and pride of the school's athletic teams.
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D.
The Owls
The Owls is the traditional nickname of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, one of England’s historic professional football teams based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
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E.
Maryland Terrapins
The Maryland Terrapins are the University of Maryland’s athletic teams, best known for their successful NCAA Division I programs, including a prominent women’s basketball team.
- 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_69bd43d71a308190afea7280841b0de8 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd630343f88190954d19fcd18a5864 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bdfae7636881908244b86cba1c66b7 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 1:56 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bdfbc12acc8190b8116a6003abb3e3 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bdfc44536c8190a71e52b0690a7570 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:02 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:14 p.m.