Triple

T20116398
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Christian–Mongol relations E490473 entity
Predicate hasKeyFigure P810 FINISHED
Object Giovanni da Montecorvino
Giovanni da Montecorvino was a 13th–14th century Franciscan missionary and archbishop who became the first Catholic prelate in China and a pivotal figure in early relations between the papacy and the Mongol Empire.
E1411044 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: Giovanni da Montecorvino | Statement: [Christian–Mongol relations, hasKeyFigure, Giovanni da Montecorvino]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Giovanni da Montecorvino
Context triple: [Christian–Mongol relations, hasKeyFigure, Giovanni da Montecorvino]
  • A. Saint John of Capistrano
    Saint John of Capistrano was a 15th-century Franciscan friar, preacher, and inquisitor renowned for his role in leading Christian forces at the Battle of Belgrade and for his widespread missionary work across Europe.
  • B. Roberto de Nobili
    Roberto de Nobili was a 17th-century Italian Jesuit missionary in South India known for adopting local Brahmin customs and Sanskrit learning to promote Christianity through inculturation.
  • C. Dominic Gundisalvi
    Dominic Gundisalvi was a 12th-century Spanish philosopher and translator known for helping transmit Arabic philosophical and scientific thought to Latin Europe.
  • D. Guido da Siena
    Guido da Siena was an early Italian painter active in Siena during the 13th century, regarded as one of the pioneers of the Sienese school of painting.
  • E. Alessandro Valignano
    Alessandro Valignano was a 16th-century Italian Jesuit missionary and influential visitor to the missions in Asia, known for shaping Catholic evangelization strategies in Japan and other parts of the Far East.
  • 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: Giovanni da Montecorvino
Triple: [Christian–Mongol relations, hasKeyFigure, Giovanni da Montecorvino]
Generated description
Giovanni da Montecorvino was a 13th–14th century Franciscan missionary and archbishop who became the first Catholic prelate in China and a pivotal figure in early relations between the papacy and the Mongol Empire.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Giovanni da Montecorvino
Target entity description: Giovanni da Montecorvino was a 13th–14th century Franciscan missionary and archbishop who became the first Catholic prelate in China and a pivotal figure in early relations between the papacy and the Mongol Empire.
  • A. Saint John of Capistrano
    Saint John of Capistrano was a 15th-century Franciscan friar, preacher, and inquisitor renowned for his role in leading Christian forces at the Battle of Belgrade and for his widespread missionary work across Europe.
  • B. Roberto de Nobili
    Roberto de Nobili was a 17th-century Italian Jesuit missionary in South India known for adopting local Brahmin customs and Sanskrit learning to promote Christianity through inculturation.
  • C. Dominic Gundisalvi
    Dominic Gundisalvi was a 12th-century Spanish philosopher and translator known for helping transmit Arabic philosophical and scientific thought to Latin Europe.
  • D. Guido da Siena
    Guido da Siena was an early Italian painter active in Siena during the 13th century, regarded as one of the pioneers of the Sienese school of painting.
  • E. Alessandro Valignano
    Alessandro Valignano was a 16th-century Italian Jesuit missionary and influential visitor to the missions in Asia, known for shaping Catholic evangelization strategies in Japan and other parts of the Far East.
  • 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_69da62636cc08190982cc71733a17b8d completed April 11, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e66739fde4819083e54f7435405bf0 completed April 20, 2026, 5:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08271de03c81908f669f712ca1233a completed May 16, 2026, 8:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08280f9e70819091682323b55ca855 completed May 16, 2026, 8:17 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08288d98fc8190a146f43a027682f0 completed May 16, 2026, 8:19 a.m.
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:29 p.m.