Triple

T3813561
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 2015–16 NBA season E84194 entity
Predicate executiveOfTheYear P7489 FINISHED
Object R. C. Buford
R. C. Buford is a highly respected NBA executive best known for architecting the San Antonio Spurs’ long-term success and multiple championship teams.
 E398474 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: R. C. Buford | Statement: [2015–16 NBA season, executiveOfTheYear, R. C. Buford]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: R. C. Buford
Context triple: [2015–16 NBA season, executiveOfTheYear, R. C. Buford]
  • A. Robert Folsom
    Robert Folsom was an American businessman and civic leader who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas, during the late 1970s and early 1980s, overseeing significant urban development and growth.
  • B. Ed Brophy
    Ed Brophy is an American boxing historian and executive best known for creating and leading the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York.
  • C. James L. Wilmeth
    James L. Wilmeth was an American government official who served as a senior federal financial administrator in the early 20th century.
  • D. Robert J. Wynne
    Robert J. Wynne was an American journalist and public official who served in senior federal financial and postal administration roles in the early 20th century.
  • E. Edward Burleson
    Edward Burleson was a prominent Texian military and political leader of the Texas Revolution who later served as vice president of the Republic of Texas.
  • 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: R. C. Buford
Triple: [2015–16 NBA season, executiveOfTheYear, R. C. Buford]
Generated description
R. C. Buford is a highly respected NBA executive best known for architecting the San Antonio Spurs’ long-term success and multiple championship teams.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: R. C. Buford
Target entity description: R. C. Buford is a highly respected NBA executive best known for architecting the San Antonio Spurs’ long-term success and multiple championship teams.
  • A. Robert Folsom
    Robert Folsom was an American businessman and civic leader who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas, during the late 1970s and early 1980s, overseeing significant urban development and growth.
  • B. Ed Brophy
    Ed Brophy is an American boxing historian and executive best known for creating and leading the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York.
  • C. James L. Wilmeth
    James L. Wilmeth was an American government official who served as a senior federal financial administrator in the early 20th century.
  • D. Robert J. Wynne
    Robert J. Wynne was an American journalist and public official who served in senior federal financial and postal administration roles in the early 20th century.
  • E. Edward Burleson
    Edward Burleson was a prominent Texian military and political leader of the Texas Revolution who later served as vice president of the Republic of Texas.
  • 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_69aed931f5908190be2c07af66d4df25 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aee8dd315481908bef595b56a4f0cb completed March 9, 2026, 3:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b528345dec81909231d60781020b7b completed March 14, 2026, 9:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5296c76dc8190a7a3784fc9f6023e completed March 14, 2026, 9:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b529b889a48190b9ce0829f4775aff completed March 14, 2026, 9:26 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:17 p.m.