Triple

T12396140
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Erie Otters E296121 entity
Predicate notableAlumnus P304 FINISHED
Object Tim Connolly
Tim Connolly is a former American professional ice hockey center who played in the NHL, most notably for the Buffalo Sabres and Toronto Maple Leafs.
E982949 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: Tim Connolly | Statement: [Erie Otters, notableAlumnus, Tim Connolly]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tim Connolly
Context triple: [Erie Otters, notableAlumnus, Tim Connolly]
  • A. Tom Connolly
    Tom Connolly was a prominent early 20th-century American baseball umpire who became one of the first inductees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame for his officiating.
  • B. Gerry Connolly
    Gerry Connolly is a Democratic U.S. Congressman from Northern Virginia known for his work on government oversight, federal workforce issues, and foreign affairs.
  • C. Bill Baillie
    Bill Baillie was a prominent New Zealand middle- and long-distance runner known for his competitive performances during the 1950s and 1960s.
  • D. Michael Daley
    Michael Daley is an Australian Labor Party politician who has served in senior roles in New South Wales state politics, including as a cabinet minister and former Opposition Leader.
  • E. Jim McKelvey
    Jim McKelvey is an American entrepreneur and co-founder of the financial technology company Square (now Block, Inc.), as well as a philanthropist and author.
  • 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: Tim Connolly
Triple: [Erie Otters, notableAlumnus, Tim Connolly]
Generated description
Tim Connolly is a former American professional ice hockey center who played in the NHL, most notably for the Buffalo Sabres and Toronto Maple Leafs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tim Connolly
Target entity description: Tim Connolly is a former American professional ice hockey center who played in the NHL, most notably for the Buffalo Sabres and Toronto Maple Leafs.
  • A. Tom Connolly
    Tom Connolly was a prominent early 20th-century American baseball umpire who became one of the first inductees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame for his officiating.
  • B. Gerry Connolly
    Gerry Connolly is a Democratic U.S. Congressman from Northern Virginia known for his work on government oversight, federal workforce issues, and foreign affairs.
  • C. Bill Baillie
    Bill Baillie was a prominent New Zealand middle- and long-distance runner known for his competitive performances during the 1950s and 1960s.
  • D. Michael Daley
    Michael Daley is an Australian Labor Party politician who has served in senior roles in New South Wales state politics, including as a cabinet minister and former Opposition Leader.
  • E. Jim McKelvey
    Jim McKelvey is an American entrepreneur and co-founder of the financial technology company Square (now Block, Inc.), as well as a philanthropist and author.
  • 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_69d6ad9e653c8190b1473c860ee53dae completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d93fd33f048190b205fd21dc513f6a completed April 10, 2026, 6:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6347e27b4819085494babfe180488 completed May 2, 2026, 5:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f63674aa3c81908ba82a9d246b3b3a completed May 2, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f63a9b32fc8190ab98492ff91d2a66 completed May 2, 2026, 5:55 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:54 p.m.