Triple
T1937356
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Maryland Terrapins men's basketball |
E41471
|
entity |
| Predicate | notablePlayer |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Tom McMillen
Tom McMillen is a former American basketball star, Rhodes Scholar, and U.S. Congressman who gained prominence at the University of Maryland before playing in the NBA and entering politics.
|
E222298
|
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: Tom McMillen | Statement: [Maryland Terrapins men's basketball, notablePlayer, Tom McMillen]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom McMillen Context triple: [Maryland Terrapins men's basketball, notablePlayer, Tom McMillen]
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A.
Thomas Richard McMillen
Thomas Richard McMillen is the birth name of American actor Thomas Haden Church, known for his roles in films like "Sideways" and "Spider-Man 3" and the TV series "Wings."
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B.
Scott Barnes
Scott Barnes is an American college athletics administrator who serves as the athletic director at Oregon State University and has previously held similar roles at several other universities.
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C.
Jeff Richmond
Jeff Richmond is an American composer, producer, and director known for his work on television comedies such as "30 Rock" and "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt."
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D.
Merv Jackson
Merv Jackson was a professional basketball guard best known for his key role with the Utah Stars in the American Basketball Association (ABA) during the early 1970s.
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E.
Mitch Richmond
Mitch Richmond is a Hall of Fame shooting guard best known for his prolific scoring and six consecutive All-Star appearances in the 1990s NBA.
- 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: Tom McMillen Triple: [Maryland Terrapins men's basketball, notablePlayer, Tom McMillen]
Generated description
Tom McMillen is a former American basketball star, Rhodes Scholar, and U.S. Congressman who gained prominence at the University of Maryland before playing in the NBA and entering politics.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom McMillen Target entity description: Tom McMillen is a former American basketball star, Rhodes Scholar, and U.S. Congressman who gained prominence at the University of Maryland before playing in the NBA and entering politics.
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A.
Thomas Richard McMillen
Thomas Richard McMillen is the birth name of American actor Thomas Haden Church, known for his roles in films like "Sideways" and "Spider-Man 3" and the TV series "Wings."
-
B.
Scott Barnes
Scott Barnes is an American college athletics administrator who serves as the athletic director at Oregon State University and has previously held similar roles at several other universities.
-
C.
Jeff Richmond
Jeff Richmond is an American composer, producer, and director known for his work on television comedies such as "30 Rock" and "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt."
-
D.
Merv Jackson
Merv Jackson was a professional basketball guard best known for his key role with the Utah Stars in the American Basketball Association (ABA) during the early 1970s.
-
E.
Mitch Richmond
Mitch Richmond is a Hall of Fame shooting guard best known for his prolific scoring and six consecutive All-Star appearances in the 1990s NBA.
- 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_69a88649b24c819080047f26b6db2ded |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb2c752fc81909baf38ff1cdeb18c |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:08 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae0315bb6c8190aa5571fe631a7310 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:15 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae03b41dcc81909b4439006bdffc64 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:18 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae044314188190a7472cf5f8e89f6c |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:20 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.