Triple
T20567327
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tiantai school |
E504997
|
entity |
| Predicate | keyFigure |
P256
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Zhiyi (Chih-i)
Zhiyi (Chih-i) was a 6th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and systematizer of Buddhist doctrine who is regarded as the founder and principal architect of the Tiantai tradition.
|
E1438304
|
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: Zhiyi (Chih-i) | Statement: [Tiantai school, keyFigure, Zhiyi (Chih-i)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zhiyi (Chih-i) Context triple: [Tiantai school, keyFigure, Zhiyi (Chih-i)]
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A.
Shih-t'ou Hsi-ch'ien
Shih-t'ou Hsi-ch'ien was an influential 8th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist master, traditionally regarded as a key figure in the formation of the Caodong/Sōtō school.
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B.
Chuanzhi
Chuanzhi is the given name of Liu Chuanzhi, the Chinese entrepreneur best known as the founder of Lenovo.
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C.
Fu Sheng
Fu Sheng was a short-lived and notoriously cruel emperor of the Former Qin state during China’s Sixteen Kingdoms period.
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D.
Yü-yen Tzŭ-erh Chi
Yü-yen Tzŭ-erh Chi is a pioneering 19th-century Chinese language textbook and reader compiled by British sinologist Thomas Francis Wade to teach spoken Mandarin and its romanization to Western learners.
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E.
Yuan Xiu
Yuan Xiu, better known by his temple name Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei, was a 6th-century Chinese emperor whose reign marked the final years of the Northern Wei dynasty before its division.
- 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: Zhiyi (Chih-i) Triple: [Tiantai school, keyFigure, Zhiyi (Chih-i)]
Generated description
Zhiyi (Chih-i) was a 6th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and systematizer of Buddhist doctrine who is regarded as the founder and principal architect of the Tiantai tradition.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zhiyi (Chih-i) Target entity description: Zhiyi (Chih-i) was a 6th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and systematizer of Buddhist doctrine who is regarded as the founder and principal architect of the Tiantai tradition.
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A.
Shih-t'ou Hsi-ch'ien
Shih-t'ou Hsi-ch'ien was an influential 8th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist master, traditionally regarded as a key figure in the formation of the Caodong/Sōtō school.
-
B.
Chuanzhi
Chuanzhi is the given name of Liu Chuanzhi, the Chinese entrepreneur best known as the founder of Lenovo.
-
C.
Fu Sheng
Fu Sheng was a short-lived and notoriously cruel emperor of the Former Qin state during China’s Sixteen Kingdoms period.
-
D.
Yü-yen Tzŭ-erh Chi
Yü-yen Tzŭ-erh Chi is a pioneering 19th-century Chinese language textbook and reader compiled by British sinologist Thomas Francis Wade to teach spoken Mandarin and its romanization to Western learners.
-
E.
Yuan Xiu
Yuan Xiu, better known by his temple name Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei, was a 6th-century Chinese emperor whose reign marked the final years of the Northern Wei dynasty before its division.
- 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_69e0b4b6587c8190aee63dc7cff244ea |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6a7a33f7c8190966da03528dfe8aa |
completed | April 20, 2026, 10:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a08acdffa2c8190a87c367eb068e2cf |
completed | May 16, 2026, 5:44 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a08ad96b2a081908d32e335c5265eec |
completed | May 16, 2026, 5:47 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a08ae19eca08190ada48b48105be62d |
completed | May 16, 2026, 5:49 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:39 a.m.