Triple

T4240528
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Theodore Samuel Williams E95399 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Science of Hitting
The Science of Hitting is a classic instructional baseball book by legendary hitter Ted Williams that breaks down his philosophy, mechanics, and strategies for successful batting.
E424581 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: The Science of Hitting | Statement: [Theodore Samuel Williams, notableWork, The Science of Hitting]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Science of Hitting
Context triple: [Theodore Samuel Williams, notableWork, The Science of Hitting]
  • A. The Hitter
    "The Hitter" is a narrative song by Bruce Springsteen, featured on his 2005 album *Devils & Dust*, that tells the dark, first-person story of a washed-up boxer confronting his violent past.
  • B. The Slugger’s Wife
    The Slugger’s Wife is a 1985 romantic comedy film about a baseball star and a nightclub singer whose relationship is tested by fame and personal ambition.
  • C. The Book of Joe: Trying Not to Suck at Baseball and Life
    "The Book of Joe: Trying Not to Suck at Baseball and Life" is a memoir and leadership guide by longtime MLB manager Joe Maddon that blends baseball stories with lessons on strategy, culture, and personal growth.
  • D. Why I Love Baseball
    "Why I Love Baseball" is a book by broadcaster Larry King in which he reflects on his lifelong passion for the sport through personal stories, memories, and commentary.
  • E. Baseball Tonight
    Baseball Tonight is a long-running ESPN television program that provides highlights, analysis, and commentary on Major League Baseball games and news.
  • 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: The Science of Hitting
Triple: [Theodore Samuel Williams, notableWork, The Science of Hitting]
Generated description
The Science of Hitting is a classic instructional baseball book by legendary hitter Ted Williams that breaks down his philosophy, mechanics, and strategies for successful batting.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Science of Hitting
Target entity description: The Science of Hitting is a classic instructional baseball book by legendary hitter Ted Williams that breaks down his philosophy, mechanics, and strategies for successful batting.
  • A. The Hitter
    "The Hitter" is a narrative song by Bruce Springsteen, featured on his 2005 album *Devils & Dust*, that tells the dark, first-person story of a washed-up boxer confronting his violent past.
  • B. The Slugger’s Wife
    The Slugger’s Wife is a 1985 romantic comedy film about a baseball star and a nightclub singer whose relationship is tested by fame and personal ambition.
  • C. The Book of Joe: Trying Not to Suck at Baseball and Life
    "The Book of Joe: Trying Not to Suck at Baseball and Life" is a memoir and leadership guide by longtime MLB manager Joe Maddon that blends baseball stories with lessons on strategy, culture, and personal growth.
  • D. Why I Love Baseball
    "Why I Love Baseball" is a book by broadcaster Larry King in which he reflects on his lifelong passion for the sport through personal stories, memories, and commentary.
  • E. Baseball Tonight
    Baseball Tonight is a long-running ESPN television program that provides highlights, analysis, and commentary on Major League Baseball games and news.
  • 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_69b3453d91548190b4d4ef8fe52aa2ac completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b34e77fb5c8190b298818acb68ff63 completed March 12, 2026, 11:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5a86fe7708190a64ba187fb302c9a completed March 14, 2026, 6:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5a94e637881909a20bb1df0cd5768 completed March 14, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5a9d9b28081909d7dc97b02209318 completed March 14, 2026, 6:32 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:05 p.m.