Triple

T22288194
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 2000 NBA Finals E550918 entity
Predicate coachOfRunnerUp P2169 FINISHED
Object Larry Bird
Larry Bird is a legendary American basketball player and coach, best known as a Hall of Fame forward for the Boston Celtics and later an executive and coach in the NBA.
E3798 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: Larry Bird | Statement: [2000 NBA Finals, coachOfRunnerUp, Larry Bird]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Larry Bird
Context triple: [2000 NBA Finals, coachOfRunnerUp, Larry Bird]
  • A. Larry Bird
    Larry Bird is a legendary Hall of Fame basketball player widely regarded as one of the greatest in NBA history, known for his scoring, playmaking, and fierce competitiveness during the 1980s.
  • B. Tom Heinsohn
    Tom Heinsohn was a Hall of Fame player and coach for the Boston Celtics who later became a longtime, beloved television commentator for the team.
  • C. Dave Cowens
    Dave Cowens is a Hall of Fame NBA center and power forward best known for leading the Boston Celtics to two championships in the 1970s with his relentless hustle and all-around play.
  • D. Bill Thomas
    Bill Thomas was an American costume designer known for his work on numerous Hollywood films, including classic melodramas of the 1950s.
  • E. Charlie Oakley
    Charlie Oakley is an individual known primarily through their familial connection to Emma Newton.
  • 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: Larry Bird
Triple: [2000 NBA Finals, coachOfRunnerUp, Larry Bird]
Generated description
Larry Bird is a legendary American basketball player and coach, best known as a Hall of Fame forward for the Boston Celtics and later an executive and coach in the NBA.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Larry Bird
Target entity description: Larry Bird is a legendary American basketball player and coach, best known as a Hall of Fame forward for the Boston Celtics and later an executive and coach in the NBA.
  • A. Larry Bird chosen
    Larry Bird is a legendary Hall of Fame basketball player widely regarded as one of the greatest in NBA history, known for his scoring, playmaking, and fierce competitiveness during the 1980s.
  • B. Tom Heinsohn
    Tom Heinsohn was a Hall of Fame player and coach for the Boston Celtics who later became a longtime, beloved television commentator for the team.
  • C. Dave Cowens
    Dave Cowens is a Hall of Fame NBA center and power forward best known for leading the Boston Celtics to two championships in the 1970s with his relentless hustle and all-around play.
  • D. Bill Thomas
    Bill Thomas was an American costume designer known for his work on numerous Hollywood films, including classic melodramas of the 1950s.
  • E. Charlie Oakley
    Charlie Oakley is an individual known primarily through their familial connection to Emma Newton.
  • 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_69e11e44d538819097c6b8f333af3352 completed April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f15609854c81908adb7681cff2c404 completed April 29, 2026, 12:51 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0acc91b5cc81909337a6ec1d311bbe completed May 18, 2026, 8:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0acd7bfb4c81909475874f808887c0 completed May 18, 2026, 8:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0ace029b74819086a545100e8a8f8a completed May 18, 2026, 8:29 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:40 p.m.