Triple

T5972803
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Birmingham Bulls (WHA) E132913 entity
Predicate successorTeamNameUsedBy P60838 FINISHED
Object Birmingham Bulls (CHL)
Birmingham Bulls (CHL) was a minor professional ice hockey team based in Birmingham, Alabama, that competed in the Central Hockey League in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
E132913 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Birmingham Bulls (CHL) | Statement: [Birmingham Bulls (WHA), successorTeamNameUsedBy, Birmingham Bulls (CHL)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Birmingham Bulls (CHL)
Context triple: [Birmingham Bulls (WHA), successorTeamNameUsedBy, Birmingham Bulls (CHL)]
  • A. Birmingham Bulls (WHA)
    The Birmingham Bulls (WHA) were a professional ice hockey team based in Birmingham, Alabama that competed in the World Hockey Association during the late 1970s.
  • B. Brantford Bulldogs
    The Brantford Bulldogs are a Canadian major junior ice hockey team competing in the Ontario Hockey League.
  • C. Hamilton Thunderbirds
    The Hamilton Thunderbirds were a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Hamilton, Ontario.
  • D. Lethbridge Bulls
    The Lethbridge Bulls are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Lethbridge, Alberta, competing in the Western Canadian Baseball League.
  • E. Burlington Cougars
    The Burlington Cougars are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Burlington, Ontario, competing in the Ontario Junior Hockey 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: Birmingham Bulls (CHL)
Triple: [Birmingham Bulls (WHA), successorTeamNameUsedBy, Birmingham Bulls (CHL)]
Generated description
Birmingham Bulls (CHL) was a minor professional ice hockey team based in Birmingham, Alabama, that competed in the Central Hockey League in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Birmingham Bulls (CHL)
Target entity description: Birmingham Bulls (CHL) was a minor professional ice hockey team based in Birmingham, Alabama, that competed in the Central Hockey League in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
  • A. Birmingham Bulls (WHA) chosen
    The Birmingham Bulls (WHA) were a professional ice hockey team based in Birmingham, Alabama that competed in the World Hockey Association during the late 1970s.
  • B. Brantford Bulldogs
    The Brantford Bulldogs are a Canadian major junior ice hockey team competing in the Ontario Hockey League.
  • C. Hamilton Thunderbirds
    The Hamilton Thunderbirds were a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Hamilton, Ontario.
  • D. Lethbridge Bulls
    The Lethbridge Bulls are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Lethbridge, Alberta, competing in the Western Canadian Baseball League.
  • E. Burlington Cougars
    The Burlington Cougars are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Burlington, Ontario, competing in the Ontario Junior Hockey League.
  • F. None of above.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: successorTeamNameUsedBy
Context triple: [Birmingham Bulls (WHA), successorTeamNameUsedBy, Birmingham Bulls (CHL)]
  • A. successorTeamInception
    Indicates that one team was formed as the direct successor to another team at the time of its inception.
  • B. successorTeamFranchise chosen
    Indicates that one team franchise is the direct successor or continuation of another team franchise, typically following relocation, renaming, or reorganization.
  • C. successorTeamInCity
    Indicates that one team is the direct replacement or continuation of another team within the same city.
  • D. successorTeamLocation
    Indicates that one team location directly follows or replaces another team location in a sequence or organizational lineage.
  • E. successorTeamLeague
    Indicates that one sports league is the direct successor to another for a given team’s participation or affiliation.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69c0086deab081908550159ca23eec9b completed March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c04dc2243c8190bd3488e7b24af985 completed March 22, 2026, 8:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0e40fa2488190b82d604d51b73090 completed March 23, 2026, 6:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0f85e33d8819080d9d721421b4c5b completed March 23, 2026, 8:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0fad0bdf08190bf6599d492848582 completed March 23, 2026, 8:33 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69c049dcb3c081908ccc9b4d4b210229 completed March 22, 2026, 7:58 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:03 p.m.