Triple
T1461803
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Steve Alford |
E31528
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entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Stephen Todd Alford
Stephen Todd Alford is an American former college basketball star and NCAA championship guard who became a longtime Division I head coach at programs including Iowa, New Mexico, UCLA, and Nevada.
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E203602
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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: Stephen Todd Alford | Statement: [Steve Alford, fullName, Stephen Todd Alford]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Todd Alford Context triple: [Steve Alford, fullName, Stephen Todd Alford]
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A.
Steven Fulop
Steven Fulop is an American politician who has served as the mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, and is known for his focus on urban development and progressive local policies.
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B.
Matthew Rutler
Matthew Rutler is an American film production assistant and guitarist best known for his long-term relationship and marriage to singer Christina Aguilera.
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C.
Matthew Kirk
Matthew Kirk is a notable individual who shares the surname Kirk, recognized for achievements significant enough to be distinguished among others with the same name.
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D.
Duane Starks
Duane Starks is a former NFL cornerback best known for his playmaking role in the Baltimore Ravens’ dominant early-2000s defense and his key interception return for a touchdown in Super Bowl XXXV.
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E.
Jeff Henley
Jeff Henley is an American business executive best known for his long tenure as Oracle Corporation’s chief financial officer and later chairman of the board.
- 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: Stephen Todd Alford Triple: [Steve Alford, fullName, Stephen Todd Alford]
Generated description
Stephen Todd Alford is an American former college basketball star and NCAA championship guard who became a longtime Division I head coach at programs including Iowa, New Mexico, UCLA, and Nevada.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Todd Alford Target entity description: Stephen Todd Alford is an American former college basketball star and NCAA championship guard who became a longtime Division I head coach at programs including Iowa, New Mexico, UCLA, and Nevada.
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A.
Steven Fulop
Steven Fulop is an American politician who has served as the mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, and is known for his focus on urban development and progressive local policies.
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B.
Matthew Rutler
Matthew Rutler is an American film production assistant and guitarist best known for his long-term relationship and marriage to singer Christina Aguilera.
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C.
Matthew Kirk
Matthew Kirk is a notable individual who shares the surname Kirk, recognized for achievements significant enough to be distinguished among others with the same name.
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D.
Duane Starks
Duane Starks is a former NFL cornerback best known for his playmaking role in the Baltimore Ravens’ dominant early-2000s defense and his key interception return for a touchdown in Super Bowl XXXV.
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E.
Jeff Henley
Jeff Henley is an American business executive best known for his long tenure as Oracle Corporation’s chief financial officer and later chairman of the board.
- 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_69a49917dfc081909acdbdf5d684f1ef |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c59ecb60819082217b034e18381f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:02 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adbf3a615c8190a428d049de4ba023 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:26 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adc07e9ebc819082566cc98025b4ae |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:31 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adc12c894881909c9a82fc9e363a41 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:34 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.