Triple
T2514633
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | World Football League |
E52783
|
entity |
| Predicate | hadFranchise |
P6217
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Birmingham Vulcans
The Birmingham Vulcans were a professional American football team based in Birmingham, Alabama that played in the short-lived World Football League in the mid-1970s.
|
E276445
|
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: Birmingham Vulcans | Statement: [World Football League, hadFranchise, Birmingham Vulcans]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Birmingham Vulcans Context triple: [World Football League, hadFranchise, Birmingham Vulcans]
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A.
Birmingham Americans
The Birmingham Americans were a short-lived professional American football team based in Birmingham, Alabama that played in the World Football League in the mid-1970s.
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B.
Birmingham Bullets
The Birmingham Bullets were a professional basketball team based in Birmingham, England, that competed in the British Basketball League.
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C.
Birmingham Legion
Birmingham Legion is a professional soccer club based in Birmingham, Alabama, that competes in the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer league system.
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D.
Tulsa Shock
The Tulsa Shock were a professional women's basketball team that competed in the WNBA before relocating and becoming the Dallas Wings.
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E.
St. Louis Bombers
The St. Louis Bombers were a professional basketball team based in St. Louis, Missouri, that played in the late 1940s and early 1950s and were part of the early history of what became the 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: Birmingham Vulcans Triple: [World Football League, hadFranchise, Birmingham Vulcans]
Generated description
The Birmingham Vulcans were a professional American football team based in Birmingham, Alabama that played in the short-lived World Football League in the mid-1970s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Birmingham Vulcans Target entity description: The Birmingham Vulcans were a professional American football team based in Birmingham, Alabama that played in the short-lived World Football League in the mid-1970s.
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A.
Birmingham Americans
The Birmingham Americans were a short-lived professional American football team based in Birmingham, Alabama that played in the World Football League in the mid-1970s.
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B.
Birmingham Bullets
The Birmingham Bullets were a professional basketball team based in Birmingham, England, that competed in the British Basketball League.
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C.
Birmingham Legion
Birmingham Legion is a professional soccer club based in Birmingham, Alabama, that competes in the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer league system.
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D.
Tulsa Shock
The Tulsa Shock were a professional women's basketball team that competed in the WNBA before relocating and becoming the Dallas Wings.
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E.
St. Louis Bombers
The St. Louis Bombers were a professional basketball team based in St. Louis, Missouri, that played in the late 1940s and early 1950s and were part of the early history of what became the 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_69ab4958e76481908a235377dd921c9e |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd20c8ab0819096d6a654039beb39 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:21 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af5ce8ca7081908f9c2550276352d5 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:51 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69af5db1c290819099d88815ebe97c1b |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:54 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69af5e2cd2588190bc24c3cdd350fa70 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:56 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:46 p.m.