Triple

T15509952
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject South Hsenwi E368680 entity
Predicate historicalRegion P915 FINISHED
Object eastern Shan States
The eastern Shan States were a group of semi-autonomous Tai principalities in what is now eastern Myanmar, historically situated along important trade routes between China and Southeast Asia.
E1160548 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: eastern Shan States | Statement: [South Hsenwi, historicalRegion, eastern Shan States]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: eastern Shan States
Context triple: [South Hsenwi, historicalRegion, eastern Shan States]
  • A. Northern Shan States
    The Northern Shan States were a group of semi-autonomous princely states in what is now northern Myanmar, historically inhabited mainly by Shan peoples and ruled by local chieftains under shifting Burmese and British influence.
  • B. Southern Shan States
    The Southern Shan States were a group of traditional semi-autonomous principalities in what is now eastern Myanmar, historically inhabited mainly by Shan peoples and later incorporated into British Burma’s administrative structure.
  • C. eastern Shaanxi
    Eastern Shaanxi is the region in the eastern part of China’s Shaanxi Province, known for its historical cities, agriculture, and location along the middle reaches of the Yellow River.
  • D. Western Liaoning
    Western Liaoning is a region in the western part of Liaoning Province in northeastern China, known for its resource-based cities and mixed agricultural and industrial economy.
  • E. Southern Zhuang
    Southern Zhuang is a major branch of the Zhuang language spoken primarily in southern Guangxi, China, characterized by its Tai linguistic roots and distinct phonological and lexical features from Northern Zhuang.
  • 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: eastern Shan States
Triple: [South Hsenwi, historicalRegion, eastern Shan States]
Generated description
The eastern Shan States were a group of semi-autonomous Tai principalities in what is now eastern Myanmar, historically situated along important trade routes between China and Southeast Asia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: eastern Shan States
Target entity description: The eastern Shan States were a group of semi-autonomous Tai principalities in what is now eastern Myanmar, historically situated along important trade routes between China and Southeast Asia.
  • A. Northern Shan States
    The Northern Shan States were a group of semi-autonomous princely states in what is now northern Myanmar, historically inhabited mainly by Shan peoples and ruled by local chieftains under shifting Burmese and British influence.
  • B. Southern Shan States
    The Southern Shan States were a group of traditional semi-autonomous principalities in what is now eastern Myanmar, historically inhabited mainly by Shan peoples and later incorporated into British Burma’s administrative structure.
  • C. eastern Shaanxi
    Eastern Shaanxi is the region in the eastern part of China’s Shaanxi Province, known for its historical cities, agriculture, and location along the middle reaches of the Yellow River.
  • D. Western Liaoning
    Western Liaoning is a region in the western part of Liaoning Province in northeastern China, known for its resource-based cities and mixed agricultural and industrial economy.
  • E. Southern Zhuang
    Southern Zhuang is a major branch of the Zhuang language spoken primarily in southern Guangxi, China, characterized by its Tai linguistic roots and distinct phonological and lexical features from Northern Zhuang.
  • 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_69d85a1794cc8190b0b428716296e63e completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e03fd008708190a3657863eb9ac626 completed April 16, 2026, 1:48 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff36702ebc81908d6a00243865de61 completed May 9, 2026, 1:28 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff379902e48190a84c71f532140f14 completed May 9, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff384962f88190964fc040a2a44aa8 completed May 9, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:55 a.m.