Triple
T1198944
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | NBA play-in tournament |
E25733
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entity |
| Predicate | firstFullImplementationSeason |
P3873
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FINISHED |
| Object |
2020–21 NBA season
The 2020–21 NBA season was the league’s 75th campaign, notable for its COVID-19-related schedule adjustments, the introduction of a full play-in tournament, and the Milwaukee Bucks’ championship led by Finals MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo.
|
E25733
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: 2020–21 NBA season | Statement: [NBA play-in tournament, firstFullImplementationSeason, 2020–21 NBA season]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2020–21 NBA season Context triple: [NBA play-in tournament, firstFullImplementationSeason, 2020–21 NBA season]
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A.
2019–20 NBA season
The 2019–20 NBA season was the league’s 74th campaign, notable for being interrupted and reshaped by the COVID-19 pandemic, including a suspended schedule and a resumed finish in the Orlando “bubble.”
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B.
2020 NBA Finals
The 2020 NBA Finals was the championship series of the NBA season held in the COVID-19 "bubble" at Walt Disney World, where the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Miami Heat to win their 17th title.
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C.
NBA All-Star Game 2020
The NBA All-Star Game 2020 was the league’s annual midseason exhibition featuring its top players, highlighted by a revamped Elam Ending format and tributes to Kobe Bryant in Chicago.
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D.
NBA play-in tournament
The NBA play-in tournament is a postseason mini-competition that determines the final playoff spots by having lower-seeded teams in each conference compete for entry into the main NBA playoffs.
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E.
NBA regular season
The NBA regular season is the primary phase of the National Basketball Association schedule in which all teams play a set number of games to determine playoff seeding and overall standings.
- 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: 2020–21 NBA season Triple: [NBA play-in tournament, firstFullImplementationSeason, 2020–21 NBA season]
Generated description
The 2020–21 NBA season was the league’s 75th campaign, notable for its COVID-19-related schedule adjustments, the introduction of a full play-in tournament, and the Milwaukee Bucks’ championship led by Finals MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2020–21 NBA season Target entity description: The 2020–21 NBA season was the league’s 75th campaign, notable for its COVID-19-related schedule adjustments, the introduction of a full play-in tournament, and the Milwaukee Bucks’ championship led by Finals MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo.
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A.
2019–20 NBA season
The 2019–20 NBA season was the league’s 74th campaign, notable for being interrupted and reshaped by the COVID-19 pandemic, including a suspended schedule and a resumed finish in the Orlando “bubble.”
-
B.
2020 NBA Finals
The 2020 NBA Finals was the championship series of the NBA season held in the COVID-19 "bubble" at Walt Disney World, where the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Miami Heat to win their 17th title.
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C.
NBA All-Star Game 2020
The NBA All-Star Game 2020 was the league’s annual midseason exhibition featuring its top players, highlighted by a revamped Elam Ending format and tributes to Kobe Bryant in Chicago.
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D.
NBA play-in tournament
chosen
The NBA play-in tournament is a postseason mini-competition that determines the final playoff spots by having lower-seeded teams in each conference compete for entry into the main NBA playoffs.
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E.
NBA regular season
The NBA regular season is the primary phase of the National Basketball Association schedule in which all teams play a set number of games to determine playoff seeding and overall standings.
- F. None of above.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: firstFullImplementationSeason Context triple: [NBA play-in tournament, firstFullImplementationSeason, 2020–21 NBA season]
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A.
firstEditionSeason
Indicates the season or time period during which something (such as a work or product) was first published, released, or issued in its original edition.
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B.
firstPlayed
Indicates that one entity was the earliest or initial thing (such as a song, game, or media item) that another entity engaged with or played.
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C.
firstAiredInSeason
Indicates the specific season of a series in which an episode or content item was originally first broadcast or released.
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D.
firstSeasonCoversPeriod
Indicates that the first season of a series spans or depicts a specific time period or range of events.
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E.
inauguralSeason
chosen
Indicates the first season in which an entity (such as a team, league, or event) officially began participating or operating.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69a49429f5ec8190a6a205eb0ae81e5e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bd9d56748190a12fe4a30346f1d8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac765c58d48190bbd460663d965097 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:02 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac76f20f308190be3c831eb2d59763 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:05 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac775a43d881908f12026a38fba2c8 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:07 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a4bb5ed2b88190aab992913957e1cf |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:19 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:46 p.m.