Triple
T1131521
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 1946–47 BAA season |
E23040
|
entity |
| Predicate | hadTeam |
P330
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Pittsburgh Ironmen
The Pittsburgh Ironmen were a short-lived professional basketball team that competed in the Basketball Association of America, a precursor to the modern NBA, during the league’s inaugural season.
|
E133392
|
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: Pittsburgh Ironmen | Statement: [1946–47 BAA season, hadTeam, Pittsburgh Ironmen]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pittsburgh Ironmen Context triple: [1946–47 BAA season, hadTeam, Pittsburgh Ironmen]
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A.
New York Brickley Giants (NFL)
The New York Brickley Giants were a short-lived early National Football League team from New York City that played in the early 1920s.
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B.
New York Arrows
The New York Arrows were a professional indoor soccer team that competed in the original Major Indoor Soccer League in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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C.
Buffalo Bandits
The Buffalo Bandits are a professional box lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York, competing in the National Lacrosse League.
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D.
New Orleans Eagles
The New Orleans Eagles were a professional Negro league baseball team based in New Orleans that competed in the Negro American League during the era of segregated baseball in the United States.
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E.
Indianapolis Jets
The Indianapolis Jets were a short-lived professional basketball team based in Indianapolis that competed in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), a predecessor to the NBA, during the late 1940s.
- 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: Pittsburgh Ironmen Triple: [1946–47 BAA season, hadTeam, Pittsburgh Ironmen]
Generated description
The Pittsburgh Ironmen were a short-lived professional basketball team that competed in the Basketball Association of America, a precursor to the modern NBA, during the league’s inaugural season.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pittsburgh Ironmen Target entity description: The Pittsburgh Ironmen were a short-lived professional basketball team that competed in the Basketball Association of America, a precursor to the modern NBA, during the league’s inaugural season.
-
A.
New York Brickley Giants (NFL)
The New York Brickley Giants were a short-lived early National Football League team from New York City that played in the early 1920s.
-
B.
New York Arrows
The New York Arrows were a professional indoor soccer team that competed in the original Major Indoor Soccer League in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
-
C.
Buffalo Bandits
The Buffalo Bandits are a professional box lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York, competing in the National Lacrosse League.
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D.
New Orleans Eagles
The New Orleans Eagles were a professional Negro league baseball team based in New Orleans that competed in the Negro American League during the era of segregated baseball in the United States.
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E.
Indianapolis Jets
The Indianapolis Jets were a short-lived professional basketball team based in Indianapolis that competed in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), a predecessor to the NBA, during the late 1940s.
- 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_69a493ec75988190b63a11bafaec29b4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bbfb673081909773acc669ad08c8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac667454848190acedaaa3ce7edb84 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:55 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac670b57808190bee4aa0be78ae8a1 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:57 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac67e981e88190b10ad4ab72337557 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:01 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.