Triple

T1830901
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Beiyang Army factions E40758 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Beiyang Army
The Beiyang Army was a powerful, modernized military force of late Qing and early Republican China that played a decisive role in the 1911 Revolution and subsequent warlord era.
E203498 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: Beiyang Army | Statement: [Beiyang Army factions, partOf, Beiyang Army]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beiyang Army
Context triple: [Beiyang Army factions, partOf, Beiyang Army]
  • A. Qing army
    The Qing army was the imperial military force of China's last dynasty, tasked with defending Manchu rule until its collapse in the early 20th century.
  • B. Chinese Northeastern Army
    The Chinese Northeastern Army was the regional military force of Zhang Xueliang that defended Manchuria and later played a key role in early Chinese resistance to Japanese expansion in the 1930s.
  • C. Beiyang Fleet
    The Beiyang Fleet was the late Qing dynasty’s principal modern naval force, which suffered devastating losses to Japan in the First Sino-Japanese War, marking a turning point in East Asian naval power.
  • D. Zhili clique
    The Zhili clique was a powerful warlord faction that controlled much of northern China during the early Republic era, competing with rival cliques for dominance before being defeated by the Nationalist government.
  • E. Yunnan Army
    The Yunnan Army was a regional military force of China's Yunnan province that played a significant role in early 20th-century Chinese military and revolutionary history.
  • 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: Beiyang Army
Triple: [Beiyang Army factions, partOf, Beiyang Army]
Generated description
The Beiyang Army was a powerful, modernized military force of late Qing and early Republican China that played a decisive role in the 1911 Revolution and subsequent warlord era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beiyang Army
Target entity description: The Beiyang Army was a powerful, modernized military force of late Qing and early Republican China that played a decisive role in the 1911 Revolution and subsequent warlord era.
  • A. Qing army
    The Qing army was the imperial military force of China's last dynasty, tasked with defending Manchu rule until its collapse in the early 20th century.
  • B. Chinese Northeastern Army
    The Chinese Northeastern Army was the regional military force of Zhang Xueliang that defended Manchuria and later played a key role in early Chinese resistance to Japanese expansion in the 1930s.
  • C. Beiyang Fleet
    The Beiyang Fleet was the late Qing dynasty’s principal modern naval force, which suffered devastating losses to Japan in the First Sino-Japanese War, marking a turning point in East Asian naval power.
  • D. Zhili clique
    The Zhili clique was a powerful warlord faction that controlled much of northern China during the early Republic era, competing with rival cliques for dominance before being defeated by the Nationalist government.
  • E. Yunnan Army
    The Yunnan Army was a regional military force of China's Yunnan province that played a significant role in early 20th-century Chinese military and revolutionary history.
  • 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_69a8864644bc8190b2358ab897194ac1 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb0144cc08190abd1a6cf44e64daf completed March 7, 2026, 4:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adbf6d49988190b8cb1773609a379b completed March 8, 2026, 6:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adc07fff60819092b10dd0e417ac5a completed March 8, 2026, 6:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adc0fd79c48190864f53a90517edc6 completed March 8, 2026, 6:33 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.