Triple

T11672885
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Huineng E277422 entity
Predicate position P8 FINISHED
Object Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism
The Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism is the revered title of Huineng, the influential 7th-century Chinese monk whose teachings and life story, recorded in the Platform Sutra, shaped the development of Zen across East Asia.
E955773 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: Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism | Statement: [Huineng, position, Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism
Context triple: [Huineng, position, Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism]
  • A. Fifth Patriarch of Chan
    The Fifth Patriarch of Chan, also known as Hongren, was a seminal early Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist master whose teachings helped shape the development of East Asian Zen.
  • B. Third Patriarch of Chan
    The Third Patriarch of Chan is a key early figure in Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhism, traditionally regarded as a successor in the lineage that shaped the school’s foundational teachings and transmission.
  • C. Second Patriarch of Chan
    The Second Patriarch of Chan is the early Chinese Buddhist master who succeeded Bodhidharma and helped establish the foundational lineage and teachings of Chan (Zen) Buddhism.
  • D. Lin-chi I-hsüan
    Lin-chi I-hsüan was a seminal 9th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master and founder of the Linji school, renowned for his abrupt, iconoclastic teaching style using shouts and blows to provoke enlightenment.
  • E. Shenxiu
    Shenxiu was a prominent early Chan (Zen) Buddhist monk of the 7th century, known as a leading figure of the so-called Northern School and a key rival to Huineng in later Chan tradition.
  • 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: Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism
Triple: [Huineng, position, Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism]
Generated description
The Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism is the revered title of Huineng, the influential 7th-century Chinese monk whose teachings and life story, recorded in the Platform Sutra, shaped the development of Zen across East Asia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism
Target entity description: The Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism is the revered title of Huineng, the influential 7th-century Chinese monk whose teachings and life story, recorded in the Platform Sutra, shaped the development of Zen across East Asia.
  • A. Fifth Patriarch of Chan
    The Fifth Patriarch of Chan, also known as Hongren, was a seminal early Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist master whose teachings helped shape the development of East Asian Zen.
  • B. Third Patriarch of Chan
    The Third Patriarch of Chan is a key early figure in Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhism, traditionally regarded as a successor in the lineage that shaped the school’s foundational teachings and transmission.
  • C. Second Patriarch of Chan
    The Second Patriarch of Chan is the early Chinese Buddhist master who succeeded Bodhidharma and helped establish the foundational lineage and teachings of Chan (Zen) Buddhism.
  • D. Lin-chi I-hsüan
    Lin-chi I-hsüan was a seminal 9th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master and founder of the Linji school, renowned for his abrupt, iconoclastic teaching style using shouts and blows to provoke enlightenment.
  • E. Shenxiu
    Shenxiu was a prominent early Chan (Zen) Buddhist monk of the 7th century, known as a leading figure of the so-called Northern School and a key rival to Huineng in later Chan tradition.
  • 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_69d6aafd0a448190b44da30af8c6c519 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a443b6848190a1eb6825fbc49d08 completed April 10, 2026, 7:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f457dc01ec8190a7ee3108d4d95957 completed May 1, 2026, 7:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f4645a7038819089d7533715f8a430 completed May 1, 2026, 8:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f4664ff9608190b23e29b3e5c1c326 completed May 1, 2026, 8:37 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:40 p.m.