Triple
T8059787
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lisbon Lions |
E188090
|
entity |
| Predicate | captain |
P884
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Billy McNeill
Billy McNeill was a legendary Scottish footballer and manager best known as the iconic Celtic defender who captained the club to their historic 1967 European Cup triumph.
|
E713353
|
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: Billy McNeill | Statement: [Lisbon Lions, captain, Billy McNeill]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy McNeill Context triple: [Lisbon Lions, captain, Billy McNeill]
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A.
Jock Stein
Jock Stein was a legendary Scottish football manager best known for leading Celtic to the 1967 European Cup and dominating domestic football in Scotland.
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B.
Tony Docherty
Tony Docherty is a Scottish football coach and former player best known for managing Dundee F.C. in the Scottish Professional Football League.
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C.
William Allardyce
William Allardyce was a British colonial administrator, notably serving as Governor of the Falkland Islands and later of Newfoundland in the early 20th century.
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D.
Rob Strachan
Rob Strachan is a distinguished geologist recognized for his significant contributions to the earth sciences, as evidenced by honors such as the William Smith Medal.
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E.
Bryan Robson
Bryan Robson is a former England international midfielder and long-serving Manchester United captain who later became a football manager.
- 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: Billy McNeill Triple: [Lisbon Lions, captain, Billy McNeill]
Generated description
Billy McNeill was a legendary Scottish footballer and manager best known as the iconic Celtic defender who captained the club to their historic 1967 European Cup triumph.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy McNeill Target entity description: Billy McNeill was a legendary Scottish footballer and manager best known as the iconic Celtic defender who captained the club to their historic 1967 European Cup triumph.
-
A.
Jock Stein
Jock Stein was a legendary Scottish football manager best known for leading Celtic to the 1967 European Cup and dominating domestic football in Scotland.
-
B.
Tony Docherty
Tony Docherty is a Scottish football coach and former player best known for managing Dundee F.C. in the Scottish Professional Football League.
-
C.
William Allardyce
William Allardyce was a British colonial administrator, notably serving as Governor of the Falkland Islands and later of Newfoundland in the early 20th century.
-
D.
Rob Strachan
Rob Strachan is a distinguished geologist recognized for his significant contributions to the earth sciences, as evidenced by honors such as the William Smith Medal.
-
E.
Bryan Robson
Bryan Robson is a former England international midfielder and long-serving Manchester United captain who later became a football manager.
- 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_69ca82b2f68881908c50560697e210da |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb3fcaa8b8819099267564b6542547 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:30 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cc93d44c3481908b6e95ce8c78c602 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cc9557c6148190a759021b6add0a61 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:47 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cc96a8bb688190a352de1798b380f1 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:53 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:25 p.m.