Triple
T16138690
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tongzhi Emperor |
E391595
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableEvent |
P259
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
regency of Empress Dowager Cixi
The regency of Empress Dowager Cixi was the period in late Qing dynasty China when Cixi effectively ruled the empire as de facto sovereign, directing state affairs behind the throne of young emperors.
|
E89777
|
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: regency of Empress Dowager Cixi | Statement: [Tongzhi Emperor, notableEvent, regency of Empress Dowager Cixi]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: regency of Empress Dowager Cixi Context triple: [Tongzhi Emperor, notableEvent, regency of Empress Dowager Cixi]
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A.
Tongzhi Restoration
The Tongzhi Restoration was a mid-19th-century reform movement in the late Qing dynasty that sought to strengthen China through selective modernization and administrative, military, and educational reforms following the devastation of the Taiping Rebellion.
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B.
Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty was the last imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 and overseeing a vast multiethnic empire before its collapse led to the founding of the Republic of China.
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C.
Empress Dowager Cixi
Empress Dowager Cixi was a powerful and controversial late Qing dynasty ruler who effectively controlled the Chinese imperial government for nearly half a century.
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D.
Taiping Xingguo
Taiping Xingguo was an era name used during the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Song dynasty, marking a specific period in early Song imperial history.
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E.
Hongzhi era
The Hongzhi era was a period of the Ming dynasty under the reign of the Hongzhi Emperor (1488–1505), noted for relatively honest governance and efforts at administrative reform.
- 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: regency of Empress Dowager Cixi Triple: [Tongzhi Emperor, notableEvent, regency of Empress Dowager Cixi]
Generated description
The regency of Empress Dowager Cixi was the period in late Qing dynasty China when Cixi effectively ruled the empire as de facto sovereign, directing state affairs behind the throne of young emperors.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: regency of Empress Dowager Cixi Target entity description: The regency of Empress Dowager Cixi was the period in late Qing dynasty China when Cixi effectively ruled the empire as de facto sovereign, directing state affairs behind the throne of young emperors.
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A.
Tongzhi Restoration
The Tongzhi Restoration was a mid-19th-century reform movement in the late Qing dynasty that sought to strengthen China through selective modernization and administrative, military, and educational reforms following the devastation of the Taiping Rebellion.
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B.
Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty was the last imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 and overseeing a vast multiethnic empire before its collapse led to the founding of the Republic of China.
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C.
Empress Dowager Cixi
chosen
Empress Dowager Cixi was a powerful and controversial late Qing dynasty ruler who effectively controlled the Chinese imperial government for nearly half a century.
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D.
Taiping Xingguo
Taiping Xingguo was an era name used during the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Song dynasty, marking a specific period in early Song imperial history.
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E.
Hongzhi era
The Hongzhi era was a period of the Ming dynasty under the reign of the Hongzhi Emperor (1488–1505), noted for relatively honest governance and efforts at administrative reform.
- 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_69d87f1bb0988190b490d273dbf3fd03 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e21a06e0988190b5cd62d422d058a2 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 11:31 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fff7a304348190bf471f2b9279b806 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 3:12 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fff8de647481908e820b0e14bc7b76 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 3:17 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fff94cd32081908205ae383e58d148 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 3:19 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:01 a.m.