Triple
T13711755
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Wang Family Compound |
E328788
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Shanxi merchants
Shanxi merchants were powerful Chinese merchant groups from Shanxi province who dominated long-distance trade and financial services, especially through their pioneering use of draft banks (piaohao), from the Ming to the late Qing dynasty.
|
E1056621
|
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: Shanxi merchants | Statement: [Wang Family Compound, associatedWith, Shanxi merchants]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shanxi merchants Context triple: [Wang Family Compound, associatedWith, Shanxi merchants]
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A.
Huizhou merchants
Huizhou merchants were a historically influential group of Chinese traders and financiers from the Huizhou region, renowned for their commercial acumen, extensive trade networks, and patronage of culture during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
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B.
Great Yuan
Great Yuan is the formal imperial name of the Yuan dynasty, the Mongol-ruled dynasty that governed China in the 13th and 14th centuries.
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C.
Chinese Six Companies
The Chinese Six Companies was a powerful 19th-century umbrella organization of Chinese district associations in San Francisco that represented and defended Chinese immigrants’ interests, including legal and political opposition to anti-Chinese legislation.
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D.
Gongsi
Gongsi was the courtesy name of Liu Shan, the second and last emperor of the Shu Han state during China’s Three Kingdoms period.
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E.
Gongsi
Gongsi is the courtesy name of Sun Liang, a historical Chinese figure from the Three Kingdoms period.
- 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: Shanxi merchants Triple: [Wang Family Compound, associatedWith, Shanxi merchants]
Generated description
Shanxi merchants were powerful Chinese merchant groups from Shanxi province who dominated long-distance trade and financial services, especially through their pioneering use of draft banks (piaohao), from the Ming to the late Qing dynasty.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shanxi merchants Target entity description: Shanxi merchants were powerful Chinese merchant groups from Shanxi province who dominated long-distance trade and financial services, especially through their pioneering use of draft banks (piaohao), from the Ming to the late Qing dynasty.
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A.
Huizhou merchants
Huizhou merchants were a historically influential group of Chinese traders and financiers from the Huizhou region, renowned for their commercial acumen, extensive trade networks, and patronage of culture during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
-
B.
Great Yuan
Great Yuan is the formal imperial name of the Yuan dynasty, the Mongol-ruled dynasty that governed China in the 13th and 14th centuries.
-
C.
Chinese Six Companies
The Chinese Six Companies was a powerful 19th-century umbrella organization of Chinese district associations in San Francisco that represented and defended Chinese immigrants’ interests, including legal and political opposition to anti-Chinese legislation.
-
D.
Gongsi
Gongsi was the courtesy name of Liu Shan, the second and last emperor of the Shu Han state during China’s Three Kingdoms period.
-
E.
Gongsi
Gongsi is the courtesy name of Sun Liang, a historical Chinese figure from the Three Kingdoms period.
- 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_69d80770b9bc81909f70c8c317d53cff |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69dd4395e8c0819098719c8cd344aa33 |
completed | April 13, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f79d54a68081908df25edf6d5df362 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 7:09 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f79e1a90408190936cb71e567e10aa |
completed | May 3, 2026, 7:12 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f79ee74ea48190a4c753b12bb9190e |
completed | May 3, 2026, 7:15 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:54 p.m.