Triple

T12161189
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tom LaGarde E289708 entity
Predicate playedInSeason P14029 FINISHED
Object 1979–80 NBA season
The 1979–80 NBA season was the league campaign notable for the arrival of Magic Johnson, the rise of the Showtime-era Los Angeles Lakers, and the Lakers’ championship victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.
 E966273 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: 1979–80 NBA season | Statement: [Tom LaGarde, playedInSeason, 1979–80 NBA season]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: 1979–80 NBA season
Context triple: [Tom LaGarde, playedInSeason, 1979–80 NBA season]
  • A. 1980–81 NBA season
    The 1980–81 NBA season was the league campaign in which the Boston Celtics, led by stars like Larry Bird and Cedric Maxwell, captured the NBA championship.
  • B. 1979 NBA Finals
    The 1979 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the Seattle SuperSonics defeated the Washington Bullets to capture their first and only NBA title.
  • C. 1981–82 NBA season
    The 1981–82 NBA season was the National Basketball Association campaign in which the Los Angeles Lakers, led by Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, won the championship over the Philadelphia 76ers.
  • D. 1989–90 NBA championship
    The 1989–90 NBA championship was the title won by the Detroit Pistons, led by coach Chuck Daly and star guard Isiah Thomas, as they secured their second consecutive league crown.
  • E. 1980 NBA Finals
    The 1980 NBA Finals was the championship series in which rookie Magic Johnson famously led the Los Angeles Lakers to the title over the Philadelphia 76ers, cementing a pivotal moment in NBA history.
  • 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: 1979–80 NBA season
Triple: [Tom LaGarde, playedInSeason, 1979–80 NBA season]
Generated description
The 1979–80 NBA season was the league campaign notable for the arrival of Magic Johnson, the rise of the Showtime-era Los Angeles Lakers, and the Lakers’ championship victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: 1979–80 NBA season
Target entity description: The 1979–80 NBA season was the league campaign notable for the arrival of Magic Johnson, the rise of the Showtime-era Los Angeles Lakers, and the Lakers’ championship victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.
  • A. 1980–81 NBA season
    The 1980–81 NBA season was the league campaign in which the Boston Celtics, led by stars like Larry Bird and Cedric Maxwell, captured the NBA championship.
  • B. 1979 NBA Finals
    The 1979 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the Seattle SuperSonics defeated the Washington Bullets to capture their first and only NBA title.
  • C. 1981–82 NBA season
    The 1981–82 NBA season was the National Basketball Association campaign in which the Los Angeles Lakers, led by Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, won the championship over the Philadelphia 76ers.
  • D. 1989–90 NBA championship
    The 1989–90 NBA championship was the title won by the Detroit Pistons, led by coach Chuck Daly and star guard Isiah Thomas, as they secured their second consecutive league crown.
  • E. 1980 NBA Finals
    The 1980 NBA Finals was the championship series in which rookie Magic Johnson famously led the Los Angeles Lakers to the title over the Philadelphia 76ers, cementing a pivotal moment in NBA history.
  • 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_69d6ab4d6c00819095a9a7c35de83cfb completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d915c395e48190a16e97fd29787a51 completed April 10, 2026, 3:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f5f6a0baf0819094e90b7e92b979d4 completed May 2, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f600b7385881909ddb86a1d39ff5d4 completed May 2, 2026, 1:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f601ef0a9c8190ac922562a8856def completed May 2, 2026, 1:53 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:50 p.m.