Triple
T21265997
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cornelius Lance Hawkins |
E524127
|
entity |
| Predicate | playedInLeague |
P2209
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
American Basketball League
The American Basketball League was a short-lived professional basketball league in the United States that served as an alternative to the NBA during the early 1960s.
|
E255272
|
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: American Basketball League | Statement: [Cornelius Lance Hawkins, playedInLeague, American Basketball League]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Basketball League Context triple: [Cornelius Lance Hawkins, playedInLeague, American Basketball League]
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A.
American Basketball League
The American Basketball League was a short-lived professional women's basketball league in the United States that operated in the mid-1990s as an early competitor to the WNBA.
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B.
American Basketball League
The American Basketball League was a short-lived professional basketball league in the United States that operated in the early 1960s as an alternative to the NBA.
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C.
National Industrial Basketball League
The National Industrial Basketball League was a mid-20th-century American semi-professional basketball league composed largely of company-sponsored teams and known for featuring many players with NBA-level talent.
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D.
World Basketball League
The World Basketball League was a professional basketball league that operated in North America from the late 1980s to early 1990s, featuring teams from smaller markets and emphasizing a fast-paced style of play.
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E.
National Basketball League
The National Basketball League is Lithuania's second-tier professional basketball competition, serving as the primary league below the top-division Lithuanian Basketball 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: American Basketball League Triple: [Cornelius Lance Hawkins, playedInLeague, American Basketball League]
Generated description
The American Basketball League was a short-lived professional basketball league in the United States that served as an alternative to the NBA during the early 1960s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Basketball League Target entity description: The American Basketball League was a short-lived professional basketball league in the United States that served as an alternative to the NBA during the early 1960s.
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A.
American Basketball League
The American Basketball League was a short-lived professional women's basketball league in the United States that operated in the mid-1990s as an early competitor to the WNBA.
-
B.
American Basketball League
chosen
The American Basketball League was a short-lived professional basketball league in the United States that operated in the early 1960s as an alternative to the NBA.
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C.
National Industrial Basketball League
The National Industrial Basketball League was a mid-20th-century American semi-professional basketball league composed largely of company-sponsored teams and known for featuring many players with NBA-level talent.
-
D.
World Basketball League
The World Basketball League was a professional basketball league that operated in North America from the late 1980s to early 1990s, featuring teams from smaller markets and emphasizing a fast-paced style of play.
-
E.
National Basketball League
The National Basketball League is Lithuania's second-tier professional basketball competition, serving as the primary league below the top-division Lithuanian Basketball League.
- F. None of above.
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_69e0b5156d7881909bd4f83676590715 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e735ebe09081909f74301e91b4d3d7 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 8:31 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0997f9ae4c81909793e59d89082abb |
completed | May 17, 2026, 10:27 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0998d6b37881908a1b09afc1f67746 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 10:30 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0999884e0481909b7ea54cd7ef87b5 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 10:33 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 4 p.m.