Triple
T17864740
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Gavin Menzies |
E446664
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | 1421: The Year China Discovered the World |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: 1421: The Year China Discovered the World | Statement: [Gavin Menzies, notableWork, 1421: The Year China Discovered the World]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1421: The Year China Discovered the World Context triple: [Gavin Menzies, notableWork, 1421: The Year China Discovered the World]
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A.
The Discoverers
The Discoverers is a 2012 American comedy-drama film in which Griffin Dunne plays a beleaguered history professor forced into a dysfunctional family road trip that intersects with a group of historical reenactors.
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B.
China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power
"China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power" is a nonfiction book by journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn that offers an in-depth, on-the-ground portrait of China's political, social, and economic transformation in the late 20th century.
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C.
After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405
After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405 is a major historical study by John Darwin that examines the rise and transformation of global empires from the early 15th century to the modern era.
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D.
The Chinese Renaissance
The Chinese Renaissance is an influential collection of essays and lectures by Hu Shi that advocates for literary reform, vernacular language, and cultural modernization in early 20th-century China.
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E.
Empires of the Mind
Empires of the Mind is a motivational and self-development book by Denis Waitley that explores how mindset and personal responsibility shape success in the modern world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1421: The Year China Discovered the World Target entity description: "1421: The Year China Discovered the World" is a controversial historical book by Gavin Menzies that argues Chinese fleets explored and mapped much of the world decades before European voyages of discovery.
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A.
The Discoverers
The Discoverers is a 2012 American comedy-drama film in which Griffin Dunne plays a beleaguered history professor forced into a dysfunctional family road trip that intersects with a group of historical reenactors.
-
B.
China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power
"China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power" is a nonfiction book by journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn that offers an in-depth, on-the-ground portrait of China's political, social, and economic transformation in the late 20th century.
-
C.
After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405
After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405 is a major historical study by John Darwin that examines the rise and transformation of global empires from the early 15th century to the modern era.
-
D.
The Chinese Renaissance
The Chinese Renaissance is an influential collection of essays and lectures by Hu Shi that advocates for literary reform, vernacular language, and cultural modernization in early 20th-century China.
-
E.
Empires of the Mind
Empires of the Mind is a motivational and self-development book by Denis Waitley that explores how mindset and personal responsibility shape success in the modern world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69d8b9f4c22c819093c2680434472894 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:51 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e49792ccf88190a0984963bb385688 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 8:51 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:17 a.m.