Triple
T13044088
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Avco World Trophy |
E327271
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | World Hockey Association–NHL merger |
E562439
|
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: World Hockey Association–NHL merger | Statement: [Avco World Trophy, associatedWith, World Hockey Association–NHL merger]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: World Hockey Association–NHL merger Context triple: [Avco World Trophy, associatedWith, World Hockey Association–NHL merger]
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A.
1979 NHL–WHA merger
chosen
The 1979 NHL–WHA merger was the agreement in which the National Hockey League absorbed four surviving World Hockey Association franchises, effectively dissolving the WHA and reshaping major professional hockey in North America.
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B.
NHL expansion of 1967
The NHL expansion of 1967 was a landmark event in professional ice hockey that doubled the size of the National Hockey League from six to twelve teams, ushering in the league’s modern era.
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C.
World Hockey Association
The World Hockey Association was a 1970s professional ice hockey league that rivaled the NHL, lured star players with higher salaries, and ultimately merged several of its teams into the NHL.
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D.
NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement
The NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement is the labor contract between the National Hockey League and the players’ union that sets the rules for player employment, salaries, free agency, and league economics.
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E.
National Hockey Association
The National Hockey Association was a Canadian professional ice hockey league founded in 1909 that is best known as the direct forerunner to the National Hockey League.
- 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_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. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 8:56 p.m.