Triple

T2320601
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Self-Strengthening Movement E51169 entity
Predicate notableProject P4 FINISHED
Object China Merchants Steam Navigation Company
The China Merchants Steam Navigation Company was a pioneering late Qing dynasty Chinese shipping enterprise that symbolized the country's early efforts at state-led industrial and commercial modernization.
E256154 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: China Merchants Steam Navigation Company | Statement: [Self-Strengthening Movement, notableProject, China Merchants Steam Navigation Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: China Merchants Steam Navigation Company
Context triple: [Self-Strengthening Movement, notableProject, China Merchants Steam Navigation Company]
  • A. Shanghai International Port Group
    Shanghai International Port Group is a major Chinese state-owned enterprise that operates and manages the Port of Shanghai, one of the world’s busiest container ports.
  • B. British India Steam Navigation Company
    The British India Steam Navigation Company was a major British shipping line that operated extensive passenger and cargo services across the Indian Ocean, connecting Britain with India, East Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia during the 19th and 20th centuries.
  • C. South Manchuria Railway Company
    The South Manchuria Railway Company was a powerful Japanese state-backed enterprise that operated railways and administered extensive economic and colonial interests in Manchuria in the early 20th century.
  • D. Oriental Limited
    Oriental Limited was a premier named passenger train that provided luxury long-distance service on the Great Northern Railway in the early 20th century.
  • E. K Line
    K Line is a light rail route in the Los Angeles Metro Rail system serving neighborhoods in South Los Angeles and connecting to key transit hubs.
  • 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: China Merchants Steam Navigation Company
Triple: [Self-Strengthening Movement, notableProject, China Merchants Steam Navigation Company]
Generated description
The China Merchants Steam Navigation Company was a pioneering late Qing dynasty Chinese shipping enterprise that symbolized the country's early efforts at state-led industrial and commercial modernization.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: China Merchants Steam Navigation Company
Target entity description: The China Merchants Steam Navigation Company was a pioneering late Qing dynasty Chinese shipping enterprise that symbolized the country's early efforts at state-led industrial and commercial modernization.
  • A. Shanghai International Port Group
    Shanghai International Port Group is a major Chinese state-owned enterprise that operates and manages the Port of Shanghai, one of the world’s busiest container ports.
  • B. British India Steam Navigation Company
    The British India Steam Navigation Company was a major British shipping line that operated extensive passenger and cargo services across the Indian Ocean, connecting Britain with India, East Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia during the 19th and 20th centuries.
  • C. South Manchuria Railway Company
    The South Manchuria Railway Company was a powerful Japanese state-backed enterprise that operated railways and administered extensive economic and colonial interests in Manchuria in the early 20th century.
  • D. Oriental Limited
    Oriental Limited was a premier named passenger train that provided luxury long-distance service on the Great Northern Railway in the early 20th century.
  • E. K Line
    K Line is a light rail route in the Los Angeles Metro Rail system serving neighborhoods in South Los Angeles and connecting to key transit hubs.
  • 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_69a88b074b908190ae983dbca7757d88 completed March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc632474c8190972b4611a3a4ff8f completed March 7, 2026, 6:31 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae896911908190b53954dbf854cc18 completed March 9, 2026, 8:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae8d2dcc8081908d4274b2287ff2b8 completed March 9, 2026, 9:04 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae8d786a648190acf0a14e0d4a120c completed March 9, 2026, 9:06 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:49 p.m.