Triple
T5295201
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | NBL Most Valuable Player |
E119835
|
entity |
| Predicate | startSeason |
P16999
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
1938–39 NBL season
The 1938–39 NBL season was an early professional basketball campaign in the National Basketball League, a predecessor to the modern NBA.
|
E508221
|
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: 1938–39 NBL season | Statement: [NBL Most Valuable Player, startSeason, 1938–39 NBL season]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1938–39 NBL season Context triple: [NBL Most Valuable Player, startSeason, 1938–39 NBL season]
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A.
National Basketball League (NBL)
The National Basketball League (NBL) was a pioneering professional basketball league in the United States that operated from the 1930s to 1940s and helped lay the foundation for what became the modern NBA.
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B.
1948–49 BAA season
The 1948–49 BAA season was the final campaign of the Basketball Association of America before it merged with the National Basketball League to form the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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C.
NBL
NBL is NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, a massive pool facility used to train astronauts for spacewalks and simulate microgravity conditions.
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D.
NBL Oz Gaming
NBL Oz Gaming is a professional esports team that competes in the NBA 2K League, representing Australia in the league’s global basketball gaming competition.
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E.
National Basketball League (Australia)
The National Basketball League (Australia) is the premier professional men’s basketball league in Australia and one of the top basketball competitions in the Asia-Pacific region.
- 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: 1938–39 NBL season Triple: [NBL Most Valuable Player, startSeason, 1938–39 NBL season]
Generated description
The 1938–39 NBL season was an early professional basketball campaign in the National Basketball League, a predecessor to the modern NBA.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1938–39 NBL season Target entity description: The 1938–39 NBL season was an early professional basketball campaign in the National Basketball League, a predecessor to the modern NBA.
-
A.
National Basketball League (NBL)
The National Basketball League (NBL) was a pioneering professional basketball league in the United States that operated from the 1930s to 1940s and helped lay the foundation for what became the modern NBA.
-
B.
1948–49 BAA season
The 1948–49 BAA season was the final campaign of the Basketball Association of America before it merged with the National Basketball League to form the National Basketball Association (NBA).
-
C.
NBL
NBL is NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, a massive pool facility used to train astronauts for spacewalks and simulate microgravity conditions.
-
D.
NBL Oz Gaming
NBL Oz Gaming is a professional esports team that competes in the NBA 2K League, representing Australia in the league’s global basketball gaming competition.
-
E.
National Basketball League (Australia)
The National Basketball League (Australia) is the premier professional men’s basketball league in Australia and one of the top basketball competitions in the Asia-Pacific region.
- 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_69bd446f22b88190b6a47fb91c68a3e7 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd84f19d048190a826f51acc603544 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:33 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf06f8ebe08190b22a1d6733b80d07 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf078fc07c819080191ec98bca4c71 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:03 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf07e20ad48190ba25294e1971e768 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:04 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:52 p.m.