Triple

T636342
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Reggie Lewis E16629 entity
Predicate NBAdebutSeason P10277 FINISHED
Object 1987–88 NBA season
The 1987–88 NBA season was a professional basketball campaign notable for featuring stars like Magic Johnson and Larry Bird and culminating in the Los Angeles Lakers winning back-to-back championships.
E79804 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: 1987–88 NBA season | Statement: [Reggie Lewis, NBAdebutSeason, 1987–88 NBA season]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1987–88 NBA season
Context triple: [Reggie Lewis, NBAdebutSeason, 1987–88 NBA season]
  • A. 1980–81 NBA season
    The 1980–81 NBA season was the league campaign in which the Boston Celtics, led by stars like Larry Bird and Cedric Maxwell, captured the NBA championship.
  • B. 1981 NBA Finals
    The 1981 NBA Finals was the championship series concluding the 1980–81 NBA season, featuring the Boston Celtics defeating the Houston Rockets to claim the league title.
  • C. 1977 NBA Finals
    The 1977 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the Portland Trail Blazers, led by coach Jack Ramsay and star center Bill Walton, defeated the Philadelphia 76ers to win the franchise’s first NBA title.
  • D. 1979 NBA Finals
    The 1979 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the Seattle SuperSonics defeated the Washington Bullets to capture their first and only NBA title.
  • E. 1995–96 NBA season
    The 1995–96 NBA season is best known for the Chicago Bulls’ record-setting 72–10 regular-season performance and subsequent NBA championship, widely regarded as one of the greatest team seasons in basketball history.
  • 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: 1987–88 NBA season
Triple: [Reggie Lewis, NBAdebutSeason, 1987–88 NBA season]
Generated description
The 1987–88 NBA season was a professional basketball campaign notable for featuring stars like Magic Johnson and Larry Bird and culminating in the Los Angeles Lakers winning back-to-back championships.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1987–88 NBA season
Target entity description: The 1987–88 NBA season was a professional basketball campaign notable for featuring stars like Magic Johnson and Larry Bird and culminating in the Los Angeles Lakers winning back-to-back championships.
  • A. 1980–81 NBA season
    The 1980–81 NBA season was the league campaign in which the Boston Celtics, led by stars like Larry Bird and Cedric Maxwell, captured the NBA championship.
  • B. 1981 NBA Finals
    The 1981 NBA Finals was the championship series concluding the 1980–81 NBA season, featuring the Boston Celtics defeating the Houston Rockets to claim the league title.
  • C. 1977 NBA Finals
    The 1977 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the Portland Trail Blazers, led by coach Jack Ramsay and star center Bill Walton, defeated the Philadelphia 76ers to win the franchise’s first NBA title.
  • D. 1979 NBA Finals
    The 1979 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the Seattle SuperSonics defeated the Washington Bullets to capture their first and only NBA title.
  • E. 1995–96 NBA season
    The 1995–96 NBA season is best known for the Chicago Bulls’ record-setting 72–10 regular-season performance and subsequent NBA championship, widely regarded as one of the greatest team seasons in basketball history.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: NBAdebutSeason
Context triple: [Reggie Lewis, NBAdebutSeason, 1987–88 NBA season]
  • A. NBAdebutYear
    Indicates the year in which a person first played in an official NBA game.
  • B. joinedNBASeason chosen
    Indicates the season in which an individual first entered and began playing in the NBA.
  • C. NBA_draftYear
    Indicates the year in which a player was selected (or became eligible to be selected) in the NBA Draft.
  • D. NBAdebutTeam
    Indicates the team for which a player made their first appearance in an NBA game.
  • E. NBAchampionshipYear
    Indicates the specific year in which an entity (typically a team) won an NBA championship.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a4936be1c88190af56540324b57da7 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49ee7fdbc8190858e42bb1bfdb3ff completed March 1, 2026, 8:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a56ef25ffc81908517310fe0c84a68 completed March 2, 2026, 11:05 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a56f5668108190910db85f3beb5eed completed March 2, 2026, 11:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a5733acb188190b4cdd12ed3a96860 completed March 2, 2026, 11:23 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a49d0483908190a5ec42a7403c258e completed March 1, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.