Triple

T4728735
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Winston-Salem State Rams men's basketball E104950 entity
Predicate notableFormerHeadCoach P4378 FINISHED
Object Clarence "Big House" Gaines
Clarence "Big House" Gaines was a legendary college basketball coach who built Winston-Salem State into a powerhouse program and became one of the winningest coaches in NCAA history.
E465321 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: Clarence "Big House" Gaines | Statement: [Winston-Salem State Rams men's basketball, notableFormerHeadCoach, Clarence "Big House" Gaines]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clarence "Big House" Gaines
Context triple: [Winston-Salem State Rams men's basketball, notableFormerHeadCoach, Clarence "Big House" Gaines]
  • A. Floyd McKissick
    Floyd McKissick was a prominent American civil rights attorney and activist who led the Congress of Racial Equality in the 1960s and later became a key advocate of Black economic empowerment and political participation.
  • B. Clarence Edwin Gaston
    Clarence Edwin Gaston is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and manager best known for leading the Toronto Blue Jays to back-to-back World Series championships in 1992 and 1993.
  • C. John Coffee
    John Coffee was an American military leader and politician from the early 19th century, known for his service as a general in the Creek War and as a close associate of Andrew Jackson.
  • D. Earl Felton
    Earl Felton was an American screenwriter best known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films, including several collaborations with director Richard Fleischer.
  • E. Willie McGee
    Willie McGee is a former Major League Baseball outfielder best known for his speed, defense, and clutch hitting with the St. Louis Cardinals, with whom he won multiple World Series titles and the 1985 NL MVP award.
  • 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: Clarence "Big House" Gaines
Triple: [Winston-Salem State Rams men's basketball, notableFormerHeadCoach, Clarence "Big House" Gaines]
Generated description
Clarence "Big House" Gaines was a legendary college basketball coach who built Winston-Salem State into a powerhouse program and became one of the winningest coaches in NCAA history.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clarence "Big House" Gaines
Target entity description: Clarence "Big House" Gaines was a legendary college basketball coach who built Winston-Salem State into a powerhouse program and became one of the winningest coaches in NCAA history.
  • A. Floyd McKissick
    Floyd McKissick was a prominent American civil rights attorney and activist who led the Congress of Racial Equality in the 1960s and later became a key advocate of Black economic empowerment and political participation.
  • B. Clarence Edwin Gaston
    Clarence Edwin Gaston is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and manager best known for leading the Toronto Blue Jays to back-to-back World Series championships in 1992 and 1993.
  • C. John Coffee
    John Coffee was an American military leader and politician from the early 19th century, known for his service as a general in the Creek War and as a close associate of Andrew Jackson.
  • D. Earl Felton
    Earl Felton was an American screenwriter best known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films, including several collaborations with director Richard Fleischer.
  • E. Willie McGee
    Willie McGee is a former Major League Baseball outfielder best known for his speed, defense, and clutch hitting with the St. Louis Cardinals, with whom he won multiple World Series titles and the 1985 NL MVP award.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: notableFormerHeadCoach
Context triple: [Winston-Salem State Rams men's basketball, notableFormerHeadCoach, Clarence "Big House" Gaines]
  • A. notableFormerCoach chosen
    Indicates that an entity previously served as a coach of another entity and is recognized as particularly significant or prominent in that former coaching role.
  • B. notableHeadCoach
    Indicates that a person has served as a head coach of particular significance or prominence for a team or organization.
  • C. notableCoach
    Indicates that one entity is a coach who is widely recognized or distinguished in relation to the other entity.
  • D. notableAssistantCoaches
    Indicates that the subject has assistant coaches who are particularly distinguished or noteworthy in their roles.
  • E. notableCoachesInvolved
    Indicates that certain coaches, recognized for their significance or prominence, were involved in relation to the subject entity.
  • 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_69bd43ed84648190ae0b7ee8e8d00482 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd67c9c3c08190a6c4944cdd1362a8 completed March 20, 2026, 3:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be10a07bc8819086c29ec0b466ce2c completed March 21, 2026, 3:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be1559e6488190ab395ba3f6e18f96 completed March 21, 2026, 3:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be15ba6dac8190b37130ba0a9209c3 completed March 21, 2026, 3:51 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69bd6220071881909670c89d072ffb6d completed March 20, 2026, 3:05 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:19 p.m.