Triple
T1069403
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Denver Nuggets (ABA) |
E23288
|
entity |
| Predicate | joinedNBAThrough |
P23929
|
FINISHED |
| Object | ABA–NBA merger |
E23581
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: ABA–NBA merger | Statement: [Denver Nuggets (ABA), joinedNBAThrough, ABA–NBA merger]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ABA–NBA merger Context triple: [Denver Nuggets (ABA), joinedNBAThrough, ABA–NBA merger]
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A.
Basketball Association of America
The Basketball Association of America was a pioneering professional basketball league in North America that later merged with the National Basketball League to form the modern National Basketball Association (NBA).
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B.
American Basketball Association
chosen
The American Basketball Association is a professional basketball league that operated in the United States from 1967 to 1976 and is known for its flashy style of play, the introduction of the three-point line, and its eventual merger with the NBA.
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C.
NBA Board of Governors
The NBA Board of Governors is the league’s governing body composed primarily of team owners, responsible for setting policies, approving major decisions, and overseeing the overall direction of the National Basketball Association.
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D.
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the premier professional men's basketball league in North America, featuring top teams and players and widely regarded as the highest level of basketball competition in the world.
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E.
NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
The NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team is a historic list of the 50 greatest players in NBA history, selected in 1996 to honor the league’s first half-century.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: joinedNBAThrough Context triple: [Denver Nuggets (ABA), joinedNBAThrough, ABA–NBA merger]
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A.
enteredNBADirectlyFrom
Indicates that a player joined the NBA directly from the specified source (such as high school, overseas, or another non-collegiate path) without first playing college basketball.
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B.
joinedNBASeason
Indicates the season in which an individual first entered and began playing in the NBA.
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C.
joinedNBAAsExpansionTeam
Indicates that an NBA team entered the league specifically as part of an official expansion, rather than by relocation or other means.
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D.
NBAdebutYear
Indicates the year in which a person first played in an official NBA game.
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E.
draftedUnder
Indicates that one entity was formally selected or conscripted into a role, position, or service according to the authority, rules, or jurisdiction of another entity.
- 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_69a493ee1f908190992b5f0d1b04459b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b914b4908190886d6698294c6b5b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:09 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac42a51c208190a9a603100ed7f5dc |
completed | March 7, 2026, 3:22 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a4b73844708190a16c9e9824ca2fb6 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:01 p.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69a4b8d5076481908640a0d873efdf14 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:08 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.