Triple

T470171
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Seattle SuperSonics E8537 entity
Predicate wonChampionship P313 FINISHED
Object 1979 NBA Finals
The 1979 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the Seattle SuperSonics defeated the Washington Bullets to capture their first and only NBA title.
E58372 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: 1979 NBA Finals | Statement: [Seattle SuperSonics, wonChampionship, 1979 NBA Finals]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1979 NBA Finals
Context triple: [Seattle SuperSonics, wonChampionship, 1979 NBA Finals]
  • A. 1976 NBA Finals
    The 1976 NBA Finals was a championship series between the Boston Celtics and Phoenix Suns, best remembered for its dramatic triple-overtime Game 5 and the Celtics’ eventual title victory.
  • B. 1969 NBA Finals
    The 1969 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the Boston Celtics defeated the Los Angeles Lakers and during which the first NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award was presented.
  • C. NBA Finals games
    NBA Finals games are the championship series of the National Basketball Association, determining the league’s annual champion in a best-of-seven playoff between the Eastern and Western Conference winners.
  • D. 2020 NBA Finals
    The 2020 NBA Finals was the championship series of the NBA season held in the COVID-19 "bubble" at Walt Disney World, where the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Miami Heat to win their 17th title.
  • E. 2008 NBA Finals
    The 2008 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the Boston Celtics, led by their "Big Three" of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Ray Allen, defeated the Los Angeles Lakers to win their 17th NBA title.
  • 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: 1979 NBA Finals
Triple: [Seattle SuperSonics, wonChampionship, 1979 NBA Finals]
Generated description
The 1979 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the Seattle SuperSonics defeated the Washington Bullets to capture their first and only NBA title.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1979 NBA Finals
Target entity description: The 1979 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the Seattle SuperSonics defeated the Washington Bullets to capture their first and only NBA title.
  • A. 1976 NBA Finals
    The 1976 NBA Finals was a championship series between the Boston Celtics and Phoenix Suns, best remembered for its dramatic triple-overtime Game 5 and the Celtics’ eventual title victory.
  • B. 1969 NBA Finals
    The 1969 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the Boston Celtics defeated the Los Angeles Lakers and during which the first NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award was presented.
  • C. NBA Finals games
    NBA Finals games are the championship series of the National Basketball Association, determining the league’s annual champion in a best-of-seven playoff between the Eastern and Western Conference winners.
  • D. 2020 NBA Finals
    The 2020 NBA Finals was the championship series of the NBA season held in the COVID-19 "bubble" at Walt Disney World, where the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Miami Heat to win their 17th title.
  • E. 2008 NBA Finals
    The 2008 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the Boston Celtics, led by their "Big Three" of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Ray Allen, defeated the Los Angeles Lakers to win their 17th NBA title.
  • 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_69a2e7f3aeb48190a19453e3a043f486 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2efef8b788190857ebf66df562d59 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a45804a2088190ad25f73b1e66b607 completed March 1, 2026, 3:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4585f3ef48190bc6be9aeb7aa3f83 completed March 1, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a458b31b5881908799aa4d9802e44e completed March 1, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.