Triple

T13043871
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Birmingham Bulls E327266 entity
Predicate playedInLeague P2209 FINISHED
Object WHA 1978–79 season
The WHA 1978–79 season was the final campaign of the World Hockey Association, marking the end of the league before several of its teams merged into the NHL.
 E1017983 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: WHA 1978–79 season | Statement: [Birmingham Bulls, playedInLeague, WHA 1978–79 season]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: WHA 1978–79 season
Context triple: [Birmingham Bulls, playedInLeague, WHA 1978–79 season]
  • A. National Hockey League season 1978–79
    The 1978–79 National Hockey League season was a professional ice hockey campaign that marked the final year before the NHL–WHA merger, featuring 17 teams competing for the Stanley Cup.
  • B. WHA First All-Star Team selection
    The WHA First All-Star Team selection was an annual honor in the World Hockey Association recognizing the league’s top players at each position for their performance during the season.
  • C. WHA
    WHA is the commonly used abbreviation for the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, which manages American diplomatic relations and policy in the Americas.
  • D. WHA
    WHA is the commonly used abbreviation for the World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the World Health Organization.
  • E. Canadian Division (WHA)
    The Canadian Division (WHA) was a regional grouping of Canadian-based teams in the World Hockey Association during the 1970s.
  • 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: WHA 1978–79 season
Triple: [Birmingham Bulls, playedInLeague, WHA 1978–79 season]
Generated description
The WHA 1978–79 season was the final campaign of the World Hockey Association, marking the end of the league before several of its teams merged into the NHL.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: WHA 1978–79 season
Target entity description: The WHA 1978–79 season was the final campaign of the World Hockey Association, marking the end of the league before several of its teams merged into the NHL.
  • A. National Hockey League season 1978–79
    The 1978–79 National Hockey League season was a professional ice hockey campaign that marked the final year before the NHL–WHA merger, featuring 17 teams competing for the Stanley Cup.
  • B. WHA First All-Star Team selection
    The WHA First All-Star Team selection was an annual honor in the World Hockey Association recognizing the league’s top players at each position for their performance during the season.
  • C. WHA
    WHA is the commonly used abbreviation for the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, which manages American diplomatic relations and policy in the Americas.
  • D. WHA
    WHA is the commonly used abbreviation for the World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the World Health Organization.
  • E. Canadian Division (WHA)
    The Canadian Division (WHA) was a regional grouping of Canadian-based teams in the World Hockey Association during the 1970s.
  • 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_69d8076e64308190904fb5c93517c901 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d98050157c8190bb8c640b759ac2b7 completed April 10, 2026, 10:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6cbd720248190a23a07dadc7e1348 completed May 3, 2026, 4:15 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6cd706f548190af79efa973434af9 completed May 3, 2026, 4:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6ce2c7630819091433543dfdf8402 completed May 3, 2026, 4:25 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 8:56 p.m.