Triple

T10219955
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jackie MacMullan E242548 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object When the Game Was Ours
"When the Game Was Ours" is a nonfiction basketball book that chronicles the rivalry and friendship between NBA legends Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, co-authored by Jackie MacMullan with Bird and Johnson.
E850225 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: When the Game Was Ours | Statement: [Jackie MacMullan, notableWork, When the Game Was Ours]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: When the Game Was Ours
Context triple: [Jackie MacMullan, notableWork, When the Game Was Ours]
  • A. Loyal to the Game
    Loyal to the Game is a posthumous studio album by Tupac Shakur, produced primarily by Eminem and known for its remixed versions of 2Pac’s unreleased and previously recorded material.
  • B. The Games We Play
    The Games We Play is a song featured on the album "Daytona," known for its sharp lyricism and polished production.
  • C. This Ain't a Game
    "This Ain't a Game" is the second studio album by American R&B singer Ray J, showcasing his early-2000s blend of contemporary R&B and hip hop.
  • D. Soul of the Game
    Soul of the Game is a 1996 television film that dramatizes the lives and careers of Negro League baseball legends such as Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and Jackie Robinson during the era of racial segregation in American sports.
  • E. Out of the Game
    Out of the Game is a 2012 studio album by American-Canadian singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, noted for its more accessible pop sound and production by Mark Ronson.
  • 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: When the Game Was Ours
Triple: [Jackie MacMullan, notableWork, When the Game Was Ours]
Generated description
"When the Game Was Ours" is a nonfiction basketball book that chronicles the rivalry and friendship between NBA legends Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, co-authored by Jackie MacMullan with Bird and Johnson.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: When the Game Was Ours
Target entity description: "When the Game Was Ours" is a nonfiction basketball book that chronicles the rivalry and friendship between NBA legends Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, co-authored by Jackie MacMullan with Bird and Johnson.
  • A. Loyal to the Game
    Loyal to the Game is a posthumous studio album by Tupac Shakur, produced primarily by Eminem and known for its remixed versions of 2Pac’s unreleased and previously recorded material.
  • B. The Games We Play
    The Games We Play is a song featured on the album "Daytona," known for its sharp lyricism and polished production.
  • C. This Ain't a Game
    "This Ain't a Game" is the second studio album by American R&B singer Ray J, showcasing his early-2000s blend of contemporary R&B and hip hop.
  • D. Soul of the Game
    Soul of the Game is a 1996 television film that dramatizes the lives and careers of Negro League baseball legends such as Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and Jackie Robinson during the era of racial segregation in American sports.
  • E. Out of the Game
    Out of the Game is a 2012 studio album by American-Canadian singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, noted for its more accessible pop sound and production by Mark Ronson.
  • 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_69d381ae26c48190985abd0e25ee5d04 completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d3aa715a3c8190a9ccee7bcece0346 completed April 6, 2026, 12:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d6a82c98fc8190929b7b56f9a6e60d completed April 8, 2026, 7:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d6ab2481b081908f65806c31be807f completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d6ad9b943c8190bbaf201f43b7444b completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:08 a.m.