Triple

T8298145
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gus Gerard E194273 entity
Predicate participatedIn P149 FINISHED
Object American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger era E23581 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger era | Statement: [Gus Gerard, participatedIn, American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger era]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger era
Context triple: [Gus Gerard, participatedIn, American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger era]
  • A. ABA–NBA merger television revenue agreement
    The ABA–NBA merger television revenue agreement was a landmark deal in which the Silna brothers secured a long-term share of NBA television revenues in exchange for folding their ABA franchise, ultimately becoming one of the most lucrative sports business agreements in history.
  • B. American Basketball Association chosen
    The American Basketball Association is a professional basketball league that operated in the United States from 1967 to 1976 and is known for its flashy style of play, the introduction of the three-point line, and its eventual merger with the NBA.
  • C. Basketball Association of America
    The Basketball Association of America was a pioneering professional basketball league in North America that later merged with the National Basketball League to form the modern National Basketball Association (NBA).
  • D. 1980s NBA
    1980s NBA refers to the National Basketball Association during the 1980s, a golden era defined by intense rivalries, rising global popularity, and the dominance of stars like Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, and Michael Jordan.
  • E. American Basketball Association playoffs
    The American Basketball Association playoffs were the postseason championship tournament of the ABA, determining the league’s champion each season before its merger with the NBA.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69ca82e50ebc81909aa7b260c76bd757 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb7dfa040c8190ab801b3910e39142 completed March 31, 2026, 7:55 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cd68b6ad30819090d34d8e79cee634 completed April 1, 2026, 6:49 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:53 p.m.