Triple

T8087037
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Minnesota Pipers E188757 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Pittsburgh Pipers E108280 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: Pittsburgh Pipers | Statement: [Minnesota Pipers, predecessor, Pittsburgh Pipers]

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: Pittsburgh Pipers
Context triple: [Minnesota Pipers, predecessor, Pittsburgh Pipers]
  • A. Pittsburgh Pipers chosen
    The Pittsburgh Pipers were a professional basketball team in the American Basketball Association (ABA) best known for winning the league’s inaugural championship in 1968.
  • B. Pittsburgh Rens
    The Pittsburgh Rens were a short-lived professional basketball team that competed in the American Basketball League in the early 1960s.
  • C. Providence Steamrollers
    The Providence Steamrollers were a short-lived professional basketball team that competed in the Basketball Association of America, a precursor to the modern NBA, during the late 1940s.
  • D. Cleveland Rockers
    The Cleveland Rockers were a former Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Cleveland, Ohio, that played from the league's inaugural 1997 season until folding in 2003.
  • E. Syracuse Nationals
    The Syracuse Nationals were a professional basketball team in the NBA that later relocated and became the Philadelphia 76ers.
  • 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_69ca82b662e88190b9323daab8c28a21 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cb4162244481908ab1202a9974deaa ner completed
NED1 batch_69cc6406395c8190ad8db69c878ce9b8 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:29 p.m.