Triple

T5626931
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bill Walton E147739 entity
Predicate memberOfSportsTeam P330 FINISHED
Object Portland Trail Blazers E2906 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Portland Trail Blazers | Statement: [Bill Walton, memberOfSportsTeam, Portland Trail Blazers]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portland Trail Blazers
Context triple: [Bill Walton, memberOfSportsTeam, Portland Trail Blazers]
  • A. Portland Trail Blazers chosen
    The Portland Trail Blazers are a professional basketball team in the NBA known for their passionate fan base and history that includes a 1977 championship and iconic players like Clyde Drexler and Damian Lillard.
  • B. Philadelphia Blazers
    The Philadelphia Blazers were a short-lived professional ice hockey team in the World Hockey Association that played in the early 1970s.
  • C. Portland Beavers
    The Portland Beavers were a historic minor league baseball team from Portland, Oregon, that competed for many decades and became one of the Pacific Coast League’s most recognizable franchises.
  • D. Blazers
    Blazers is the nickname of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s women’s basketball team, representing the school in NCAA competition.
  • E. Blazers
    The Blazers are the athletic teams representing the University of Alabama at Birmingham, competing in various collegiate sports under this fiery moniker.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c00906f2a88190a992c66b13d606d4 elicitation completed
NER batch_69c02237dd6081909f6a7d710b9cd651 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c04d3be1bc8190a5cdc1bf694356a6 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:40 p.m.