Triple
T5797840
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | NBA salary cap |
E128550
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedTo |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
NBA luxury tax
The NBA luxury tax is a financial penalty system that charges teams extra money when their total player salaries exceed a league-defined threshold above the salary cap.
|
E549014
|
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: NBA luxury tax | Statement: [NBA salary cap, relatedTo, NBA luxury tax]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NBA luxury tax Context triple: [NBA salary cap, relatedTo, NBA luxury tax]
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A.
NBA salary cap
The NBA salary cap is a league-imposed limit on the total amount teams can spend on player salaries in a season, designed to promote competitive balance while allowing certain exceptions and mechanisms for roster building.
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B.
NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement
The NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement is the labor contract between the league and the players’ union that sets the rules for player contracts, salaries, trades, free agency, and other key aspects of NBA operations.
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C.
National Basketball Players Association
The National Basketball Players Association is the labor union that represents NBA players in collective bargaining, working conditions, and player rights.
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D.
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the premier professional men's basketball league in North America, featuring top teams and players and widely regarded as the highest level of basketball competition in the world.
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E.
NBA Board of Governors
The NBA Board of Governors is the league’s governing body composed primarily of team owners, responsible for setting policies, approving major decisions, and overseeing the overall direction of the National Basketball Association.
- 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: NBA luxury tax Triple: [NBA salary cap, relatedTo, NBA luxury tax]
Generated description
The NBA luxury tax is a financial penalty system that charges teams extra money when their total player salaries exceed a league-defined threshold above the salary cap.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NBA luxury tax Target entity description: The NBA luxury tax is a financial penalty system that charges teams extra money when their total player salaries exceed a league-defined threshold above the salary cap.
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A.
NBA salary cap
The NBA salary cap is a league-imposed limit on the total amount teams can spend on player salaries in a season, designed to promote competitive balance while allowing certain exceptions and mechanisms for roster building.
-
B.
NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement
The NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement is the labor contract between the league and the players’ union that sets the rules for player contracts, salaries, trades, free agency, and other key aspects of NBA operations.
-
C.
National Basketball Players Association
The National Basketball Players Association is the labor union that represents NBA players in collective bargaining, working conditions, and player rights.
-
D.
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the premier professional men's basketball league in North America, featuring top teams and players and widely regarded as the highest level of basketball competition in the world.
-
E.
NBA Board of Governors
The NBA Board of Governors is the league’s governing body composed primarily of team owners, responsible for setting policies, approving major decisions, and overseeing the overall direction of the National Basketball Association.
- 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_69c00845ca68819081a2ce3ecca577f7 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c02a959b108190a7408560e1b34cd2 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c098302d4c81908b56747d304b3e6a |
completed | March 23, 2026, 1:32 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c098d889e08190adbd12504a7f3fa1 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 1:35 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c09990da18819099fdc8f25f2ddef2 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 1:38 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:51 p.m.