Triple
T1111997
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | National Basketball League (NBL) |
E11015
|
entity |
| Predicate | predecessorOf |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | National Basketball Association (NBA) |
E2067
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: National Basketball Association (NBA) | Statement: [National Basketball League (NBL), predecessorOf, National Basketball Association (NBA)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Basketball Association (NBA) Context triple: [National Basketball League (NBL), predecessorOf, National Basketball Association (NBA)]
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A.
National Basketball Association
chosen
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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B.
American Basketball Association
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.
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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D.
Women’s National Basketball Association
The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) is the premier professional women’s basketball league in the United States, featuring top female players from around the world.
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E.
California Basketball Association
The California Basketball Association was a former collegiate athletic conference that included teams such as the University of San Francisco men's basketball program.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a493252a648190ac48f8742474a5e8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bb7742788190b320aec99e76ca41 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:19 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ace54f52988190b25c35271721c3ee |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:56 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.