Triple
T486269
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | St. Louis Bombers |
E9884
|
entity |
| Predicate | division |
P889
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Western Division of BAA
The Western Division of the BAA was one of the league’s original geographic groupings of teams in the early professional basketball era that later evolved into today’s NBA structure.
|
E60572
|
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: Western Division of BAA | Statement: [St. Louis Bombers, division, Western Division of BAA]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Division of BAA Context triple: [St. Louis Bombers, division, Western Division of BAA]
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A.
Metropolitan Division
The Metropolitan Division is a National Hockey League division in the Eastern Conference that includes teams such as the Washington Capitals, Pittsburgh Penguins, and New York Rangers.
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B.
Southwest Division
The Southwest Division is a grouping of NBA teams located in the south-central United States that competes within the league’s Western Conference.
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C.
Eastern Division
Eastern Division was one of the primary regional groupings of professional basketball teams in the early Basketball Association of America, a predecessor to today’s NBA conferences.
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D.
Eastern Division
Eastern Division is a regional grouping within the Big Blue sports conference that organizes member teams based on geographic alignment for scheduling and competition.
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E.
Hillsboro Division
Hillsboro Division is one of the main management and research sections of Duke Forest, comprising a large tract of protected woodland used for education, conservation, and scientific study.
- 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: Western Division of BAA Triple: [St. Louis Bombers, division, Western Division of BAA]
Generated description
The Western Division of the BAA was one of the league’s original geographic groupings of teams in the early professional basketball era that later evolved into today’s NBA structure.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Division of BAA Target entity description: The Western Division of the BAA was one of the league’s original geographic groupings of teams in the early professional basketball era that later evolved into today’s NBA structure.
-
A.
Metropolitan Division
The Metropolitan Division is a National Hockey League division in the Eastern Conference that includes teams such as the Washington Capitals, Pittsburgh Penguins, and New York Rangers.
-
B.
Southwest Division
The Southwest Division is a grouping of NBA teams located in the south-central United States that competes within the league’s Western Conference.
-
C.
Eastern Division
Eastern Division was one of the primary regional groupings of professional basketball teams in the early Basketball Association of America, a predecessor to today’s NBA conferences.
-
D.
Eastern Division
Eastern Division is a regional grouping within the Big Blue sports conference that organizes member teams based on geographic alignment for scheduling and competition.
-
E.
Hillsboro Division
Hillsboro Division is one of the main management and research sections of Duke Forest, comprising a large tract of protected woodland used for education, conservation, and scientific study.
- 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_69a2e802e2908190ab17c9479e0b6412 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2f0bc6f548190b13dee42cb100423 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a4712156a88190b18c971309477da7 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 5:02 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a4728388a481909a05835623ab81af |
completed | March 1, 2026, 5:08 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4729edbb88190a4c509a964888203 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 5:08 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.