Triple
T160471
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | American Basketball Association |
E3272
|
entity |
| Predicate | hadFranchise |
P6217
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Memphis Sounds
Memphis Sounds was a short-lived professional basketball team that competed in the American Basketball Association during the mid-1970s.
|
E20021
|
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: Memphis Sounds | Statement: [American Basketball Association, hadFranchise, Memphis Sounds]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Memphis Sounds Context triple: [American Basketball Association, hadFranchise, Memphis Sounds]
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A.
St. Louis Bombers
The St. Louis Bombers were a professional basketball team based in St. Louis, Missouri, that played in the late 1940s and early 1950s and were part of the early history of what became the NBA.
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B.
Memphis
Memphis is an ancient Egyptian capital near modern Cairo, renowned as a major political, religious, and cultural center and closely associated with the nearby pyramid fields and necropolises.
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C.
Capital City Go-Go
Capital City Go-Go is a professional NBA G League basketball team based in Washington, D.C., serving as the developmental affiliate of the Washington Wizards.
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D.
Birmingham Barons
The Birmingham Barons are a Minor League Baseball team based in Birmingham, Alabama, historically known as a key affiliate in Major League farm systems and a staple of Southern baseball culture.
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E.
Portland Pirates
The Portland Pirates were a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League based in Portland, Maine.
- 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: Memphis Sounds Triple: [American Basketball Association, hadFranchise, Memphis Sounds]
Generated description
Memphis Sounds was a short-lived professional basketball team that competed in the American Basketball Association during the mid-1970s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Memphis Sounds Target entity description: Memphis Sounds was a short-lived professional basketball team that competed in the American Basketball Association during the mid-1970s.
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A.
St. Louis Bombers
The St. Louis Bombers were a professional basketball team based in St. Louis, Missouri, that played in the late 1940s and early 1950s and were part of the early history of what became the NBA.
-
B.
Memphis
Memphis is an ancient Egyptian capital near modern Cairo, renowned as a major political, religious, and cultural center and closely associated with the nearby pyramid fields and necropolises.
-
C.
Capital City Go-Go
Capital City Go-Go is a professional NBA G League basketball team based in Washington, D.C., serving as the developmental affiliate of the Washington Wizards.
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D.
Birmingham Barons
The Birmingham Barons are a Minor League Baseball team based in Birmingham, Alabama, historically known as a key affiliate in Major League farm systems and a staple of Southern baseball culture.
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E.
Portland Pirates
The Portland Pirates were a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League based in Portland, Maine.
- 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_69a2d7343fc08190810b11d205e41d9a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 11:53 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a2d85fc61c8190bb296df96fff2884 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 11:58 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a2d8c00e048190806f991b4864763e |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, noon |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.