Triple
T4845556
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Utah Stars |
E108279
|
entity |
| Predicate | notablePlayer |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Merv Jackson |
E173958
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Merv Jackson | Statement: [Utah Stars, notablePlayer, Merv Jackson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merv Jackson Context triple: [Utah Stars, notablePlayer, Merv Jackson]
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A.
Merv Jackson
chosen
Merv Jackson was a professional basketball guard best known for his key role with the Utah Stars in the American Basketball Association (ABA) during the early 1970s.
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B.
Clifton McNeely
Clifton McNeely was an American basketball player and coach known for being the first overall pick in the inaugural 1947 BAA (now NBA) draft.
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C.
Willis Jackson
Willis Jackson is a central character on the sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes," portrayed as the streetwise older brother who, along with his younger sibling Arnold, is adopted by wealthy widower Philip Drummond.
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D.
Kevin Willard
Kevin Willard is an American college basketball coach best known for leading the University of Maryland men's basketball program after a successful tenure at Seton Hall.
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E.
Mike Grier
Mike Grier is a former NHL winger who became the first Black general manager in league history when he took over hockey operations for the San Jose Sharks.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69bd4409b264819085ab855f3eb5381a |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd6d020e5c8190aa9ceb4258e713c3 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be81b042e48190b9f930504e9e21de |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:32 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:25 p.m.