Triple
T17310313
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Patrick Manson |
E420277
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Imperial Maritime Customs Service of China |
E1259311
|
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: Imperial Maritime Customs Service of China | Statement: [Patrick Manson, employer, Imperial Maritime Customs Service of China]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Imperial Maritime Customs Service of China Context triple: [Patrick Manson, employer, Imperial Maritime Customs Service of China]
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A.
Imperial Maritime Customs Service
chosen
The Imperial Maritime Customs Service was a foreign-led Chinese government agency that managed customs revenue, trade regulation, and modernization efforts from the mid-19th to early 20th century.
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B.
Macao Customs Service
The Macao Customs Service is the law enforcement agency responsible for customs control, anti-smuggling operations, and protection of the economic and border security of the Macao Special Administrative Region.
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C.
Mainland China customs authorities
Mainland China customs authorities are the government agencies responsible for enforcing customs laws, collecting duties, and controlling the flow of goods and people across the borders of the People’s Republic of China.
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D.
Beiyang Bureau
The Beiyang Bureau was a late Qing dynasty governmental agency responsible for overseeing northern China's maritime affairs, including state-sponsored shipping and naval modernization efforts.
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E.
Customs Administration (Taiwan)
The Customs Administration (Taiwan) is the government agency responsible for managing customs affairs, including import and export regulation, tariff collection, and border control for the Republic of China (Taiwan).
- 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_69d889d22b848190a4663d0b8f8f76e7 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4399837b08190b7cf74201b3cb013 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 2:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0180e5043081908f31c2434e9b9647 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 7:10 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:43 a.m.