Triple

T230645
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Minneapolis–Saint Paul E4402 entity
Predicate hasSportsTeam P330 FINISHED
Object Minnesota Timberwolves
The Minnesota Timberwolves are a professional NBA basketball team based in Minneapolis that competes in the league’s Western Conference.
E37557 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: Minnesota Timberwolves | Statement: [Minneapolis–Saint Paul, hasSportsTeam, Minnesota Timberwolves]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Minnesota Timberwolves
Context triple: [Minneapolis–Saint Paul, hasSportsTeam, Minnesota Timberwolves]
  • A. Memphis Grizzlies
    The Memphis Grizzlies are a professional basketball team in the NBA known for their gritty, defense-oriented play and passionate fan base.
  • B. Portland Trail Blazers
    The Portland Trail Blazers are a professional basketball team in the NBA known for their passionate fan base and history that includes a 1977 championship and iconic players like Clyde Drexler and Damian Lillard.
  • C. Dallas Mavericks
    The Dallas Mavericks are a professional NBA basketball team based in Dallas, Texas.
  • D. Houston Mavericks
    The Houston Mavericks were a professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas, that competed in the original American Basketball Association during the late 1960s.
  • E. Seattle SuperSonics
    The Seattle SuperSonics were a former NBA franchise based in Seattle, Washington, known for their passionate fan base, distinctive green-and-gold colors, and a 1979 championship before relocating and becoming the Oklahoma City Thunder.
  • 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: Minnesota Timberwolves
Triple: [Minneapolis–Saint Paul, hasSportsTeam, Minnesota Timberwolves]
Generated description
The Minnesota Timberwolves are a professional NBA basketball team based in Minneapolis that competes in the league’s Western Conference.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Minnesota Timberwolves
Target entity description: The Minnesota Timberwolves are a professional NBA basketball team based in Minneapolis that competes in the league’s Western Conference.
  • A. Memphis Grizzlies
    The Memphis Grizzlies are a professional basketball team in the NBA known for their gritty, defense-oriented play and passionate fan base.
  • B. Portland Trail Blazers
    The Portland Trail Blazers are a professional basketball team in the NBA known for their passionate fan base and history that includes a 1977 championship and iconic players like Clyde Drexler and Damian Lillard.
  • C. Dallas Mavericks
    The Dallas Mavericks are a professional NBA basketball team based in Dallas, Texas.
  • D. Houston Mavericks
    The Houston Mavericks were a professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas, that competed in the original American Basketball Association during the late 1960s.
  • E. Seattle SuperSonics
    The Seattle SuperSonics were a former NBA franchise based in Seattle, Washington, known for their passionate fan base, distinctive green-and-gold colors, and a 1979 championship before relocating and becoming the Oklahoma City Thunder.
  • 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_69a257363ffc81909757bde7ab3404da completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25cadae1c8190be0e8dcf33351187 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3a33436d48190a4a6d38f06208540 completed March 1, 2026, 2:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3a3d1b16c8190af40cad78f3cd935 completed March 1, 2026, 2:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3a437525c8190b850a8fa841a3af8 completed March 1, 2026, 2:28 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.