Triple
T3684606
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Buffalo Bisons |
E78193
|
entity |
| Predicate | league |
P888
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
National Basketball League
The National Basketball League was a professional basketball league in the United States that operated primarily in the Midwest from the 1930s until it merged with the Basketball Association of America in 1949 to form the NBA.
|
E382094
|
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: National Basketball League | Statement: [Buffalo Bisons, league, National Basketball League]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Basketball League Context triple: [Buffalo Bisons, league, National Basketball League]
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A.
National Basketball League
The National Basketball League is Australia's premier professional men's basketball competition, featuring teams from across the country and occasionally New Zealand.
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B.
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the premier professional men's basketball league in North America, featuring top teams and players and widely regarded as the highest level of basketball competition in the world.
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C.
American Basketball Association
The American Basketball Association is a professional basketball league that operated in the United States from 1967 to 1976 and is known for its flashy style of play, the introduction of the three-point line, and its eventual merger with the NBA.
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D.
American Basketball League
The American Basketball League was a short-lived professional women's basketball league in the United States that operated in the mid-1990s as an early competitor to the WNBA.
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E.
American Basketball League
The American Basketball League was a short-lived professional basketball league in the United States that operated in the early 1960s as an alternative to 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: National Basketball League Triple: [Buffalo Bisons, league, National Basketball League]
Generated description
The National Basketball League was a professional basketball league in the United States that operated primarily in the Midwest from the 1930s until it merged with the Basketball Association of America in 1949 to form the NBA.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Basketball League Target entity description: The National Basketball League was a professional basketball league in the United States that operated primarily in the Midwest from the 1930s until it merged with the Basketball Association of America in 1949 to form the NBA.
-
A.
National Basketball League
The National Basketball League is Australia's premier professional men's basketball competition, featuring teams from across the country and occasionally New Zealand.
-
B.
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the premier professional men's basketball league in North America, featuring top teams and players and widely regarded as the highest level of basketball competition in the world.
-
C.
American Basketball Association
The American Basketball Association is a professional basketball league that operated in the United States from 1967 to 1976 and is known for its flashy style of play, the introduction of the three-point line, and its eventual merger with the NBA.
-
D.
American Basketball League
The American Basketball League was a short-lived professional women's basketball league in the United States that operated in the mid-1990s as an early competitor to the WNBA.
-
E.
American Basketball League
The American Basketball League was a short-lived professional basketball league in the United States that operated in the early 1960s as an alternative to 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_69ad85e285a081908f8cbfa9e2ed9b75 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc4c49b408190bc800bcf9745fe4f |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4cdeb6c288190a52e81fcbeaeec6d |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:54 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4d1b7f168819080c88c216c48f83c |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:10 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4d2a6d2e48190aa811033129986dd |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:14 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:26 p.m.