Triple

T11081747
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zhang Zhidong E262010 entity
Predicate founded P104 FINISHED
Object Hanyang Ironworks
Hanyang Ironworks was one of late Qing China's earliest and most important modern steel and iron manufacturing complexes, central to the empire’s industrialization efforts.
E903786 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: Hanyang Ironworks | Statement: [Zhang Zhidong, founded, Hanyang Ironworks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hanyang Ironworks
Context triple: [Zhang Zhidong, founded, Hanyang Ironworks]
  • A. Mukden Arsenal
    Mukden Arsenal was a major Japanese Imperial Army weapons manufacturing facility in Manchuria, known for producing small arms and artillery during the early to mid-20th century.
  • B. Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex
    The Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex is one of North Korea’s largest and most important industrial facilities, serving as a key center for the country’s steel production.
  • C. Thái Nguyên Iron and Steel Complex
    Thái Nguyên Iron and Steel Complex is one of Vietnam’s earliest and largest integrated steel production facilities, playing a key role in the country’s industrial development.
  • D. Jiangnan Arsenal
    Jiangnan Arsenal was a major 19th-century Chinese industrial and military complex in Shanghai that produced modern weapons and machinery as part of Qing China's early modernization efforts.
  • E. Cheonan Industrial Complex
    Cheonan Industrial Complex is a major manufacturing and logistics hub in Cheonan, South Korea, hosting a concentration of factories and industrial facilities that support the region’s economy.
  • 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: Hanyang Ironworks
Triple: [Zhang Zhidong, founded, Hanyang Ironworks]
Generated description
Hanyang Ironworks was one of late Qing China's earliest and most important modern steel and iron manufacturing complexes, central to the empire’s industrialization efforts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hanyang Ironworks
Target entity description: Hanyang Ironworks was one of late Qing China's earliest and most important modern steel and iron manufacturing complexes, central to the empire’s industrialization efforts.
  • A. Mukden Arsenal
    Mukden Arsenal was a major Japanese Imperial Army weapons manufacturing facility in Manchuria, known for producing small arms and artillery during the early to mid-20th century.
  • B. Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex
    The Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex is one of North Korea’s largest and most important industrial facilities, serving as a key center for the country’s steel production.
  • C. Thái Nguyên Iron and Steel Complex
    Thái Nguyên Iron and Steel Complex is one of Vietnam’s earliest and largest integrated steel production facilities, playing a key role in the country’s industrial development.
  • D. Jiangnan Arsenal
    Jiangnan Arsenal was a major 19th-century Chinese industrial and military complex in Shanghai that produced modern weapons and machinery as part of Qing China's early modernization efforts.
  • E. Cheonan Industrial Complex
    Cheonan Industrial Complex is a major manufacturing and logistics hub in Cheonan, South Korea, hosting a concentration of factories and industrial facilities that support the region’s economy.
  • 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_69d6aa9983c08190b0ef61603b69feac completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d799985650819089b2c0f35a212414 completed April 9, 2026, 12:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e3e789d7248190a40de0bdda539f45 completed April 18, 2026, 8:20 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e3f2c889dc81909a04c1db0509e3d9 completed April 18, 2026, 9:08 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e3f4746dbc8190a0e28202ad5e6b4f completed April 18, 2026, 9:15 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:27 p.m.