Triple

T9528742
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Billy Paultz E229828 entity
Predicate nickname P55 FINISHED
Object The Whopper
The Whopper is the nickname of former American professional basketball center Billy Paultz, known for his size, rebounding, and shot-blocking in the ABA and NBA during the 1970s and early 1980s.
 E806029 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: The Whopper | Statement: [Billy Paultz, nickname, The Whopper]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Whopper
Context triple: [Billy Paultz, nickname, The Whopper]
  • A. Big Mac
    Big Mac is the popular nickname for Michigan’s Mackinac Bridge, a massive suspension bridge connecting the state’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas.
  • B. Big Mac
    Big Mac was the popular nickname for Denver’s McNichols Sports Arena, a former multi-purpose indoor venue that hosted the NBA’s Denver Nuggets, NHL’s Colorado Avalanche, and numerous major events.
  • C. Big Mac
    The Big Mac is McDonald’s signature double-decker hamburger featuring two beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, and onions on a three-part sesame seed bun.
  • D. Big Kahuna Burger
    Big Kahuna Burger is a fictional Hawaiian-themed fast-food chain from Quentin Tarantino’s films, most memorably featured in Pulp Fiction.
  • E. Quarter Pounder
    The Quarter Pounder is a signature McDonald’s hamburger featuring a beef patty weighing roughly a quarter of a pound before cooking, typically served with cheese, pickles, onions, ketchup, and mustard on a sesame seed bun.
  • 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: The Whopper
Triple: [Billy Paultz, nickname, The Whopper]
Generated description
The Whopper is the nickname of former American professional basketball center Billy Paultz, known for his size, rebounding, and shot-blocking in the ABA and NBA during the 1970s and early 1980s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Whopper
Target entity description: The Whopper is the nickname of former American professional basketball center Billy Paultz, known for his size, rebounding, and shot-blocking in the ABA and NBA during the 1970s and early 1980s.
  • A. Big Mac
    Big Mac was the popular nickname for Denver’s McNichols Sports Arena, a former multi-purpose indoor venue that hosted the NBA’s Denver Nuggets, NHL’s Colorado Avalanche, and numerous major events.
  • B. Big Mac
    Big Mac is the popular nickname for Michigan’s Mackinac Bridge, a massive suspension bridge connecting the state’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas.
  • C. Big Mac
    The Big Mac is McDonald’s signature double-decker hamburger featuring two beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, and onions on a three-part sesame seed bun.
  • D. Big Kahuna Burger
    Big Kahuna Burger is a fictional Hawaiian-themed fast-food chain from Quentin Tarantino’s films, most memorably featured in Pulp Fiction.
  • E. Quarter Pounder
    The Quarter Pounder is a signature McDonald’s hamburger featuring a beef patty weighing roughly a quarter of a pound before cooking, typically served with cheese, pickles, onions, ketchup, and mustard on a sesame seed bun.
  • 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_69ca8479934c81908006d0e6e970ae05 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd98b1b93481909812245ac14e4988 completed April 1, 2026, 10:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d14c30c6008190b2eff99d74f18070 completed April 4, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d14ea0ae408190bcb375a2540c3221 completed April 4, 2026, 5:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d14f13fcdc8190a227d756f1342f16 completed April 4, 2026, 5:49 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8 p.m.