Triple

T1104335
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cantonese E25452 entity
Predicate writingSystem P454 FINISHED
Object Written Cantonese
Written Cantonese is the form of Chinese writing that represents spoken Cantonese using characters and expressions specific to the Cantonese language rather than standard written Mandarin.
E25452 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: Written Cantonese | Statement: [Cantonese, writingSystem, Written Cantonese]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Written Cantonese
Context triple: [Cantonese, writingSystem, Written Cantonese]
  • A. Cantonese
    Cantonese is a major Chinese language variety spoken primarily in Guangdong province, Hong Kong, Macau, and among overseas Chinese communities worldwide.
  • B. Teochew
    Teochew is a Southern Min Chinese dialect originating from the Chaoshan region of Guangdong, widely spoken in overseas Chinese communities across Southeast Asia.
  • C. Taiwanese Hokkien
    Taiwanese Hokkien is a Southern Min Chinese language variety widely spoken in Taiwan, where it serves as a major vernacular and cultural language alongside Mandarin.
  • D. Standard Chinese
    Standard Chinese is the official standardized form of the Chinese language, based primarily on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin and used as the national lingua franca of China.
  • E. Chinese language
    The Chinese language is a family of related Sinitic languages and dialects, including Mandarin, Cantonese, and others, spoken by over a billion people primarily in China and across Chinese-speaking communities worldwide.
  • 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: Written Cantonese
Triple: [Cantonese, writingSystem, Written Cantonese]
Generated description
Written Cantonese is the form of Chinese writing that represents spoken Cantonese using characters and expressions specific to the Cantonese language rather than standard written Mandarin.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Written Cantonese
Target entity description: Written Cantonese is the form of Chinese writing that represents spoken Cantonese using characters and expressions specific to the Cantonese language rather than standard written Mandarin.
  • A. Cantonese chosen
    Cantonese is a major Chinese language variety spoken primarily in Guangdong province, Hong Kong, Macau, and among overseas Chinese communities worldwide.
  • B. Teochew
    Teochew is a Southern Min Chinese dialect originating from the Chaoshan region of Guangdong, widely spoken in overseas Chinese communities across Southeast Asia.
  • C. Taiwanese Hokkien
    Taiwanese Hokkien is a Southern Min Chinese language variety widely spoken in Taiwan, where it serves as a major vernacular and cultural language alongside Mandarin.
  • D. Standard Chinese
    Standard Chinese is the official standardized form of the Chinese language, based primarily on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin and used as the national lingua franca of China.
  • E. Chinese language
    The Chinese language is a family of related Sinitic languages and dialects, including Mandarin, Cantonese, and others, spoken by over a billion people primarily in China and across Chinese-speaking communities worldwide.
  • 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_69a49428d4448190b3b36991ceae87ce completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b9e1047481909af1cf8df2a01fff completed March 1, 2026, 10:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac4c4a402081908ee138257425a336 completed March 7, 2026, 4:03 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac4ccf989c8190aed2ff01ad6fbcab completed March 7, 2026, 4:05 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac4d4cbed88190ac743160198493b2 completed March 7, 2026, 4:07 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.