Triple
T513314
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dave Cowens |
E10652
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
David William Cowens
David William Cowens is a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach best known as a dominant, hard-nosed center for the Boston Celtics in the 1970s.
|
E67770
|
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: David William Cowens | Statement: [Dave Cowens, fullName, David William Cowens]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David William Cowens Context triple: [Dave Cowens, fullName, David William Cowens]
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A.
Larry Csonka
Larry Csonka is a Hall of Fame NFL fullback best known for powering the Miami Dolphins’ dominant early-1970s teams, including their perfect 1972 season and back-to-back Super Bowl titles.
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B.
Joe Mazzulla
Joe Mazzulla is an American basketball coach best known for leading the NBA’s Boston Celtics as their head coach.
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C.
Bill Vinovich
Bill Vinovich is an American NFL official best known for serving as the head referee in multiple Super Bowls, including Super Bowl XLIX.
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D.
Fred LaRue
Fred LaRue was a Republican political operative best known for his secretive role in Richard Nixon’s 1972 re-election campaign and involvement in the Watergate scandal.
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E.
David Kirk
David Kirk is a former New Zealand rugby union scrum-half best known for captaining the All Blacks to their first Rugby World Cup victory in 1987.
- 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: David William Cowens Triple: [Dave Cowens, fullName, David William Cowens]
Generated description
David William Cowens is a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach best known as a dominant, hard-nosed center for the Boston Celtics in the 1970s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David William Cowens Target entity description: David William Cowens is a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach best known as a dominant, hard-nosed center for the Boston Celtics in the 1970s.
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A.
Larry Csonka
Larry Csonka is a Hall of Fame NFL fullback best known for powering the Miami Dolphins’ dominant early-1970s teams, including their perfect 1972 season and back-to-back Super Bowl titles.
-
B.
Joe Mazzulla
Joe Mazzulla is an American basketball coach best known for leading the NBA’s Boston Celtics as their head coach.
-
C.
Bill Vinovich
Bill Vinovich is an American NFL official best known for serving as the head referee in multiple Super Bowls, including Super Bowl XLIX.
-
D.
Fred LaRue
Fred LaRue was a Republican political operative best known for his secretive role in Richard Nixon’s 1972 re-election campaign and involvement in the Watergate scandal.
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E.
David Kirk
David Kirk is a former New Zealand rugby union scrum-half best known for captaining the All Blacks to their first Rugby World Cup victory in 1987.
- 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_69a2e84a0d08819087e01863fcd9abf1 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2f1804e908190a1d34ac952e84a3f |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a4cc5868d88190bb0b107fb820aafe |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:31 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a4cd16533c8190a9b63c13756e73ec |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:34 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4cdc197208190b4b2fe04ca11fa83 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:37 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.