Triple
T19738047
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 1972–73 Kentucky Colonels |
E474038
|
entity |
| Predicate | notablePlayer |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ted McClain
Ted McClain is a former professional basketball guard best known for his playmaking and defensive tenacity in the ABA and NBA during the 1970s.
|
E1392366
|
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: Ted McClain | Statement: [1972–73 Kentucky Colonels, notablePlayer, Ted McClain]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ted McClain Context triple: [1972–73 Kentucky Colonels, notablePlayer, Ted McClain]
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A.
Steve Hilliard
Steve Hilliard is a character in the romantic comedy film "The Opposite Sex."
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B.
Marc McClure
Marc McClure is an American actor best known for playing Jimmy Olsen in the Superman film series and Dave McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy.
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C.
Vernan Keenan
Vernan Keenan was an American roller coaster designer best known for creating the iconic Cyclone wooden coaster at Coney Island.
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D.
Marvin Scandrick
Marvin Scandrick, better known as Slim, is an American R&B singer and member of the group 112, recognized for his distinctive falsetto vocals and contributions to early-2000s R&B hits.
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E.
Jerry McClain
Jerry McClain is an American singer best known as one half of the 1970s pop duo Pratt & McClain, who recorded the popular theme song for the TV series "Happy Days."
- 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: Ted McClain Triple: [1972–73 Kentucky Colonels, notablePlayer, Ted McClain]
Generated description
Ted McClain is a former professional basketball guard best known for his playmaking and defensive tenacity in the ABA and NBA during the 1970s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ted McClain Target entity description: Ted McClain is a former professional basketball guard best known for his playmaking and defensive tenacity in the ABA and NBA during the 1970s.
-
A.
Steve Hilliard
Steve Hilliard is a character in the romantic comedy film "The Opposite Sex."
-
B.
Marc McClure
Marc McClure is an American actor best known for playing Jimmy Olsen in the Superman film series and Dave McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy.
-
C.
Vernan Keenan
Vernan Keenan was an American roller coaster designer best known for creating the iconic Cyclone wooden coaster at Coney Island.
-
D.
Marvin Scandrick
Marvin Scandrick, better known as Slim, is an American R&B singer and member of the group 112, recognized for his distinctive falsetto vocals and contributions to early-2000s R&B hits.
-
E.
Jerry McClain
Jerry McClain is an American singer best known as one half of the 1970s pop duo Pratt & McClain, who recorded the popular theme song for the TV series "Happy Days."
- 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_69d8e517ebd48190979ee76723bcfadf |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6515f6efc8190a3da113847464399 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 4:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a07b4f944108190b63432ef6d0eb984 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 12:06 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a07b5c7a0348190b06f5300c89f0548 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 12:09 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a07b655722c8190be1b30d1e276c580 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 12:12 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:47 p.m.