Triple
T16583379
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Huizhou merchants |
E402892
|
entity |
| Predicate | comparedWith |
P278
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Shanxi merchants |
E1056621
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: [Huizhou merchants, comparedWith, Shanxi merchants]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shanxi merchants Context triple: [Huizhou merchants, comparedWith, Shanxi merchants]
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A.
Shanxi merchants
chosen
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Huguang zongdu
Huguang zongdu was a high-ranking imperial official in imperial China who oversaw both civil administration and military affairs in the Huguang region (roughly modern Hubei and Hunan).
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d88387363c8190a97a0c942130de97 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e35999f80c8190852fd4137bc45a80 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 10:14 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a006ef2d6048190954144ab848760ec |
completed | May 10, 2026, 11:41 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:16 a.m.