Triple
T2476539
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Butch van Breda Kolff |
E55101
|
entity |
| Predicate | nickname |
P55
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Butch
Butch is the nickname of Butch van Breda Kolff, an American basketball coach and former player known for his tenure in college and professional basketball.
|
E270471
|
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: Butch | Statement: [Butch van Breda Kolff, nickname, Butch]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Butch Context triple: [Butch van Breda Kolff, nickname, Butch]
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A.
Butch T. Cougar
Butch T. Cougar is the costumed cougar character who serves as the spirited athletic and school mascot for Washington State University.
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B.
Denny Colt
Denny Colt is the masked vigilante alter ego known as The Spirit, a crime-fighting hero created by cartoonist Will Eisner.
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C.
Sundance Kid
Sundance Kid was a notorious American outlaw and member of Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch gang in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Bat Masterson
Bat Masterson was a famed Old West lawman, gambler, and later New York City sportswriter known for his colorful life on the American frontier.
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E.
Iron Eyes Cody
Iron Eyes Cody was an American actor of Italian descent best known for portraying Native American characters in Hollywood films and for his iconic role in the 1970s "Crying Indian" anti-pollution public service announcement.
- 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: Butch Triple: [Butch van Breda Kolff, nickname, Butch]
Generated description
Butch is the nickname of Butch van Breda Kolff, an American basketball coach and former player known for his tenure in college and professional basketball.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Butch Target entity description: Butch is the nickname of Butch van Breda Kolff, an American basketball coach and former player known for his tenure in college and professional basketball.
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A.
Butch T. Cougar
Butch T. Cougar is the costumed cougar character who serves as the spirited athletic and school mascot for Washington State University.
-
B.
Denny Colt
Denny Colt is the masked vigilante alter ego known as The Spirit, a crime-fighting hero created by cartoonist Will Eisner.
-
C.
Sundance Kid
Sundance Kid was a notorious American outlaw and member of Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch gang in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
D.
Bat Masterson
Bat Masterson was a famed Old West lawman, gambler, and later New York City sportswriter known for his colorful life on the American frontier.
-
E.
Iron Eyes Cody
Iron Eyes Cody was an American actor of Italian descent best known for portraying Native American characters in Hollywood films and for his iconic role in the 1970s "Crying Indian" anti-pollution public service announcement.
- 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_69ab49e279e88190ab10d7248aea9d11 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd14dde208190ad4e1c9de5d43b0a |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:18 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af17ab837881909bf8704acf9598e4 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:55 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69af1a8c7784819088be431513d60325 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:07 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69af1b10738881909b296ecd3ff53c1b |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:10 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:45 p.m.