Triple

T8417452
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Joe Paterno E198761 entity
Predicate previousConference P21474 FINISHED
Object Independent (Penn State football)
Independent (Penn State football) refers to the era when Penn State’s football program competed as an independent team, unaffiliated with any athletic conference, under long-time head coach Joe Paterno.
 E38976 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: Independent (Penn State football) | Statement: [Joe Paterno, previousConference, Independent (Penn State football)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Independent (Penn State football)
Context triple: [Joe Paterno, previousConference, Independent (Penn State football)]
  • A. Penn State Nittany Lions football
    Penn State Nittany Lions football is the college football program of Pennsylvania State University, a historically prominent Big Ten team known for its large fan base, storied traditions, and success under longtime coach Joe Paterno.
  • B. Penn State Nittany Lions
    The Penn State Nittany Lions are the athletic teams representing Pennsylvania State University in NCAA Division I sports, known especially for their prominent football program.
  • C. Penn State Beaver
    Penn State Beaver is a commonwealth campus of Pennsylvania State University located in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, offering undergraduate degree programs and serving as a regional hub for higher education.
  • D. Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball
    The Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball team represents Pennsylvania State University in NCAA Division I competition as a member of the Big Ten Conference.
  • E. Penn State Scranton
    Penn State Scranton is a commonwealth campus of The Pennsylvania State University located in northeastern Pennsylvania, offering undergraduate programs and serving as a regional hub for higher education.
  • 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: Independent (Penn State football)
Triple: [Joe Paterno, previousConference, Independent (Penn State football)]
Generated description
Independent (Penn State football) refers to the era when Penn State’s football program competed as an independent team, unaffiliated with any athletic conference, under long-time head coach Joe Paterno.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Independent (Penn State football)
Target entity description: Independent (Penn State football) refers to the era when Penn State’s football program competed as an independent team, unaffiliated with any athletic conference, under long-time head coach Joe Paterno.
  • A. Penn State Nittany Lions football chosen
    Penn State Nittany Lions football is the college football program of Pennsylvania State University, a historically prominent Big Ten team known for its large fan base, storied traditions, and success under longtime coach Joe Paterno.
  • B. Penn State Nittany Lions
    The Penn State Nittany Lions are the athletic teams representing Pennsylvania State University in NCAA Division I sports, known especially for their prominent football program.
  • C. Penn State Beaver
    Penn State Beaver is a commonwealth campus of Pennsylvania State University located in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, offering undergraduate degree programs and serving as a regional hub for higher education.
  • D. Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball
    The Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball team represents Pennsylvania State University in NCAA Division I competition as a member of the Big Ten Conference.
  • E. Penn State Scranton
    Penn State Scranton is a commonwealth campus of The Pennsylvania State University located in northeastern Pennsylvania, offering undergraduate programs and serving as a regional hub for higher education.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ca831201b481909e137936ef99ff11 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb84c66b5c8190b9515f55dc08ac03 completed March 31, 2026, 8:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce033df9c48190a8ec6b9347ba6e81 completed April 2, 2026, 5:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce0782b0dc8190bf971eacb3b4582c completed April 2, 2026, 6:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce0854ce788190a209f229d504c038 completed April 2, 2026, 6:10 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:06 p.m.