Triple

T22229937

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Geling Yan	`E549438`	entity
Predicate	wrote	`P2831`	FINISHED
Object	novel "The Flowers of War" "The Flowers of War" is a historical novel by Chinese-American author Geling Yan that portrays the experiences of women and girls seeking refuge in a Nanjing church during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre.	`E1525320`	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: novel "The Flowers of War" | Statement: [Geling Yan, wrote, novel "The Flowers of War"]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: novel "The Flowers of War"
Context triple: [Geling Yan, wrote, novel "The Flowers of War"]

A. The Flowers of War
The Flowers of War is a 2011 Chinese historical drama film directed by Zhang Yimou, depicting the Nanjing Massacre through the intertwined stories of civilians seeking refuge in a church.
B. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is a 2002 Chinese film adaptation of Dai Sijie’s novel, depicting two young men re-educated in a remote village during the Cultural Revolution who are transformed by forbidden Western literature and their love for a local seamstress.
C. 13 Flowers of Nanjing
13 Flowers of Nanjing is a historical novel by Chinese author Geling Yan that portrays the experiences of women and girls during the Nanjing Massacre.
D. Nanjing Requiem
Nanjing Requiem is a historical novel by Ha Jin that portrays the Nanjing Massacre through the experiences of those working at a missionary-run college sheltering Chinese civilians.
E. A War
A War is a 2015 Danish war drama film directed by Tobias Lindholm that explores the moral and legal consequences faced by a Danish army commander after a controversial decision made during a mission in Afghanistan.
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: novel "The Flowers of War"
Triple: [Geling Yan, wrote, novel "The Flowers of War"]

Generated description

"The Flowers of War" is a historical novel by Chinese-American author Geling Yan that portrays the experiences of women and girls seeking refuge in a Nanjing church during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: novel "The Flowers of War"
Target entity description: "The Flowers of War" is a historical novel by Chinese-American author Geling Yan that portrays the experiences of women and girls seeking refuge in a Nanjing church during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre.

A. The Flowers of War
The Flowers of War is a 2011 Chinese historical drama film directed by Zhang Yimou, depicting the Nanjing Massacre through the intertwined stories of civilians seeking refuge in a church.
B. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is a 2002 Chinese film adaptation of Dai Sijie’s novel, depicting two young men re-educated in a remote village during the Cultural Revolution who are transformed by forbidden Western literature and their love for a local seamstress.
C. 13 Flowers of Nanjing
13 Flowers of Nanjing is a historical novel by Chinese author Geling Yan that portrays the experiences of women and girls during the Nanjing Massacre.
D. Nanjing Requiem
Nanjing Requiem is a historical novel by Ha Jin that portrays the Nanjing Massacre through the experiences of those working at a missionary-run college sheltering Chinese civilians.
E. A War
A War is a 2015 Danish war drama film directed by Tobias Lindholm that explores the moral and legal consequences faced by a Danish army commander after a controversial decision made during a mission in Afghanistan.
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_69e11e4102b881909cf47d3768e25c19`	completed	April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69f12bf173308190a3d21bfc59b39728`	completed	April 28, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_6a0aae75b2ac819083289b84fd3b6dd7`	completed	May 18, 2026, 6:15 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_6a0aaf211d8481908e7c23e35e920e87`	completed	May 18, 2026, 6:18 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_6a0ab01b5cd48190bf67942798e4db45`	completed	May 18, 2026, 6:22 a.m.

Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:37 p.m.