Triple

T17495265
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Spartan E426039 entity
Predicate represents P129 FINISHED
Object Norfolk State Spartans athletics
Norfolk State Spartans athletics is the collegiate sports program of Norfolk State University, competing primarily in NCAA Division I as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
E1271647 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: Norfolk State Spartans athletics | Statement: [Spartan, represents, Norfolk State Spartans athletics]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norfolk State Spartans athletics
Context triple: [Spartan, represents, Norfolk State Spartans athletics]
  • A. Norfolk State Spartans football
    Norfolk State Spartans football is the NCAA Division I FCS college football program representing Norfolk State University, competing primarily in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
  • B. Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball
    Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball is the NCAA Division I men's basketball program representing Norfolk State University, competing primarily in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
  • C. Norfolk State Spartans women's basketball
    Norfolk State Spartans women's basketball is the NCAA Division I women's basketball program representing Norfolk State University, competing primarily in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
  • D. Norfolk State University
    Norfolk State University is a public historically Black university known for its academic programs and cultural impact in southeastern Virginia.
  • E. North Carolina A&T Aggies football
    North Carolina A&T Aggies football is the collegiate football program representing North Carolina A&T State University, known for its success in historically Black college and university (HBCU) competition and multiple conference championships.
  • 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: Norfolk State Spartans athletics
Triple: [Spartan, represents, Norfolk State Spartans athletics]
Generated description
Norfolk State Spartans athletics is the collegiate sports program of Norfolk State University, competing primarily in NCAA Division I as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norfolk State Spartans athletics
Target entity description: Norfolk State Spartans athletics is the collegiate sports program of Norfolk State University, competing primarily in NCAA Division I as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
  • A. Norfolk State Spartans football
    Norfolk State Spartans football is the NCAA Division I FCS college football program representing Norfolk State University, competing primarily in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
  • B. Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball
    Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball is the NCAA Division I men's basketball program representing Norfolk State University, competing primarily in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
  • C. Norfolk State Spartans women's basketball
    Norfolk State Spartans women's basketball is the NCAA Division I women's basketball program representing Norfolk State University, competing primarily in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
  • D. Norfolk State University
    Norfolk State University is a public historically Black university known for its academic programs and cultural impact in southeastern Virginia.
  • E. North Carolina A&T Aggies football
    North Carolina A&T Aggies football is the collegiate football program representing North Carolina A&T State University, known for its success in historically Black college and university (HBCU) competition and multiple conference championships.
  • 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_69d889dccf7481909264a1844a2e9100 completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4520dd9508190872a71d3722228e2 completed April 19, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01c202b7c48190bb2d58a77c8eca80 completed May 11, 2026, 11:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a01c2aa19408190840547b60786cc18 completed May 11, 2026, 11:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a01c35d05388190ade7044202781e20 completed May 11, 2026, 11:54 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:48 a.m.