Triple
T1155255
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Portland Timbers |
E23768
|
entity |
| Predicate | owner |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Merritt Paulson |
E58007
|
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: Merritt Paulson | Statement: [Portland Timbers, owner, Merritt Paulson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merritt Paulson Context triple: [Portland Timbers, owner, Merritt Paulson]
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A.
Merritt Paulson
chosen
Merritt Paulson is an American sports executive best known for owning and leading Portland’s professional soccer clubs, including the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer and the Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League.
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B.
Eric Hilliard Nelson
Eric Hilliard "Ricky" Nelson was an American singer, musician, and actor who became a teen idol in the 1950s and 1960s, known for his rock and roll hits and his role on the television series "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet."
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C.
Cliff Illig
Cliff Illig is an American businessman and co-founder of Cerner Corporation who became a principal owner and executive leader of the Major League Soccer club Sporting Kansas City.
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D.
Norm Ellenberger
Norm Ellenberger was an American college basketball coach best known for leading the University of New Mexico Lobos to national prominence in the 1970s before his tenure ended amid an NCAA scandal.
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E.
Lee Garmes
Lee Garmes was an American cinematographer renowned for his innovative lighting and camera techniques in early Hollywood cinema, including his Academy Award-winning work on "Shanghai Express."
- 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_69a493f0d32c8190ac74bad3c87f2641 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bc912300819084c9c69783055a70 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad4005cd4c81909cff0ed6529d1695 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 9:23 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.