Triple
T18469830
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 1997–98 American Basketball League season |
E451266
|
entity |
| Predicate | notablePlayerParticipated |
P6467
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Val Whiting
Val Whiting is a former American professional basketball center best known for her standout collegiate career at Stanford and her play in early women’s pro leagues like the ABL and WNBA.
|
E1327031
|
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: Val Whiting | Statement: [1997–98 American Basketball League season, notablePlayerParticipated, Val Whiting]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Val Whiting Context triple: [1997–98 American Basketball League season, notablePlayerParticipated, Val Whiting]
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A.
Whiting Willauer
Whiting Willauer was an American lawyer, diplomat, and intelligence operative best known for his role in founding and directing Civil Air Transport, an airline closely linked to early CIA operations in Asia.
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B.
Lisle Wilson
Lisle Wilson was an American actor best known for his television and film roles in the 1970s and 1980s.
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C.
Johnny Whitaker
Johnny Whitaker is an American former child actor best known for his roles in the TV series "Family Affair" and films such as "Tom Sawyer" (1973) and "The Biscuit Eater."
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D.
Rennie Wilford
Rennie Wilford is the protagonist of Margaret Atwood’s novel "Bodily Harm," a travel journalist whose trip to a Caribbean island becomes a harrowing exploration of political unrest and personal vulnerability.
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E.
Bob Whitsitt
Bob Whitsitt is an American sports executive best known for his influential front-office leadership in the NBA, particularly with the Portland Trail Blazers and Seattle SuperSonics.
- 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: Val Whiting Triple: [1997–98 American Basketball League season, notablePlayerParticipated, Val Whiting]
Generated description
Val Whiting is a former American professional basketball center best known for her standout collegiate career at Stanford and her play in early women’s pro leagues like the ABL and WNBA.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Val Whiting Target entity description: Val Whiting is a former American professional basketball center best known for her standout collegiate career at Stanford and her play in early women’s pro leagues like the ABL and WNBA.
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A.
Whiting Willauer
Whiting Willauer was an American lawyer, diplomat, and intelligence operative best known for his role in founding and directing Civil Air Transport, an airline closely linked to early CIA operations in Asia.
-
B.
Lisle Wilson
Lisle Wilson was an American actor best known for his television and film roles in the 1970s and 1980s.
-
C.
Johnny Whitaker
Johnny Whitaker is an American former child actor best known for his roles in the TV series "Family Affair" and films such as "Tom Sawyer" (1973) and "The Biscuit Eater."
-
D.
Rennie Wilford
Rennie Wilford is the protagonist of Margaret Atwood’s novel "Bodily Harm," a travel journalist whose trip to a Caribbean island becomes a harrowing exploration of political unrest and personal vulnerability.
-
E.
Bob Whitsitt
Bob Whitsitt is an American sports executive best known for his influential front-office leadership in the NBA, particularly with the Portland Trail Blazers and Seattle SuperSonics.
- 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_69d8d38465a0819099b9b42d2a662ac1 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e5305e349c8190925166bc3dddb320 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a043f26ef7881908b594437995d7cbc |
completed | May 13, 2026, 9:06 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a044369a6e08190b022d5a85dc8abde |
completed | May 13, 2026, 9:24 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a044bebd01081909b03b9dbb44f0b30 |
completed | May 13, 2026, 10:01 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:34 a.m.