Triple

T160465
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject American Basketball Association E3272 entity
Predicate hadFranchise P6217 FINISHED
Object Spirits of St. Louis
Spirits of St. Louis was a short-lived but memorable professional basketball team in the mid-1970s ABA, known for its colorful ownership, young star players, and lucrative NBA merger settlement.
E19843 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: Spirits of St. Louis | Statement: [American Basketball Association, hadFranchise, Spirits of St. Louis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spirits of St. Louis
Context triple: [American Basketball Association, hadFranchise, Spirits of St. Louis]
  • A. Sparks
    Sparks is a city in northern Nevada known for its proximity to Reno and its role as a regional hub for industry, transportation, and outdoor recreation.
  • B. Horseshoe
    Horseshoe is a well-known casino and racetrack brand in the United States, recognized for its gambling, entertainment, and hospitality offerings.
  • C. Encore
    Encore is a luxury casino and resort brand operated by Wynn Resorts, known for its upscale accommodations, gaming, dining, and entertainment offerings.
  • D. Stumptown
    Stumptown is a historic nickname for Portland, Oregon, referencing the city’s rapid 19th-century growth that left tree stumps scattered throughout the area.
  • E. Deep South
    The Deep South is a cultural and geographic subregion of the southeastern United States known for its distinct history, traditions, and social and political identity, often associated with states like Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, South Carolina, and parts of neighboring areas.
  • 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: Spirits of St. Louis
Triple: [American Basketball Association, hadFranchise, Spirits of St. Louis]
Generated description
Spirits of St. Louis was a short-lived but memorable professional basketball team in the mid-1970s ABA, known for its colorful ownership, young star players, and lucrative NBA merger settlement.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spirits of St. Louis
Target entity description: Spirits of St. Louis was a short-lived but memorable professional basketball team in the mid-1970s ABA, known for its colorful ownership, young star players, and lucrative NBA merger settlement.
  • A. Sparks
    Sparks is a city in northern Nevada known for its proximity to Reno and its role as a regional hub for industry, transportation, and outdoor recreation.
  • B. Horseshoe
    Horseshoe is a well-known casino and racetrack brand in the United States, recognized for its gambling, entertainment, and hospitality offerings.
  • C. Encore
    Encore is a luxury casino and resort brand operated by Wynn Resorts, known for its upscale accommodations, gaming, dining, and entertainment offerings.
  • D. Stumptown
    Stumptown is a historic nickname for Portland, Oregon, referencing the city’s rapid 19th-century growth that left tree stumps scattered throughout the area.
  • E. Deep South
    The Deep South is a cultural and geographic subregion of the southeastern United States known for its distinct history, traditions, and social and political identity, often associated with states like Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, South Carolina, and parts of neighboring areas.
  • 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_69a2527757ec819090b8becb2cf1a862 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:27 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25bae79b48190abfd247410e5918f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2d4cbaedc81908aa7cf4df2661ccc completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2d5c4532081909855cb9fd5395624 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2d63a6bc481908d6d3bd0f7e05ada completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:49 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.