Triple
T2299539
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Merlin Olsen |
E51696
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | NBC Sports |
E17179
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: NBC Sports | Statement: [Merlin Olsen, employer, NBC Sports]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NBC Sports Context triple: [Merlin Olsen, employer, NBC Sports]
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A.
NBC Sports
chosen
NBC Sports is the sports division of the NBC television network, known for producing and broadcasting major sporting events such as NFL games, the Olympics, and Premier League soccer.
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B.
CBS Sports
CBS Sports is the sports division of the CBS television network, known for broadcasting major American sporting events including NFL games, college football and basketball, and golf tournaments.
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C.
Turner Sports
Turner Sports is a major American sports media division known for producing and broadcasting high-profile events across networks like TNT, TBS, and truTV.
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D.
NBC Sports Washington
NBC Sports Washington was a regional sports television network serving the Washington, D.C. area, primarily known for broadcasting local professional teams’ games and related sports programming.
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E.
Fox Sports Networks
Fox Sports Networks was a group of regional American sports television channels that broadcast local professional and collegiate sporting events across the United States.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a88b0a9f248190bcff941463d8f65a |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:42 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc5ec3c948190b47ea763812a1cf5 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:30 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae7f2e338881908e09d19f469a59ce |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:05 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:49 p.m.