Triple

T919232
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Spirits of St. Louis E19843 entity
Predicate coach P2169 FINISHED
Object Bob MacKinnon
Bob MacKinnon was an American basketball coach known for his work in the ABA and NBA, including leading the Spirits of St. Louis.
E203203 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: Bob MacKinnon | Statement: [Spirits of St. Louis, coach, Bob MacKinnon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bob MacKinnon
Context triple: [Spirits of St. Louis, coach, Bob MacKinnon]
  • A. John Mathieson
    John Mathieson is a British cinematographer known for his visually striking work on major films, particularly in collaboration with directors like Ridley Scott and Guy Ritchie.
  • B. Garth Stevenson
    Garth Stevenson is a Canadian-born double bassist and composer known for his atmospheric, nature-inspired film scores and solo work.
  • C. Ewen MacIntosh
    Ewen MacIntosh is a British actor and comedian best known for playing the deadpan accountant Keith Bishop in the original UK version of "The Office."
  • D. David Farquharson
    David Farquharson was an architect known for designing South Hall.
  • E. John MacDougall
    John MacDougall was a Scottish Labour politician who served as a Member of Parliament representing a constituency including Glenrothes.
  • 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: Bob MacKinnon
Triple: [Spirits of St. Louis, coach, Bob MacKinnon]
Generated description
Bob MacKinnon was an American basketball coach known for his work in the ABA and NBA, including leading the Spirits of St. Louis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bob MacKinnon
Target entity description: Bob MacKinnon was an American basketball coach known for his work in the ABA and NBA, including leading the Spirits of St. Louis.
  • A. John Mathieson
    John Mathieson is a British cinematographer known for his visually striking work on major films, particularly in collaboration with directors like Ridley Scott and Guy Ritchie.
  • B. Garth Stevenson
    Garth Stevenson is a Canadian-born double bassist and composer known for his atmospheric, nature-inspired film scores and solo work.
  • C. Ewen MacIntosh
    Ewen MacIntosh is a British actor and comedian best known for playing the deadpan accountant Keith Bishop in the original UK version of "The Office."
  • D. David Farquharson
    David Farquharson was an architect known for designing South Hall.
  • E. John MacDougall
    John MacDougall was a Scottish Labour politician who served as a Member of Parliament representing a constituency including Glenrothes.
  • 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_69a493a099788190a696d9d8408cbaf4 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b3103bf48190af3f8d8b2d0fe918 completed March 1, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adbf33c7808190962fb6c2496b4ec7 completed March 8, 2026, 6:25 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adbff135188190908058a2e2d41a1e completed March 8, 2026, 6:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adc0832cd881909702f380412702d5 completed March 8, 2026, 6:31 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.