Triple

T997219
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Scotty Bowman E21521 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object William Scott Bowman
William Scott Bowman, better known as Scotty Bowman, is a legendary Canadian ice hockey coach widely regarded as one of the greatest and most successful coaches in NHL history.
E134255 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: William Scott Bowman | Statement: [Scotty Bowman, fullName, William Scott Bowman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Scott Bowman
Context triple: [Scotty Bowman, fullName, William Scott Bowman]
  • A. Arthur E. Bryson Jr.
    Arthur E. Bryson Jr. is a pioneering control theorist and aerospace engineer often regarded as a founder of modern optimal control theory.
  • B. John Byron Nelson Jr.
    John Byron Nelson Jr. was an American professional golfer renowned for his dominant 1945 season and is considered one of the greatest golfers in the sport’s history.
  • C. William Hawks
    William Hawks was an American film producer and the younger brother of renowned director Howard Hawks.
  • D. James Clark
    James Clark is a notable figure in the web and technology community recognized for his significant contributions to open standards and digital publishing.
  • E. Alan S. Boyd
    Alan S. Boyd was an American lawyer and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, helping to shape national transportation policy in the late 1960s.
  • 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: William Scott Bowman
Triple: [Scotty Bowman, fullName, William Scott Bowman]
Generated description
William Scott Bowman, better known as Scotty Bowman, is a legendary Canadian ice hockey coach widely regarded as one of the greatest and most successful coaches in NHL history.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Scott Bowman
Target entity description: William Scott Bowman, better known as Scotty Bowman, is a legendary Canadian ice hockey coach widely regarded as one of the greatest and most successful coaches in NHL history.
  • A. Arthur E. Bryson Jr.
    Arthur E. Bryson Jr. is a pioneering control theorist and aerospace engineer often regarded as a founder of modern optimal control theory.
  • B. John Byron Nelson Jr.
    John Byron Nelson Jr. was an American professional golfer renowned for his dominant 1945 season and is considered one of the greatest golfers in the sport’s history.
  • C. William Hawks
    William Hawks was an American film producer and the younger brother of renowned director Howard Hawks.
  • D. James Clark
    James Clark is a notable figure in the web and technology community recognized for his significant contributions to open standards and digital publishing.
  • E. Alan S. Boyd
    Alan S. Boyd was an American lawyer and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, helping to shape national transportation policy in the late 1960s.
  • 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_69a493c476b48190b41fc5e793171cc6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b4e0f0d081908b888c246d001786 completed March 1, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac66179f908190b3f0144d1ee91a1c completed March 7, 2026, 5:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac66f0e874819092d51913f08905d4 completed March 7, 2026, 5:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac676cb9a08190a83d47de80126677 completed March 7, 2026, 5:59 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.