Triple
T363719
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Portland Thorns FC |
E7912
|
entity |
| Predicate | previousOwner |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Merritt Paulson |
E58007
|
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: Merritt Paulson | Statement: [Portland Thorns FC, previousOwner, Merritt Paulson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merritt Paulson Context triple: [Portland Thorns FC, previousOwner, Merritt Paulson]
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A.
Merritt Paulson
chosen
Merritt Paulson is an American sports executive best known for owning and leading Portland’s professional soccer clubs, including the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer and the Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League.
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B.
Norm Ellenberger
Norm Ellenberger was an American college basketball coach best known for leading the University of New Mexico Lobos to national prominence in the 1970s before his tenure ended amid an NCAA scandal.
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C.
Richard Stolley
Richard Stolley was an influential American magazine editor best known for shaping modern celebrity journalism as the founding managing editor of People magazine.
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D.
Allan Hoover
Allan Hoover was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the son of U.S. President Herbert Hoover and for his work preserving his father's legacy.
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E.
Rex Walters
Rex Walters is an American former professional basketball player and college coach best known for his head coaching tenure at the University of San Francisco and his sharpshooting guard play at Kansas.
- 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_69a2e7e880008190a6ad7e06e5d03007 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ebd1016481909b8ba3b047a47145 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac93942b1c819087f6fdef027f115e |
completed | March 7, 2026, 9:07 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.