Triple

T7182311
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ed Macauley E167477 entity
Predicate draftTeam P1035 FINISHED
Object St. Louis Bombers E9884 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: St. Louis Bombers | Statement: [Ed Macauley, draftTeam, St. Louis Bombers]

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: St. Louis Bombers
Context triple: [Ed Macauley, draftTeam, St. Louis Bombers]
  • A. St. Louis Bombers chosen
    The St. Louis Bombers were a professional basketball team based in St. Louis, Missouri, that played in the late 1940s and early 1950s and were part of the early history of what became the NBA.
  • B. St. Louis Gunners
    The St. Louis Gunners were a short-lived professional American football team that briefly competed in the NFL during the 1934 season.
  • C. St. Louis Eagles
    The St. Louis Eagles were a short-lived National Hockey League team that played only the 1934–35 season after relocating from Ottawa before folding due to financial difficulties.
  • D. Wilmington Bombers
    The Wilmington Bombers were a professional basketball team that competed in the mid-1940s, known for playing in the early postwar era of organized U.S. basketball.
  • E. Topeka Sizzlers
    The Topeka Sizzlers were a professional basketball team that competed in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) during the 1980s.
  • 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_69c6888a7c548190a3d39b52a393080f elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6e8bc25088190a7d7f3ba2461b5e9 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c7b94390d48190b7443c9c8cc41625 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:49 p.m.