Triple
T21137270
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hou Hanshu |
E520844
|
entity |
| Predicate | describes |
P264
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Western Regions |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: Western Regions | Statement: [Hou Hanshu, describes, Western Regions]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Regions Context triple: [Hou Hanshu, describes, Western Regions]
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A.
Western Regions
chosen
The Western Regions were the historical territories of Central Asia west of China’s Yumen Pass, encompassing key Silk Road oasis states and trade routes that linked China with the Middle East and Europe.
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B.
Western China
Western China is the vast, often sparsely populated region of China that includes areas such as Xinjiang and Tibet, characterized by deserts, high plateaus, and significant ethnic and cultural diversity.
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C.
Northwest China
Northwest China is a vast, largely arid and ethnically diverse region of China that includes provinces such as Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, and Xinjiang, known for its Silk Road heritage and significant strategic importance.
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D.
Western Region
Western Region was one of the major federating units of early post-independence Nigeria, encompassing much of the Yoruba-speaking southwest and serving as a key political and economic center.
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E.
Western Region
The Western Region is a regional office of the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement responsible for overseeing and regulating coal mining and land reclamation activities in the western United States.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69e0b50b53048190ae34e8abbe3c5ada |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e7235b89188190a6209c0a1839ee03 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 7:12 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:57 p.m.