Triple

T6736930

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	American Professional Soccer League	`E153978`	entity
Predicate	precededBy	`P97`	FINISHED
Object	American Soccer League (1988–1989) The American Soccer League (1988–1989) was a short-lived professional soccer league in the United States that operated in the late 1980s and helped bridge the gap between earlier domestic leagues and later national competitions.	`E614994`	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 Soccer League (1988–1989) | Statement: [American Professional Soccer League, precededBy, American Soccer League (1988–1989)]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: American Soccer League (1988–1989)
Context triple: [American Professional Soccer League, precededBy, American Soccer League (1988–1989)]

A. North American Soccer League (1968–1984)
The North American Soccer League (1968–1984) was a pioneering professional soccer league in the United States and Canada, best known for popularizing the sport in North America by attracting international stars like Pelé and Franz Beckenbauer.
B. North American Soccer League (2011–2017)
The North American Soccer League (2011–2017) was a professional men’s soccer league in the United States and Canada that operated as a second-division competition beneath Major League Soccer.
C. United Soccer Leagues
United Soccer Leagues is an American organization that operates and oversees multiple professional and semi-professional soccer leagues in the United States and Canada.
D. NASL
NASL was a professional soccer league that operated in the United States and Canada from 2011 to 2017 as a second-division competition.
E. National Independent Soccer Association
The National Independent Soccer Association is a U.S.-based professional third-division soccer league featuring independent clubs outside Major League Soccer and the USL system.
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 Soccer League (1988–1989)
Triple: [American Professional Soccer League, precededBy, American Soccer League (1988–1989)]

Generated description

The American Soccer League (1988–1989) was a short-lived professional soccer league in the United States that operated in the late 1980s and helped bridge the gap between earlier domestic leagues and later national competitions.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: American Soccer League (1988–1989)
Target entity description: The American Soccer League (1988–1989) was a short-lived professional soccer league in the United States that operated in the late 1980s and helped bridge the gap between earlier domestic leagues and later national competitions.

A. North American Soccer League (1968–1984)
The North American Soccer League (1968–1984) was a pioneering professional soccer league in the United States and Canada, best known for popularizing the sport in North America by attracting international stars like Pelé and Franz Beckenbauer.
B. North American Soccer League (2011–2017)
The North American Soccer League (2011–2017) was a professional men’s soccer league in the United States and Canada that operated as a second-division competition beneath Major League Soccer.
C. United Soccer Leagues
United Soccer Leagues is an American organization that operates and oversees multiple professional and semi-professional soccer leagues in the United States and Canada.
D. NASL
NASL was a professional soccer league that operated in the United States and Canada from 2011 to 2017 as a second-division competition.
E. National Independent Soccer Association
The National Independent Soccer Association is a U.S.-based professional third-division soccer league featuring independent clubs outside Major League Soccer and the USL system.
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_69c6880d84d8819095d19de2295f26ac`	completed	March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69c6d1850a288190aa7e647fefbb0ede`	completed	March 27, 2026, 6:50 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69c70b09b97c8190a5a538571b6909f0`	completed	March 27, 2026, 10:56 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69c70bda97f08190bc6dab7177341876`	completed	March 27, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69c70c51e0148190be64afb56690b34f`	completed	March 27, 2026, 11:01 p.m.

Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:09 p.m.