Triple

T5869732
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 1999 NBA Finals E130483 entity
Predicate precededBy P97 FINISHED
Object 1998 NBA Finals
The 1998 NBA Finals was the championship series in which Michael Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to their sixth title, famously hitting a game-winning shot against the Utah Jazz in what became his last Finals with the team.
E550917 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: 1998 NBA Finals | Statement: [1999 NBA Finals, precededBy, 1998 NBA Finals]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1998 NBA Finals
Context triple: [1999 NBA Finals, precededBy, 1998 NBA Finals]
  • A. 1999 NBA Finals
    The 1999 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the San Antonio Spurs, led by stars Tim Duncan and David Robinson, defeated the New York Knicks to win the franchise’s first NBA title.
  • B. 1996 NBA Finals
    The 1996 NBA Finals was the championship series in which Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls defeated the Seattle SuperSonics to cap a then-record 72-win season.
  • C. 1992 NBA Finals
    The 1992 NBA Finals was the championship series between Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls and Clyde Drexler’s Portland Trail Blazers, in which the Bulls won their second consecutive title.
  • D. 1990 NBA Finals
    The 1990 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the Detroit Pistons, led by coach Chuck Daly, secured their second consecutive NBA title by defeating the Portland Trail Blazers.
  • E. 1989 NBA Finals
    The 1989 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the Detroit Pistons swept the Los Angeles Lakers to win their first NBA title.
  • 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: 1998 NBA Finals
Triple: [1999 NBA Finals, precededBy, 1998 NBA Finals]
Generated description
The 1998 NBA Finals was the championship series in which Michael Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to their sixth title, famously hitting a game-winning shot against the Utah Jazz in what became his last Finals with the team.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1998 NBA Finals
Target entity description: The 1998 NBA Finals was the championship series in which Michael Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to their sixth title, famously hitting a game-winning shot against the Utah Jazz in what became his last Finals with the team.
  • A. 1999 NBA Finals
    The 1999 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the San Antonio Spurs, led by stars Tim Duncan and David Robinson, defeated the New York Knicks to win the franchise’s first NBA title.
  • B. 1996 NBA Finals
    The 1996 NBA Finals was the championship series in which Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls defeated the Seattle SuperSonics to cap a then-record 72-win season.
  • C. 1992 NBA Finals
    The 1992 NBA Finals was the championship series between Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls and Clyde Drexler’s Portland Trail Blazers, in which the Bulls won their second consecutive title.
  • D. 1990 NBA Finals
    The 1990 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the Detroit Pistons, led by coach Chuck Daly, secured their second consecutive NBA title by defeating the Portland Trail Blazers.
  • E. 1989 NBA Finals
    The 1989 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the Detroit Pistons swept the Los Angeles Lakers to win their first NBA title.
  • 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_69c0085047dc8190af24e311edad3c07 completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c035c3a43c8190a2b20fb139cc823f completed March 22, 2026, 6:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0a1d39dd081908d77ee82c24178cf completed March 23, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0a223129081908288d90f7cf51668 completed March 23, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0a294ba748190a86ec8400df73237 completed March 23, 2026, 2:16 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:56 p.m.