Triple

T5436995
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject American Basketball League (1944–1947) E122032 entity
Predicate precededBy P97 FINISHED
Object American Basketball League (1925–1955)
The American Basketball League (1925–1955) was an early professional basketball league in the United States that served as a key predecessor to later major pro leagues and helped shape the development of the sport.
E519517 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: American Basketball League (1925–1955) | Statement: [American Basketball League (1944–1947), precededBy, American Basketball League (1925–1955)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Basketball League (1925–1955)
Context triple: [American Basketball League (1944–1947), precededBy, American Basketball League (1925–1955)]
  • A. American Basketball League (1944–1947)
    The American Basketball League (1944–1947) was a short-lived professional basketball league in the United States that operated in the mid-1940s and featured several prominent early franchises.
  • B. American Basketball League
    The American Basketball League was a short-lived professional women's basketball league in the United States that operated in the mid-1990s as an early competitor to the WNBA.
  • C. American Basketball League
    The American Basketball League was a short-lived professional basketball league in the United States that operated in the early 1960s as an alternative to the NBA.
  • D. Basketball Association of America
    The Basketball Association of America was a pioneering professional basketball league in North America that later merged with the National Basketball League to form the modern National Basketball Association (NBA).
  • E. Amateur Basketball Association of the United States of America
    The Amateur Basketball Association of the United States of America was the former governing body for amateur basketball in the U.S., now known as USA Basketball, which oversees the country’s national basketball teams and international competition participation.
  • 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: American Basketball League (1925–1955)
Triple: [American Basketball League (1944–1947), precededBy, American Basketball League (1925–1955)]
Generated description
The American Basketball League (1925–1955) was an early professional basketball league in the United States that served as a key predecessor to later major pro leagues and helped shape the development of the sport.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Basketball League (1925–1955)
Target entity description: The American Basketball League (1925–1955) was an early professional basketball league in the United States that served as a key predecessor to later major pro leagues and helped shape the development of the sport.
  • A. American Basketball League (1944–1947)
    The American Basketball League (1944–1947) was a short-lived professional basketball league in the United States that operated in the mid-1940s and featured several prominent early franchises.
  • B. American Basketball League
    The American Basketball League was a short-lived professional women's basketball league in the United States that operated in the mid-1990s as an early competitor to the WNBA.
  • C. American Basketball League
    The American Basketball League was a short-lived professional basketball league in the United States that operated in the early 1960s as an alternative to the NBA.
  • D. Basketball Association of America
    The Basketball Association of America was a pioneering professional basketball league in North America that later merged with the National Basketball League to form the modern National Basketball Association (NBA).
  • E. Amateur Basketball Association of the United States of America
    The Amateur Basketball Association of the United States of America was the former governing body for amateur basketball in the U.S., now known as USA Basketball, which oversees the country’s national basketball teams and international competition participation.
  • 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_69bd46400768819092925d461c0b8432 completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd91bb51d48190aab340d8d25e9a9a completed March 20, 2026, 6:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf3acfd0408190877fbe41f1dc45ba completed March 22, 2026, 12:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf3c4f3e288190bab81e761017f015 completed March 22, 2026, 12:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf3cde5004819096988c61b45958ea completed March 22, 2026, 12:50 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:07 p.m.