Triple
T586109
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Washington Capitols |
E15160
|
entity |
| Predicate | notablePlayer |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Earl Lloyd
Earl Lloyd was an American professional basketball player best known as the first African American to play in an NBA game.
|
E73594
|
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: Earl Lloyd | Statement: [Washington Capitols, notablePlayer, Earl Lloyd]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Earl Lloyd Context triple: [Washington Capitols, notablePlayer, Earl Lloyd]
-
A.
George Mikan
George Mikan was a pioneering American professional basketball center widely regarded as the sport’s first dominant big man and an early superstar who helped shape the modern game.
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B.
Elgin Baylor
Elgin Baylor was a Hall of Fame NBA forward renowned for his acrobatic scoring, rebounding prowess, and pioneering above-the-rim style of play in the 1960s.
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C.
Wes Unseld
Wes Unseld was a Hall of Fame NBA center renowned for his rebounding, outlet passing, and leadership with the Washington Bullets franchise.
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D.
Elvin Hayes
Elvin Hayes is a Hall of Fame American basketball player renowned as one of the NBA’s dominant power forwards of the 1970s, particularly for his scoring, rebounding, and key role in leading the Washington Bullets to the 1978 championship.
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E.
Hal Greer
Hal Greer was a Hall of Fame shooting guard renowned for his scoring consistency and leadership, primarily with the Syracuse Nationals/Philadelphia 76ers, and is considered one of the NBA’s great early stars.
- 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: Earl Lloyd Triple: [Washington Capitols, notablePlayer, Earl Lloyd]
Generated description
Earl Lloyd was an American professional basketball player best known as the first African American to play in an NBA game.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Earl Lloyd Target entity description: Earl Lloyd was an American professional basketball player best known as the first African American to play in an NBA game.
-
A.
George Mikan
George Mikan was a pioneering American professional basketball center widely regarded as the sport’s first dominant big man and an early superstar who helped shape the modern game.
-
B.
Elgin Baylor
Elgin Baylor was a Hall of Fame NBA forward renowned for his acrobatic scoring, rebounding prowess, and pioneering above-the-rim style of play in the 1960s.
-
C.
Wes Unseld
Wes Unseld was a Hall of Fame NBA center renowned for his rebounding, outlet passing, and leadership with the Washington Bullets franchise.
-
D.
Elvin Hayes
Elvin Hayes is a Hall of Fame American basketball player renowned as one of the NBA’s dominant power forwards of the 1970s, particularly for his scoring, rebounding, and key role in leading the Washington Bullets to the 1978 championship.
-
E.
Hal Greer
Hal Greer was a Hall of Fame shooting guard renowned for his scoring consistency and leadership, primarily with the Syracuse Nationals/Philadelphia 76ers, and is considered one of the NBA’s great early stars.
- 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_69a4935783b8819082b77726ec10cc42 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49b9a46388190a094b9ebf8dec397 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a5103a30fc819086a1e95d4dfc8749 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 4:21 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a511460df4819099f70838f0f28e4b |
completed | March 2, 2026, 4:25 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a511b4b63481909b8f027726f5778e |
completed | March 2, 2026, 4:27 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.