Triple
T5992831
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pittsburgh Ironmen |
E133392
|
entity |
| Predicate | division |
P889
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Western Division
The Western Division was one of the regional groupings of teams in the Basketball Association of America (a predecessor to the NBA), which included the Pittsburgh Ironmen.
|
E28761
|
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: Western Division | Statement: [Pittsburgh Ironmen, division, Western Division]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Division Context triple: [Pittsburgh Ironmen, division, Western Division]
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A.
Western Division
Western Division was one of the National Hockey League’s early divisional groupings, created during the league’s expansion era to organize teams primarily located in the western regions of North America.
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B.
Western Division
The Western Division is a regional subdivision of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts that handles federal cases arising from the western part of the state.
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C.
Western Division
The Western Division is a regional branch of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio that handles federal cases arising from the western portion of the district.
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D.
Western Division
The Western Division is a regional subdivision of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee that handles federal cases arising from its designated portion of the district.
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E.
Western Division
The Western Division is a regional branch of the United States District Court for the Central District of California that handles federal cases arising from a designated portion of the district’s geographic jurisdiction.
- 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: Western Division Triple: [Pittsburgh Ironmen, division, Western Division]
Generated description
The Western Division was one of the regional groupings of teams in the Basketball Association of America (a predecessor to the NBA), which included the Pittsburgh Ironmen.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Division Target entity description: The Western Division was one of the regional groupings of teams in the Basketball Association of America (a predecessor to the NBA), which included the Pittsburgh Ironmen.
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A.
Western Division
chosen
Western Division was one of the regional groupings of teams that made up the early professional basketball league structure in what became the NBA.
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B.
Western Division
The Western Division was one of the two regional groupings of teams in the American Basketball Association during the 1967–68 season.
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C.
Western Division
Western Division was one of the National Hockey League’s early divisional groupings, created during the league’s expansion era to organize teams primarily located in the western regions of North America.
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D.
Western Division
The Western Division is a regional branch of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio that handles federal cases arising from the western portion of the district.
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E.
Western Division
The Western Division is a regional branch of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois that handles federal cases arising from the western portion of the district.
- F. None of above.
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_69c00870ddbc81909880fa3864f4f38d |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c04e9189908190abc9c742b38dfabc |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c108685f788190aa3f84e56837b195 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 9:31 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c10a15b9e08190be8b559e467d1d8c |
completed | March 23, 2026, 9:38 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c10aaf299481909d0e824a126381e3 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 9:41 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:05 p.m.