Triple

T49822
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Basketball Association of America E979 entity
Predicate commissioner P3178 FINISHED
Object Maurice Podoloff
Maurice Podoloff was an American sports executive best known as the first commissioner of the NBA, where he oversaw the league’s formation and early development.
E17112 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: Maurice Podoloff | Statement: [Basketball Association of America, commissioner, Maurice Podoloff]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maurice Podoloff
Context triple: [Basketball Association of America, commissioner, Maurice Podoloff]
  • A. Al Smith
    Al Smith was an American politician and four-term New York governor who became the first Roman Catholic major-party nominee for U.S. president in 1928.
  • B. Jonathan Kraft
    Jonathan Kraft is an American businessman best known as the president of the New England Patriots and son of team owner Robert Kraft.
  • C. Harold T. Shapiro
    Harold T. Shapiro is an economist and academic leader best known for serving as president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan and for his influential work at the intersection of higher education and public policy.
  • D. Alfred P. Sloan
    Alfred P. Sloan was a prominent American business executive and long-time president and chairman of General Motors, known for pioneering modern corporate management practices and organizational structures.
  • E. Tim Mara
    Tim Mara was an American businessman best known for establishing and owning the New York Giants franchise in the National Football League.
  • 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: Maurice Podoloff
Triple: [Basketball Association of America, commissioner, Maurice Podoloff]
Generated description
Maurice Podoloff was an American sports executive best known as the first commissioner of the NBA, where he oversaw the league’s formation and early development.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maurice Podoloff
Target entity description: Maurice Podoloff was an American sports executive best known as the first commissioner of the NBA, where he oversaw the league’s formation and early development.
  • A. Al Smith
    Al Smith was an American politician and four-term New York governor who became the first Roman Catholic major-party nominee for U.S. president in 1928.
  • B. Jonathan Kraft
    Jonathan Kraft is an American businessman best known as the president of the New England Patriots and son of team owner Robert Kraft.
  • C. Harold T. Shapiro
    Harold T. Shapiro is an economist and academic leader best known for serving as president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan and for his influential work at the intersection of higher education and public policy.
  • D. Alfred P. Sloan
    Alfred P. Sloan was a prominent American business executive and long-time president and chairman of General Motors, known for pioneering modern corporate management practices and organizational structures.
  • E. Tim Mara
    Tim Mara was an American businessman best known for establishing and owning the New York Giants franchise in the National Football League.
  • 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_69a2480baefc81909951b14058479aa2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:42 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24ec333fc8190b66776b947e0bdbd completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2bf646ce88190b7c48f66c786e6bd completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2bfecc5488190821fcc0de226752a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2c05832bc819094c6a1de5cf31806 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:15 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:47 a.m.