Triple
T5699629
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Kenny Smith |
E125625
|
entity |
| Predicate | coHostWith |
P5275
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ernie Johnson Jr. |
E120469
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Ernie Johnson Jr. | Statement: [Kenny Smith, coHostWith, Ernie Johnson Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernie Johnson Jr. Context triple: [Kenny Smith, coHostWith, Ernie Johnson Jr.]
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A.
Ernie Johnson Jr.
chosen
Ernie Johnson Jr. is an American sportscaster best known as the longtime studio host of TNT’s NBA coverage alongside analysts like Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, and Kenny Smith.
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B.
Ernie Johnson Sr.
Ernie Johnson Sr. was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and longtime Atlanta Braves broadcaster, best known for his decades-spanning association with the Braves organization.
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C.
Marv Albert
Marv Albert is a renowned American sportscaster best known as the longtime voice of NBA basketball and a prominent play-by-play announcer across multiple major sports.
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D.
Jeff Van Gundy
Jeff Van Gundy is an American basketball coach and former NBA head coach best known for leading the New York Knicks and later working as a prominent television analyst.
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E.
Kenny Smith
Kenny Smith is a former NBA point guard turned television analyst best known for his long-running role on TNT’s "Inside the NBA."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c0082c96988190b3a6a201edce472a |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c0241030408190be774a5d2ca6e999 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c05a5c89b88190a397c6b1dcb9c3e8 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:08 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:45 p.m.