Triple

T392006
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Philadelphia 76ers E8900 entity
Predicate notablePlayer P304 FINISHED
Object Billy Cunningham
Billy Cunningham is a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach best known for his starring role with the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1960s and 1970s and later leading the team to an NBA championship as head coach.
E53806 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: Billy Cunningham | Statement: [Philadelphia 76ers, notablePlayer, Billy Cunningham]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy Cunningham
Context triple: [Philadelphia 76ers, notablePlayer, Billy Cunningham]
  • A. Roy Campanella
    Roy Campanella was a Hall of Fame catcher and three-time National League MVP who starred for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s and 1950s and was one of Major League Baseball’s pioneering Black players.
  • B. Frank Robinson
    Frank Robinson was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball outfielder and manager, renowned as one of the game’s greatest sluggers and the first player to win MVP awards in both the National and American Leagues.
  • C. Lenny Wilkens
    Lenny Wilkens is a Hall of Fame American basketball coach and former player best known for his long NBA coaching career and leading the 1996 U.S. Olympic "Dream Team" to a gold medal.
  • D. Pee Wee Reese
    Pee Wee Reese was a Hall of Fame shortstop and longtime captain of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, renowned for his leadership, defensive skill, and support of Jackie Robinson during baseball’s integration.
  • E. Fergie Jenkins
    Fergie Jenkins is a Canadian Hall of Fame pitcher renowned for his dominant tenure in Major League Baseball, particularly with the Chicago Cubs in the late 1960s and 1970s.
  • 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: Billy Cunningham
Triple: [Philadelphia 76ers, notablePlayer, Billy Cunningham]
Generated description
Billy Cunningham is a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach best known for his starring role with the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1960s and 1970s and later leading the team to an NBA championship as head coach.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy Cunningham
Target entity description: Billy Cunningham is a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach best known for his starring role with the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1960s and 1970s and later leading the team to an NBA championship as head coach.
  • A. Roy Campanella
    Roy Campanella was a Hall of Fame catcher and three-time National League MVP who starred for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s and 1950s and was one of Major League Baseball’s pioneering Black players.
  • B. Frank Robinson
    Frank Robinson was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball outfielder and manager, renowned as one of the game’s greatest sluggers and the first player to win MVP awards in both the National and American Leagues.
  • C. Lenny Wilkens
    Lenny Wilkens is a Hall of Fame American basketball coach and former player best known for his long NBA coaching career and leading the 1996 U.S. Olympic "Dream Team" to a gold medal.
  • D. Pee Wee Reese
    Pee Wee Reese was a Hall of Fame shortstop and longtime captain of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, renowned for his leadership, defensive skill, and support of Jackie Robinson during baseball’s integration.
  • E. Fergie Jenkins
    Fergie Jenkins is a Canadian Hall of Fame pitcher renowned for his dominant tenure in Major League Baseball, particularly with the Chicago Cubs in the late 1960s and 1970s.
  • 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_69a2e7f55c60819097aff65ea2ca2832 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ec7492288190bf33c9c869a0710f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a42a12e5548190aedc6e18ef24c0ce completed March 1, 2026, 11:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a42dcefe4c8190a2ca6d5bc501c3b8 completed March 1, 2026, 12:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a42e24eca08190ad47f69d8d0743d0 completed March 1, 2026, 12:16 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.