Triple

T8660771

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Western Michigan University	`E205540`	entity
Predicate	hasSportsTeam	`P330`	FINISHED
Object	Western Michigan Broncos women’s basketball The Western Michigan Broncos women’s basketball team is the NCAA Division I women’s basketball program representing Western Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference.	`E750982`	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: Western Michigan Broncos women’s basketball | Statement: [Western Michigan University, hasSportsTeam, Western Michigan Broncos women’s basketball]

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

Target entity: Western Michigan Broncos women’s basketball
Context triple: [Western Michigan University, hasSportsTeam, Western Michigan Broncos women’s basketball]

A. Western Michigan Broncos men’s basketball
Western Michigan Broncos men’s basketball is the NCAA Division I men’s basketball program representing Western Michigan University, competing in the Mid-American Conference.
B. Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey
Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey is the NCAA Division I men's ice hockey program representing Western Michigan University, competing in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference and known for producing professional-level talent.
C. Northern Michigan Wildcats women's basketball
Northern Michigan Wildcats women's basketball is the NCAA Division II women's basketball program representing Northern Michigan University and competing in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
D. Western Michigan Broncos football
Western Michigan Broncos football is the NCAA Division I FBS college football program representing Western Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference.
E. Western Michigan Broncos baseball
Western Michigan Broncos baseball is the NCAA Division I baseball program representing Western Michigan University, competing in the Mid-American Conference.
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: Western Michigan Broncos women’s basketball
Triple: [Western Michigan University, hasSportsTeam, Western Michigan Broncos women’s basketball]

Generated description

The Western Michigan Broncos women’s basketball team is the NCAA Division I women’s basketball program representing Western Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference.

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

Target entity: Western Michigan Broncos women’s basketball
Target entity description: The Western Michigan Broncos women’s basketball team is the NCAA Division I women’s basketball program representing Western Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference.

A. Western Michigan Broncos men’s basketball
Western Michigan Broncos men’s basketball is the NCAA Division I men’s basketball program representing Western Michigan University, competing in the Mid-American Conference.
B. Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey
Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey is the NCAA Division I men's ice hockey program representing Western Michigan University, competing in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference and known for producing professional-level talent.
C. Northern Michigan Wildcats women's basketball
Northern Michigan Wildcats women's basketball is the NCAA Division II women's basketball program representing Northern Michigan University and competing in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
D. Western Michigan Broncos football
Western Michigan Broncos football is the NCAA Division I FBS college football program representing Western Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference.
E. Western Michigan Broncos baseball
Western Michigan Broncos baseball is the NCAA Division I baseball program representing Western Michigan University, competing in the Mid-American Conference.
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_69ca8350897c819086cde7596fbe5fe7`	completed	March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69cc48701c748190a5f7bd9e2da0e5e9`	completed	March 31, 2026, 10:19 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69cef37efbf08190805fbb270a4bce37`	completed	April 2, 2026, 10:53 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69cef5c38c9481908b5b5d30f5335abd`	completed	April 2, 2026, 11:03 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69cef6cd52f88190b76c44e73c2e1ab4`	completed	April 2, 2026, 11:07 p.m.

Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:30 p.m.